"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" (1950)Serie TV 1950-1955

Directors:

George Gould
Ralph Ward

Writers:

Albert Aley (writer)
Stu Byrnes (writer)
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Seasons:

3 | unknown

Data di uscita:

1 ottobre 1950 (USA)

Genere:

Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Set during the middle of the 24th Century at the Space Academy (a training school for the Solar Guards) and aboard the 'Polaris'...

Plot Keywords:

Child | Early Television | Rocket | Spacecraft | Character Name In Title

Recensioni degli utenti:

The Realistic One

Cast

John Weaver	...	Cadet Harvey (1 episode, 1951)
Geoffrey Bryant	...	Caretaker (1 episode, 1955)
Ralph Camargo	...	Roy Cowan (1 episode, 1955)
Bill Zuckert	...	Brock (1 episode, 1955)

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Series Directed by
George Gould		(unknown episodes)
Ralph Ward		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Albert Aley		(unknown episodes)
Stu Byrnes		(unknown episodes)
Willie Gilbert		(unknown episodes)
Robert A. Heinlein		(unknown episodes)
Richard Jessup		(unknown episodes)
George Lowther		(unknown episodes)
Ray Morse		(unknown episodes)
Anne Siegel		(unknown episodes)
Marc Siegel		(unknown episodes)
Frankie Thomas		(unknown episodes)
Palmer Thompson		(unknown episodes)
Art Wallace		(unknown episodes)
Jack Weinstock		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Mort Abrahams	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Albert Aley	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Allen Duconvy	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Muriel Maron	....	assistant producer (unknown episodes)
Phillip Tantillo	....	assistant producer (unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Eddie Taliaferro		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Mort Abrahams	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Michael Baronoff	....	sets (unknown episodes)
Tom Jewett	....	scenic designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
John Giordano	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
John Goordano	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
Agnew Horine	....	sound effects / sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Neal Smith	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
William Woglom	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Burch Hayden	....	senior technician (unknown episodes)
Phillip Tantillo	....	senior technician (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Carl Gaiti	....	lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Dick Schmidt	....	lighting technician (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Hank Sylvern	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Fidelis Blunk	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Hal Bowden	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Willy Ley	....	technical advisor (unknown episodes)
Muriel Maron	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Ib Melchior	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Al Sielski	....	video (unknown episodes)
Phillip Tantillo	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Noel Warwick	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Rockhill Productions
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• DuMont Television Network

Distributors

• CBS Television (1950) (USA) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1951-1952) (USA) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1951 and 1954-1955) (USA) (TV)
• DuMont Television Network (1953-1954) (USA) (TV)
• Media Home Entertainment (198?) (USA) (VHS) (as Nostalgia Merchant)

Durata:

15 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Company:

Rockhill Productions

Curiosità:

The series' concept was based on Robert Heinlein's book "Space Cadet". The phrase "blast off" originated on this program.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV)

The Realistic One

Of the three classic 1950s space adventure TV programs, TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET was the most realistic, and SPACE PATROL the most fantastic, with CAPTAIN VIDEO AND HIS VIDEO RANGERS somewhere in the middle. The great appeal of the TCSC series to teenagers and pre-teenagers was that the main characters were students, just like us! Tom, Roger and Astro had problems we could all identify with. And when they weren't sweating out grades or exams, they could take off for a jaunt through the solar system, even hyperdrive voyages to nearby stars, in the mighty rocket cruiser Polaris, as long as academic advisor Captain Steve Strong was along!