2022-07-31

T5#168 Point of Impact

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