Outpost In Space 1959. Science fiction TV series. Crash landing, crew's survival on a hostile planet

In a future time when men inhabit a distant hostile planet outpost, the crew in their underground bunker gets a distress call from a space freighter. They are about to crash land on the planet. The rescue, and what horrors awaits them on the planet's surface, shows that with all human
advancements...(as the announcer says)...man hasn't changed. Included at the end of the show the main character Robert McQueeney tells of the big stories that will be made in the future on Outpost in Space. Sadly this series did not continue. Well done sci-fi. Also stars Theodore Marcuse, Robert Gist, Robert Fuller, Ron Hagerthy, James Callahan, Robert Sherman, Lisa Britton, and Frank Ray. Transferred from 16mm b-w film.

[aftershock]

I’m 66, and I taught I knew all the sci fi and horror shows. This one is a new one on me. Thanks

[BlackSheeproadstar]

I'm 71 and never heard of this one, love old sci-fi. Thanks for uploading it.

[inthefreytoo]

Awesome! Settle Down there Dr. Brackett! (Robert Fuller) "...KMG 365.." and, a pre-shout out to Scotty, "...I'm giving it all we've got, Captain!!..." love it! Thanks!!

[jimmeltonbradley]

Definitely better than your average 1950s Sci Fi TV stuff. Both the acting and the script are well up to par. More of these please.

[james_t_kirk]

A few bits of trivia: actor Robert Gist, who played "Captain John Gates" on the crash-landed ship, went on to direct one of the Top 5 Original Star Trek episodes: "The Galileo Seven". Ron Hagerty, who played "Lindeman", had a varied career as a supporting character in many TV series in the 1950's and 1960's. His claim to fame? He's still alive, as of October 19, 2024 - at the age of 92. Actor James Callahan had a 50 year career and appeared in just about everything - from The Twilight Zone to Combat! to every TV Western ever made, and then later on in such shows as MASH and The Golden Girls to Mannix and The Fugitive and The Invaders to you-name-it. As for "Bill Cheyney" (played by actor Robert Fuller) he went on to star in the Western TV series "Laramie", "Wagon Train", and others, and frequently guest starred in just about every Western and TV Drama you can think of. And - yes! Robert Fuller is still alive - having just celebrated his 91st birthday!

[arthuroldale-kiev]

IT is hard to believe that in less than ten years, it went from this, almost 1930s space sci-fi, to Star Trek which is still sci-fi now . I love the outer space small talk .

[markc]

Over 65 years old and still very enjoyable.

[maeve]

The engineer must have given Scotty his famous line...
" Captain, I've givin' you all she's got !"

[johndzwon]

Beginning of movie: Those look like the power gauges of the great machine in Morbius' lab, from Forbidden Planet.

[bobchurch]

I kept thinking I was watching Star Trek. This was really good. I was born in 1953 and loved this sort of thing but never heard of this, thanks for posting. It's hard to imagine now but of course in those days you had to get the right channel and be watching on the right day and hour to catch something. I was something to see Theodore Marcuse as a good guy. He was Bones.

[chrismaggio]

New to me!! Love it. He even said "I'm givin' her all she's got captain!" Loooong before Star Trek

[dienocrown]

i am 70 and just remember seeing a few of these episodes as a kid and dreamed of the future and then the New York world's fair came along which made this tv show all possible then.

[Nitedawg]

This is way better than I expected it to be

[Technichian]

This has the feel of a Star Trek episode. I can just hear Kirk and Bones cracking these joke, "Bones, you and your Human element"

[WCM]

Wow... pretty good effects, for the available tech. I would have killed to see more like these, but apparently, veiwers weren't really into science fiction like I was... and milloins more like me.

[christophercoleman]

Despite the low budget and half hour format they did a pretty good job of packing action, conflict and well drawn characters inyo this one episode. Its frontier theme also forshadows Star Trek a few years later with a bigger budget.

[TheTerryGene]

The exterior set is the one from “Forbidden Planet.” It is great to see a young Robert Fuller and Ron Hagerthy (Clipper on “Sky King”). Director Boris Sagal was the father of actress Katey Sagal (Married with Children, Sons of Anarchy, The Conners).

[Paladin]

Wow, I was expecting some corny kiddy show version of the future. Brother, was I wrong; it has an intense, serious script and good acting. I recognize several familiar faces here.

[astralplane]

Wow - this was great! Intense, mature-themed script with excellent character actors, and classic Forbidden Planet props, costumes and backdrops - thank you for posting this hidden gem!

[dunning]

Considering when it was made it was not to bad. Thanks.