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Journey To The Unknown - Ep.5 Paper Dolls [ 1968 ] uk
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Journey To The Unknown was a British TV anthology series made in 1968, by Hammer Film Productions Ltd. It has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme. It sometimes featured American actors and actresses in the episodes' leading roles, such as Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patty Duke, Carol Lynley, and Brandon De Wilde, along with familiar British actors such as Dennis Waterman, Jane Asher, Nanette Newman and Tom Adams. Seventeen episodes in all were made.
Eight episodes were twinned to make four feature length films with added linking material. The New People and Paper Dolls became Journey into Darkness (1968), hosted by Patrick McGoohan, Poor Butterfly and The Indian Spirit Guide became Journey to Midnight (1968), hosted by Sebastian Cabot, Matakitas Is Coming and The Last Visitor became Journey to the Unknown (1969), hosted by Joan Crawford and Do Me a Favour, Kill Me and The Killing Bottle became Journey to Murder (1971), also hosted by Joan Crawford.
The series had a memorably famous whistled theme tune by Hammer's Harry Robinson and title sequence involving a deserted and apparently haunted Battersea fairground.
Cast: Cast
Episode cast overview:
Michael Tolan ... Craig Miller
Nanette Newman ... Jill Collins
Barnaby Shaw ... Boy
Roderick Shaw ... Boy
John Welsh ... Bart Brereton
June Jago ... Emily Blake
Dorothy Alison ... Mrs. Latham
Jerold Wells ... Mayhew
Kenneth J. Warren ... Joe Blake
Noel Davis ... Charles Phillips
Edward Hardwicke ... Dr. Frank Yarrow
Hazel Hughes ... Mrs. Biddle
Michael Ripper ... Albert Cole
Catherine Finn ... Elsie Cole
George Benson ... The Vicar
Teacher Craig Miller is taking a lesson when pupil Rodney Blake is involved in an altercation with another boy . The other boy then leaps through a window . Does Rodney have supernatural powers ?
JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN was produced by Hammer Films and the better episodes of the show show their Hammer roots and this is certainly one of the better episodes . The one problem viwers might find with it is that the " demonic child " plot became overused after the success of THE OMEN in the mid 1970s therefore the plot would have been much fresher on this episode's initial broadcast
The audience are one step ahead of the Miller so the story is in danger of becoming staid and insipid but thankfully it mutates in to something slightly different in the second half which contains all the hallmarks of a traditional Hammer horror film with Michael Ripper in the role of an Innkeeper who effectively says " Strangers sir ? We don't get many strangers here sir "
If you found any charm or hold any affection for those old Hammer horror movies then you'll like this episode
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