Adventures of Superman: The Runaway Robot
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The Runaway Robot
- 17.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 17
- First Aired: 1/9/1953
A Daily Planet correspondent invents a robot which is stolen by robbers to use for looting banks. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- Dick Hamilton
- Director:
- Tommy Carr
- Stars:
- Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen)
- John Hamilton (Perry White)
- George Reeves (Clark Kent/Superman)
- Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane)
- Robert Shayne (Inspector Bill Henderson)
- Guest Star:
- Russell Johnson (Chopper)
- Herman Cantor (Jail Keeper)
- Lucien Littlefield (Horatio Hinkle)
- John Harmon (Mousie)
- Dan Seymour (Rocco)
- Bob Easton (Marvin)
- The robot costume in this episode also showed up in a sketch on The Red Skelton Show. Red is trying to sell the robot as the housewife's ultimate appliance. edit »
- Horatio Hinkle is based on the recurring character in the Superman radio series of Horatio F. ("for French") Horn, introduced in the radio serial "Horatio F. Horn, Detective", airing from July 2 to July 19, 1946. edit »
- The actor and role of Horatio Hinkle is given the same billing in the end credits as Perry, Jimmy, and Inspector Henderson in this episode, suggesting he may have been intended as a recurring character. edit »
- Russell Johnson is best known for playing the Professor on "Gilligan's Island" edit »
- Later Russell Johnson played Marshall Gib Scott on "Black Saddle." edit »
- Jimmy: I phoned Inspector Henderson and I phoned the Planet office, but there's no word about Miss Lane. What do you suppose happened to her?
Clark: I don't know.
Jimmy: And Horatio. Golly, I wish we could get in touch with Superman.
Clark: Superman isn't psychic, Jim. He wouldn't know where to locate them either. edit »
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The Runaway Robot
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