Episode
number: 168
Network broadcast date: Wednesday,
March 24, 1965
Point
of Impact
Genre: Space-age drama
Author: Michael A. Hanu
Production number: 169
Production date: Tuesday,
March 2, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced
Plotline: It’s the nightmare scenario: a rival country has launched a nuclear rocket and it’s heading our way. We follow the commanding officer as he races to stop a holocaust, pressure building with every second until the shocking conclusion.
Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650324+168+Point+of+Impact.flac
Cast: Joan Lovejoy, Ralph Camargo, Robert Dryden, Stan Watt, Larry Robinson
Notes:
Hanu was a writer for Voice of America; it is possible he was encouraged by William N. Robson to pursue this effort since Robson was at VOA at the time