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The Mind Machine

Season 1, Episode 8, Aired Nov 07, 1952

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Three congressional witnesses are killed by a hypno-therapy machine run by Lou Cranek, "Kingpin of Crime."

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Griff Barnett

Dr. Edward Stanton
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Harry Hayden

Carl Wagoner
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Frank Orth

Al

Jack Larson

Jimmy Olsen
Robert Shayne

Inspector Bill Henderson
Phyllis Coates

Lois Lane
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Clark Kent/Superman
John Hamilton

Perry White

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By MrBond5000, Jan 05, 2007

This is a very exciting epsiode and excatly what makes it a great show. I liked mainly cause anyone who tries to put away a crook gets warped into saying wrong thing and ends up being killed. Cause there mind is destroyed. More and more die. Then our brave reporter Lois is gonna go up next. Clark trys to stop her but she still goes. So he must find this machine and stop them before they use it on Lois. This was a exciting epsiode cause of how its race against time. In the end Superman finds the crooks and beats em down. Also the guy who made it destroys so it can never be used for evil again. I would put this epsiode as one of the best yet.moreless
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A scientist invents a machine that can control a person's thoughts from a distance. Gangsters kidnap the scientist and force him to use the machine to stop witnesses trying to testify against them. This causes the death of the witness and Lois is schedulemoreless

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By johnsomj, Jan 07, 2006

This episode features several classic moments:
Superman takes off from a standing position not once but three times. And he does so with other actors in the frame.
Superman saves a bus full of children careening down a mountain road.
He stops an airplane from taking off by grabbing the rear wing.
He puts the airplane on auto pilot, flys out of it to save Lois, then returns and lands the plane!

It is well-written, has plenty of action and a good fantasy plot. If you only saw one episode, this would be a good choice.moreless
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- Lois: Yes Clark, where were you?... Explain. Clark: Well Lois, I thought you were in danger. I just tried to help. Lois: You!? Why should I need your help when I could always count on ... Clark: I know... Superman.
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- Later James Seay played Captain Richardson on "Swamp Fox."
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