The Man and the Challenge

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The Man and the Challenge is an American adventure fiction television series about a scientist who tests problems of human survival. It stars George Nader and aired on NBC during the 1959–1960 television season. rdf:langString

L'uomo e la sfida (The Man and the Challenge) è una serie televisiva statunitense in 36 episodi trasmessi per la prima volta nel corso di una sola stagione dal 1959 al 1960. È una serie d'avventura incentrata sulle vicende del dottor Glenn Barton, un ricercatore per l'Institute of Human Factors, un organismo che conduce esperimenti volti a misurare la resistenza umana, come quella in un habitat spaziale per esempio, per conto del governo degli Stati Uniti. La serie fu prodotta da Ivan Tors. rdf:langString

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rdf:langString Barton parachutes from a high precipice to demonstrate that emotional stress promotes telepathy. Guest stars: Frank Maxwell and Paul Comi.

rdf:langString Barton joins two other man in testing human stamina in a balloon at very high altitudes. After one of the men panics and fails the required standards, a woman replaces him — and the other man reacts negatively to her assignment to the balloon crew. Guest stars: Paul Burke, Raymond Bailey, Keith Vincent, and Frank Kirby.

rdf:langString Barton investigates the human capacity for living for an extended period in a small enclosed space, starting with an underwater habitat. Guest stars: Robert Clarke, Bethel Leslie, and Whit Bissell.

rdf:langString To test his theory that individuals who crave danger may subconsciously want to destroy themselves, Barton goes to the bullfights in Mexico. Guest stars: Miguel Landa, Felipe Turich, Abel Franco, Robert Mercy, and Edward Colmans.

rdf:langString To determine the best way to train people for high-security jobs in the Arctic, Barton sends two men into the Arctic to test their endurance in extreme levels of cold and isolation. Guest stars: James Best, Mike Masters, Robert Conrad, Paula Raymond, and Robert Karnes.

rdf:langString Barton selects a ski patrol sergeant as the subject of an experiment to see how long a human can last without sleep. Guest stars: Lin McCarthy and Jean Allison.

rdf:langString After four escaping convicts kidnap a warden's daughter and take her with them as a hostage, Barton devises a way to free her unharmed. Guest stars: Jack Harris, Marianna Hill, Arvid Nelson, Jay Douglas, and Bern Bassey.

rdf:langString Barton conducts a test of a survival capsule by locking two men in it while it floats on the surface of the ocean for three days. Guest stars: Darryl Hickman, Fred Beir, Dick Jeffries, and Donald Gamble.

rdf:langString An attractive female Olympic high diver helps Barton test a theory about the cause of a loss of equilibrioception. Guest stars: Olive Sturgess, Charles Alvin Bell, Michael Keith, Vernon Rich, and Charles R. Keene.

rdf:langString Barton pits four women against four men to prove that women can perform as well as — and perhaps better than — men as astronauts. Guest stars: Maureen Leeds, Adrienne Hayes, Joan Granville, and Ethel Jensen.

rdf:langString Barton travels to the Amazon Basin to test jungle survival techniques while searching for four missing aviators. Guest stars: Dean Harens, Mike Masters, and Marcia Henderson.

rdf:langString A new drug called U2-21 is intended to increase a human's ability to retain oxygen at high altitudes, and to see how well it works, Barton puts a group of mountaineers through a rigorous test in the Rocky Mountains before sending them to the Himalayas for a final test. Guest stars: Myron Healy, John Maxwell, and Joan Granville.

rdf:langString An official from Washington, D.C., asks Barton to form a clandestine athletic unit to free three Americans being held captive in a hostile country. Guest stars: Debra Paget, William Conrad, Carol Thurston, and Patrick Waltz.

rdf:langString To prove that a team can overcome obstacles which one man cannot handle alone, Barton enters two jet pilots who are antagonistic toward each another in a Mexican auto race in which they face a grueling challenge from a professional driver. Guest stars: Edward Kemmer and Don Kennedy.

rdf:langString Barton researches the phenomenon of highway hypnosis by subjecting himself to driving conditions that have killed five truck drivers. Guest stars: Karen Scott, Hank Patterson, and Barney Biro.

rdf:langString Barton conducts a test on a pilot to prove to him that he can still have an important function when he is switched from flying to a desk job. Guest stars: Jack Ging and Robert Bice.

rdf:langString Barton flies an airplane into a hurricane without informing part of the crew as an experiment to see how fear induced by ignorance of causes can affect human performance. Guest stars: Keith Vincent, Jack Hamilton, Robert Knapp, and Page Slattery.

rdf:langString Barton fears that a single-minded scientist could be working himself to death. Guest stars: Philip Ober, Bethel Leslie, Andy Thompson, and Marshall Kent.

rdf:langString A psychopathic killer has rigged the trunk of his car to eject logs onto the highway to kill or injure pursuing motorcycle policemen, so Barton develops a new drug that speeds up human perception so that the motorcycle policemen can maneuver out of the way of the deadly debris and apprehend the killer. Guest stars: Jack O'Brien, Arthur Heller, Jerry Summers, Tyler McVey, Howard McLeod, and Mike Masters.

rdf:langString Hoping to develop a way to freeze astronauts to help them withstand interplanetary travel, Barton travels to Antarctica and researches hypothermia by reducing the body temperature of two doctors. Guest stars: Jan Shepard, Philip Terry, and Don Eitner.

rdf:langString Barton and two newly-married geologists go to an active volcano to test a new type of fire suit — and almost lose their lives. Guest stars: H. M. Wynant and Joyce Taylor.

rdf:langString After an accomplished test pilot crashes his aircraft, he suffers from a self-induced paralysis that slowly destroys his career and marriage. Barton comes to his aid, using hypnosis to restore his confidence. Guest stars: Jack Ging, Sue Randall, Raymond Bailey, Doris Fesete, and Michael Keith.

rdf:langString Barton and two of his associates use restricted U.S. Government property to test the best type of clothing for use on other planets. Guest stars: Bert Remsen, Fuzzy Knight, Robert J. Wilke, Len Lesser, and Jack Ging.

rdf:langString Barton administers a dose of an experimental mixture of chemicals intended to reduce fear in humans called LSD to a firefighter at the scene of a raging forest fire to see if it will make him more courageous. The man exhibits greater bravery, but the experiment demonstrates that fear is a necessary part of courage. Guest stars: John Day, Tracey Roberts, Frank Gerstle, and Nick Nicholson.

rdf:langString In the belief that the secret to survival lies in chemical reactions in the human body, Barton puts the top suit driver through an extremely dangerous test. Guest stars: Don Kennedy, Christine White, Ted Knight, and Doris Fosette.

rdf:langString Barton is asked to clear the reputation of a marine scientist who died under mysterious circumstances. Guest stars: Fred Gabourie, Roberta Haynes, Lee Johnson, and Byron Morrow.

rdf:langString A female rodeo rider helps Barton investigate the effects of a new rocket belt. Guest stars: Ann Robinson, Myron Healy, Neil Grant, Larry Mann, and Chuck Parkerson.

rdf:langString David Mumford is a brilliant, well-known scientist who holds a grudge against Barton, so he and his secretary plot to kill the unsuspecting Barton and make it look like his death was an accident. Guest stars: Otto Kruger, Julia Adams, and Logan Field.

rdf:langString Ignoring his own physical limits and Barton's warnings, a scientist misreads important test instruments, almost killing Barton. Guest stars: John Milford, Mala Powers, Dick Rich, and Charles Tannen.

rdf:langString Barton rescues a pilot who became caught on a cliff above the Colorado River after parachuting from his plane. Guest stars: John Archer and Michael Keith.

rdf:langString Barton uses a difficult crossing in a small boat to test candidates for command positions aboard spacecraft. Guest stars: Keith Larsen, Tony Monaco, Mike Keene, Pat McCaffrie, and Jack Catron.

rdf:langString Barton tries to help a pilot who experiences excessive anxiety at high altitudes. Guest stars: Karl Swenson and Miranda Jones.

rdf:langString The U.S. Government is interested in the effects of gravity on potential astronauts, so Barton goes to France to study it by learning free-fall parachuting from Suzanne and Georges Bolet, a brother-and-sister skydiving team. Guest stars: Danielle Aubrey, John Van Dreelen, and Alberto Morin.

rdf:langString Barton experiments with yoga to see if it is helpful in averting tragedy. Guest stars: Robert Gothie, Robert Bice, Don Eitner, and Don Harvey.

rdf:langString After one of Barton's experiments ends in tragedy, a newspaper columnist criticizes his handling of it. Guest stars: Eloise Hardt, John Archer, and Jack Catron.

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rdf:langString Promotional poster

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rdf:langString United States

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xsd:date 1959-09-12

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rdf:langString English

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xsd:date 1960-06-11

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rdf:langString ca. 25–26 mins.

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rdf:langString Rodeo

rdf:langString Recovery

rdf:langString The Storm

rdf:langString Buried Alive

rdf:langString The Visitors

rdf:langString High Dive

rdf:langString White Out

rdf:langString Trial By Fire

rdf:langString The Breaking Point

rdf:langString Daredevils

rdf:langString Early Warning

rdf:langString Experiments in Terror

rdf:langString Man Without Fear

rdf:langString Sky Diving

rdf:langString Recondo

rdf:langString Hurricane Mesa

rdf:langString Maximum Capacity

rdf:langString The Dropper

rdf:langString Flying Lab

rdf:langString Astro Female

rdf:langString Border to Border

rdf:langString Breakoff

rdf:langString Escape from Nepal

rdf:langString Highway to Danger

rdf:langString I've Killed Seven Men

rdf:langString Invisible Force

rdf:langString Jungle Survival

rdf:langString Killer River

rdf:langString Man in the Capsule

rdf:langString Nightmare Crossing

rdf:langString Odds Against Survival

rdf:langString Shooter McLaine

rdf:langString The Extra Sense

rdf:langString The Lure of Danger

rdf:langString The Sphere of No Return

rdf:langString The Windowless Room

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rdf:langString The Man and the Challenge is an American adventure fiction television series about a scientist who tests problems of human survival. It stars George Nader and aired on NBC during the 1959–1960 television season.

rdf:langString L'uomo e la sfida (The Man and the Challenge) è una serie televisiva statunitense in 36 episodi trasmessi per la prima volta nel corso di una sola stagione dal 1959 al 1960. È una serie d'avventura incentrata sulle vicende del dottor Glenn Barton, un ricercatore per l'Institute of Human Factors, un organismo che conduce esperimenti volti a misurare la resistenza umana, come quella in un habitat spaziale per esempio, per conto del governo degli Stati Uniti. La serie fu prodotta da Ivan Tors.

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