The Plot to Kill a City, Part I

The Plot to Kill a City, Part I
Season 1, Episode 6
Air date	October 11, 1979
Written by	Alan Brennert
Directed by	Dick Lowry
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"The Plot to Kill a City, Part I" is the sixth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Plot

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Summary

Buck's home of New Chicago may be destroyed if the Legion of Death is successful. They plan to self-destruct the city's antimatter/matter reactor in retaliation for an Earth Defense Directorate agent killing in self defense of one of their members. Learning of their plans, Buck is sent out masquerading as an assassin looking to join the group, but he is soon discovered to be an impostor.

Cast

Episode CastEpisode CrewProduction ManagementSecond Unit Director or Assistant DirectorArt DepartmentSound DepartmentVisual EffectsCamera and Electrical DepartmentAdditional Crew

*Gil Gerard as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers

• Erin Gray as Col. Wilma Deering
• Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer
• Victor Argo as Raphael Argus
• Sena Ayn Black as Woman
• Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
• Nancy DeCarl as Sherese
• John Furlong as Cop #1
• Seamon Glass as Pirate
• Frank Gorshin as Seton Kellogg
• Anthony James as Varek
• Markie Post as Joella Cameron
• John Quade as Jolen Quince
• Richard Reed as Rowdy #1
• Mitch Reta as Technician
• Felix Silla as Twiki
• James Sloyan as Barnard "Barney" Smith
• Robert Tessier as Marcos
• William Conrad as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
• Cathey Paine as Voice of Raphael Argus's Ship's Computer (uncredited)
• Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis (uncredited)

*Directed by Dick Lowry

Written by Alan Brennert

Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney

Music by Stu Phillips

Cinematography by Ben Colman

Film Editors - John J. Dumas and George Potter

Casting - Phil Benjamin

Art Directors - Bill Camden and Paul Peters

Set Decorator - Joanne MacDougall

Costume Designer - Sal Anthony

*Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

*Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director

Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

*Jerry Allen - Model Builder

Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

*Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound

Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

Special Effects

• Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

*Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland

David M. Garber - Miniature Effects

Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

*Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera

Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

Music Department

• Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music
• Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
• Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)
• Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

*Alan Brennert - Story Editor

Anne Collins - Story Consultant

External link

• The Plot to Kill a City, Part I at IMDb
• The Plot to Kill a City, Part I at NBC.com