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Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Captain Patrick Hendry: Kenneth Tobey Nikki: Margaret Sheridan Dr. Arthur Carrington: Robert Cornthwaite Ned ‘Scotty’ Scott: Douglas Spencer Lt. Eddie Dykes: James Young Crew Chief Bob: Dewey Martin Lt. Ken ‘Mac’ Erickson: Robert Nichols Corporal Barnes: William Self Tex Richards: Nicholas Byron Dr. Stern: Eduard Franz Dr. Redding: George Fenneman Prof. Voorhees: Paul Frees Prof. Wilson: Everett Glass Dr. Lorenz: Norbert Schiller Prof. Ambrose: Edmund Breon Dr. Chapman: John Dierkes Mrs. Chapman: Sally Creighton ‘The Thing’: James Arness Gen. Fogarty: David McMahon Bill Stone (uncredited): Bill Neff Film Crew: Stunts: Sol Gorss Production Manager: Walter Daniels Music Director: Dimitri Tiomkin Screenplay: Charles Lederer Director of Photography: Russell Harlan Producer: Howard Hawks Art Direction: Albert S. D’Agostino Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera Sound: Clem Portman Director: Christian Nyby Stunts: Dick Crockett Hairstylist: Larry Germain Costume Designer: Michael Woulfe Editor: Roland Gross Stunts: Leslie Charles Makeup Supervisor: Lee Greenway Set Decoration: William Stevens Stunts: Tom Steele Associate Producer: Edward Lasker Stunts: Duke Taylor Stunts: Bob Morgan Art Direction: John Hughes Stunts: Ken Terrell Special Effects: Linwood G. Dunn Novel: John W. Campbell Jr. Stunts: Teddy Mangean Assistant Director: Arthur Siteman Sound: Phil Brigandi Special Effects: Donald Steward Camera Operator: Landon Arnett Stunts: Russell Saunders Special Effects Technician: Thol Simonson Stunts: Bill Lewin Movie Reviews: John Chard: There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied. The Thing from Another World is set at The North Pole and finds a bunch of U.S. airmen, scientists and a journalist getting more than they bargained for when they investigate a space craft frozen in the ice. What is most striking about the film is the basic human story of team work, the pulling together of mankind during a crisis, this theme is a big shift from the short story by John W Campbell Jr. (Who Goes There?). Where that story and later John Carpenter’s wonderful remake focused on paranoia and mistrust, this film is something of the “polar” opposite (literally) as regards the group in peril. It bears all the hallmarks of producer Howard Hawks, who clearly influenced Nyby’s direction. The script, with its pros and cons of a military and scientific society, is very much of its time, blending po-faced observations with straight backed joviality. But this all works in the film’s favour and helps define it as one of the most important science fiction pictures ever made. Along with the other major sci-fi movie of 1951, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, “TTFAW” firmly brought the visitor from outer space idea into the public conscious. But where the former film intellectualised the alien visitor, resplendent with a message of worth, the latter is about terror, pushing forward the notion that the visitor here is a monster that wants to drink our blood and attempt World domination. No major effects work is needed here because one of the pic’s highlights is only glimpsing the creature (James Arness) in little snippets, and this after we are made to wait for some time before things really kick off. This begs us to think for ourselves as regards this stalking menace, putting us firmly with this intrepid group of people, and we want to see them survive and we do care if they can or do succeed. The low end budget doesn’t hamper the atmosphere or flow, in fact Nyby, Hawks, cinematographer Russell Harlan and music maestro Dimitri Tiomkin, work wonders to ensure there’s a level of authenticity to the Arctic base and that peril is never far away. Not hindered by many of the clichés that would dominate similar themed genre pieces that followed it, film neatly taps into fears that were to become prevalent as the 1950s wore on. It may not be perf...

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Lucy and the Return of  Iron Man

S4;E11~ November 29, 1965

Synopsis

Lucy and Mary Jane spend a day at the track.  When they place a bet for Mr. Mooney, they mistakenly rip up his bet slip, so Lucy must go back to work doing stunts as Iron Man Carmichael in order to pay Mr. Mooney his winnings. 

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)

Guest Cast

Saul Gorss (Rusty) was a Hollywood actor and stunt man whose career began in 1931 with The Front Page. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.  

Ross Elliott (Director) also played the director of Lucy's famous Vitameatavegamin commercial in 1952.  He played Ross, Ricky's publicity agent in three other episodes. From 1961 to 1964 he played another TV director on “The Jack Benny Program.”  He will do one episode of “Here's Lucy.”  

Sid Gould (Waiter) made more than 45 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all as background characters. He also did 40 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Gould (born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to Gary Morton. Gould was married to Vanda Barra, who also appeared on “The Lucy Show” starting in 1967, as well as on “Here’s Lucy.”

The Racetrack Patrons are played by:

Monty O'Grady was first seen with Lucille Ball in The Long, Long Trailer (1953) and played a passenger on the S.S. Constitution in “Second Honeymoon” (ILL S5;E14). He was a traveler at the airport when “The Ricardos Go to Japan” (1959). He made a dozen appearances on the series and a half dozen more on “Here’s Lucy.”

George Hoagland was an uncredited extra in hundreds of movies and TV shows, including Lucy and Desi's film The Long, Long Trailer in 1953.

Kenner G. Kemp appeared in seven films with Lucille Ball between 1936 and 1960.

Mike Lally was seen in two episodes of “I Love Lucy” and eight films starring Lucille Ball.  

Arthur Tovey was seen in the Lucille Ball film Critic's Choice in 1960 and the TV special “Swing Out, Sweet Land” in 1970 in which Lucille Ball is the Statue of LIberty.   

Other uncredited background performers play the racetrack patrons and the pirates. 

This is the second of three Iron Man Carmichael episodes where Lucy gets to do stunts, this time in a pirate movie. The first (S4;E5) was a western and the last (S4;E22) will be a war picture.  All three episodes were written by Edmond Beloin and Harry Garson and were directed by Maury Thompson. Jesse Wayne was “The Lucy Show” stunt coordinator. In this one and the first, the Directors were played by actors who had also played directors on “I Love Lucy.”

We learn that Mr. Mooney and his (never seen) wife Irma have been married for 25 years.

At the track, Mr. Mooney bets on Banker's Dream, with odds of 25 to 1. Lucy and Mary Jane bet on Redhead Mary.  

Mr. Mooney says that a banker at the racetrack is as conspicuous as Yul Brynner standing among The Beatles. Actor Yul Brynner was known for being bald while The Beatles were a rock group known for their long, shaggy hair. The Beatles were mentioned in several episodes of “The Lucy Show.”  On “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” follicle-challenged Fred Mertz (William Frawley) often compared himself to Yul Brynner.

Mary Jane has taken a job as a script girl at the studio.  

The beach party movie being filmed on an adjacent sound stage is titled Who's the Dirty Meanie Who Stole Grandmother's Bikini?

Before Iron Man Lucy is shot out of the canon, she says “It's the only way to fly.” This was the advertising slogan of Western Airlines a US carrier that was in operation from 1926 to 1987, before merging with Delta Airlines. In 1965 R&B singer Jewel Akens (“The Birds and the Bees”) released a song titled “It’s the Only Way to Fly.”  The slogan was previously uttered in “Lucy Gets the Bird” (S3;E12).  

Callbacks!

Lucy Ricardo spent a good deal of time at the horse track – as a jockey – in “Lucy Wins A Racehorse”, a 1958 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.”  

Blooper Alerts!

Blooper?  After Lucy / Iron Man is shot out of the canon, the camera pans over too far and a stage lighting instrument is in the frame!  Because we know that a movie is being shot, it is not really a blooper. 

Door is Ajar! Once again, Mr. Mooney enters Lucy's apartment but fails to shut the front door.

“Lucy and the Return of Iron Man” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5