In this homage to Gene Autry's classic movie serial The Phantom Empire, 19th Century Marshal Jim Donner stumbles upon an underground city of alien invaders whose general populace is kept in subjugation via a mind-control machine. (a segment of Cliff Hangers!)
Show Details:
Start date: Feb 1979
End date: May 1979
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): NBC (US)
Run time: 20 min
Episodes: 12 eps, 2 unaired
Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction, Western
End date: May 1979
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): NBC (US)
Run time: 20 min
Episodes: 12 eps, 2 unaired
Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction, Western
Credits:
- Geoffrey Scott as Marshal Jim Donner
- Carlene Watkins as Millie Thomas
- Tiger Williams as Billy Thomas
- Mark Lenard as Emperor Thorval
- Diane Markoff as Princess Tara [ eps 1-9 ]
- Stepfanie Kramer as Princess Tara [ eps 10-12 ]
- David Opatoshu as Hator
- Pamela Brull as Maya
- Peter Breck as Jess Keller
- Peter Tomarken as Roe
- Sean Garrison as Yannuck
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Prod Code | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
| 1. | 1- 1 | 27 Feb 79 | Chapter 3 - Plunge into Mystery | |
| 2. | 1- 2 | 6 Mar 79 | Chapter 4 - Prisoner of the Empire | |
| 3. | 1- 3 | 13 Mar 79 | Chapter 5 - The Mind Twisters | |
| 4. | 1- 4 | 20 Mar 79 | Chapter 6 - Seeds of Revolt | |
| 5. | 1- 5 | 27 Mar 79 | Chapter 7 - Attack of the Phantom Riders | |
| 6. | 1- 6 | 3 Apr 79 | Chapter 8 - Sizzling Threat | |
| 7. | 1- 7 | 10 Apr 79 | Chapter 9 - Mandibles of Death | |
| 8. | 1- 8 | 17 Apr 79 | Chapter 10- The Last Gasp | |
| 9. | 1- 9 | 24 Apr 79 | Chapter 11 - Return to Chimera | |
| 10. | 1-10 | 1 May 79 | Chapter 12 - Powerhouse | |
| 11. | 1-11 | UNAIRED | Chapter 13 - Partisans Unchained | |
| 12. | 1-12 | UNAIRED | Chapter 14 - Escape to the Stars | |