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The Gentle MonsterEpisode Number: 99 Season Num: 6 First Aired: March 24, 1958 Prod Code: n/a |
A kind professor's robot is stolen by racketeers, who use it to their advantage. The robot's power unit uses Kryptonite.
| Writer: | David Chantler |
| Director: | Howard Bretherton |
| Star: | Jack Larson (Jimmy Olson), Noel Neill (Lois Lane (9-18-53)), John Hamilton (Perry White), Phil Tead (Professor J.J. Pepperwinkle (4-21-56)), George Reeves (Clark Kent/Superman), Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane), Robert Shayne (Inspector Bill Henderson) |
| Recurring Role: | Ben Welden (Blade) |
| Guest Star: | Orville Sherman (Scientist), John Vivyan (Duke), Phil Tead (Professor Pepperwinkle), Wilkie DeMartel (Mr. McTavish) |
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The concept of having a robot powered by kryptonite could be the precursor to the idea for the Metallo character later on in Superman lore.
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The Mr. McTavish robot costume had been used 4 years earlier as Gorog for the movie The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters.
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