The Architects of Fear

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"The Architects of Fear" is a renowned episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, in which scientists stage a terrifying alien invasion to unite a divided humanity.

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instanceOf television episode
basedOnWorkBy Meyer Dolinsky NERFINISHED
castMember Douglas Henderson NERFINISHED
Geraldine Brooks NERFINISHED
James Yagi NERFINISHED
John Milford NERFINISHED
Leonard Stone NERFINISHED
Martin Wolfson NERFINISHED
Neil Hamilton NERFINISHED
Robert Culp NERFINISHED
William O. Douglas Jr. NERFINISHED
centralTheme ethical consequences of deception
fear as a tool of social control
manufactured external threat as a means to global unity
cinematographyBy Kenneth Peach NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Byron Haskin NERFINISHED
editor Anthony DiMarco NERFINISHED
episodeNumberInSeason 3
firstBroadcastDecade 1960s
followedBy The Man with the Power NERFINISHED
franchise The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) NERFINISHED
genre drama
science fiction
hasFictionalOrganization group of scientists planning a fake alien invasion
hasOpeningNarrationBy Vic Perrin NERFINISHED
leadActor Robert Culp NERFINISHED
musicBy Dominic Frontiere NERFINISHED
notableFor early exploration of the idea of a fabricated alien threat to end global conflict
originalAirDate 1963-09-30
originalBroadcastFormat black-and-white
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
partOfSeries The Outer Limits NERFINISHED
plotSummary A group of scientists transform one of their own into a terrifying alien and stage a fake invasion of Earth to unite humanity against a common enemy.
precededBy The Hundred Days of the Dragon NERFINISHED
primaryProtagonist Dr. Allen Leighton NERFINISHED
producer Joseph Stefano NERFINISHED
productionCompany Daystar Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistPortrayedBy Robert Culp NERFINISHED
runningTime approximately 50 minutes
seasonNumber 1
seriesType science fiction anthology television series
setting near-future Earth
title The Architects of Fear NERFINISHED
writer Meyer Dolinsky NERFINISHED

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The Outer Limits (TV series) notableEpisode The Architects of Fear
subject surface form: The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)