The Dead Past
1965 | 58m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | John Gorrie |
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| Writer: | Isaac Asimov, Jeremy Paul |
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| The Chronoscope is a device that analyses ancient photons to allow a glimpse into any event in Earth's distant past. Historian Arnold Potterley is rebuffed when he petitions for use of the Chronoscope to study ancient Carthage. So he commissions the building of a private time-viewing machine. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 25, 1965 |
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| Director: | John Gorrie |
| Writer: | Isaac Asimov, Jeremy Paul |
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| Production Companies | BBC TV |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 21, 2026 Entered: May 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| George Benson | Arnold Potterley |
| James Maxwell | Jonas Foster |
| David Langton | Thaddeus Araman |
| Willoughby Goddard | Ralph Nimmo |
| Sylvia Coleridge | Caroline Potterley |
| Shirley Cain | Miss Clements |
| Frances Alger | Laurel |
| Name | Job |
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| John Gorrie | Director |
| Isaac Asimov | Story |
| Jeremy Paul | Adaptation |
| Name | Title |
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| Irene Shubik | Producer |
| George Spenton-Foster | Associate Producer |
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