Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1, and 20 similar items

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1, Vol. 1 (2006 20th Century Fox) in Like New condition. This DVD Box Set is from my personal collection from a smoke free environment. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the brainchild of Writer/Producer/Director Irwin Allen... the "Master of Disaster."It ran on ABC 1964-1968 and was for its four years of some of the best and most exciting science fiction on TV at the time. The classic adventures aboard the "SSRN Seaview" will captivate you today, as much as they did in the 60s. Like its sister show, Irwin Allen's other creation "Lost in Space," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" had a more gripping and dramatic first season. The black and white photography added just the right "color" to many of the episodes of that season, steeped in Cold War espionage and laced with elements of the burgeoning space program and other scientific developments. This compilation of the first half of season one boasts some of the series best episodes. Some of these include the pilot, "Eleven Days to Zero," an installment that relied heavily on scenes from the theatrical "Voyage," "The Fear Makers," "The Sky is Falling," featuring star Richard Basehart in a dual role, "No Way Out," and "The Ghost of Moby Dick," guest starring June Lockhart who would later star in Allen's "Lost in Space." Another outstanding installment is "Submarine Sunk Here." This extremely tense episode, directed by Leonard Horn, deals with the dangers of submarine exploration as the Seaview sinks to the bottom of the sea after running into and detonating several underwater mines. The camera angles and the set pieces add tension to the drama as the men struggle to survive while onshore help is being organization. Not only do the main characters have significant screen time, this particular episode allows lesser performers a chance to shine. Kudos must go to Basehart, Hedison, Bob Dowdell ("Chip"), Henry Sulky ("Chief"), Del Monroe ("Kowalski"), Paul Trinka ("Patterson"), Wright King ("Dr.Baines"), and Derrick Lewis in the often-seen-but-not-heard role as "Junior Lt. O'Brien." Guest performers that excel in their respective roles are Carl Reindel ("Evans"), George Lindsey ("Collins"), Paul Comi ("Bishop"), Eddie Ryder as "Harker," and Robert Doyle as "Blake," the young sailor somewhat responsible for the precarious situation in which the sub finds itself, yet makes the ultimate sacrifice to save both ship and crew. All in the cast convey the right combination of fear and despair as they struggle to survive what appears to be a doomed situation. In addition to this fine installment, the rest of the episodes feature some of the decades most recognizable "heroes" and "villains". Genre stalwarts Robert Cornwaithe and Les Tremayne are featured in "Turn Back the Clock" while perenniel "heavies" Malachi Throne, Joseph Ruskin, Oscar Beregi, John van Dreelen, John Hoyt, Than Wyenn, and Michael Pate appear in several others. The future "Batgirl," Yvonne Craig, along with the future "Archie Bunker," Carroll O'Connor, pop up in the ongoing seafaring travels of the Seaview, the aforementioned "Turn Back the Clock," and "Long Live the King," respectively. Veteran character actor Ford Rainey makes one of his frequent appearances as "The President of the United States" in an Allen production in "Hot Line." And "The Bold and the Beautiful's" Susan Flannery makes her first appearance in an Allen production in "Hail to the Chief." She will be featured in another VTTBOTS episode, as well as "The Time Tunnel" and Allen's theatrical feature "The Towering Inferno." - Reginald D. Garrard Allow 3-5 days for shipping Thanks.