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Somewhere in Time (Film)

Anthony Zerbe

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Anthony Jared Zerbe is an American stage, film and Emmy-winning television actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in The Omega Man, a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend. He is also well-known for playing Milton Krest in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill'."

Richard Matheson

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Somewhere In Time and I Am Legend, all three of which have been adapted as major motion pictures.Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrants Fanny (née Mathieson) and Bertolf Matheson, a tile floor installer. Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom (Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson) are writers of fiction and screenplays.

Duel (1971 Film)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Duel is a 1971 television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large tanker truck and its mostly unseen driver. It was the first feature film directed by Steven Spielberg and was written by Richard Matheson based on his own short story.

Buckskin (TV Series)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Buckskin is an American Western television series starring Tom Nolan, Sally Brophy, and Mike Road. The series aired on the NBC from July 3, 1958 until May 25, 1959, followed by summer reruns in 1959 and again in 1965. The show depicts life in fictitious Buckskin, Montana, in the 1880's as seen through the eyes of 10-year old Jody O'Connell, played by Nolan. Jody's widowed mother, Annie, played by Brophy, runs the town's boarding house. The lives of Jody and Annie interact with the townspeople and strangers passing through Buckskin. Another constant is Marshal Tom Sellers, played by Road, who keeps the peace.

Young Man's Fancy (The Twilight Zone)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. "Young Man's Fancy" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. A newly-married husband and wife return to the husband's late mother's home where he grew up. He finds it very difficult to leave the place, let alone sell it, and he can't bear it. Eventually the man becomes so engrossed in childhood memories that his mother reappears and he actually becomes a child again. His wife accuses the mother of causing this, but the mother rather sadly says that this was not her doing. To add insult to injury, the "boy" tells her, "Go away, lady- we don't need you anymore.". In the end the horrorstruck wife flees the house, leaving her boy-husband and his spectral mother behind.