72 years ago:
The Man from Planet X (US)
While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.
1951-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/50153
#TheManfromPlanetX #WilliamSchallert #RoyEngel #Horror #SciFi #Film

50 years ago today:
Kung Fu
S1E11: The Praying Mantis Kills
Murderous thugs come looking for Caine after he identifies them as perpetrators of a bank robbery. A youth's ideas about how to be a man are challenged by Caine's quiet heroics.
Airdate: 1973-03-29
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1472/season/1/episode/11
#KungFu #WilliamSchallert #ABC #RobertButler #Television

50 years ago today:
Kung Fu
S1E11: The Praying Mantis Kills
Murderous thugs come looking for Caine after he identifies them as perpetrators of a bank robbery. A youth's ideas about how to be a man are challenged by Caine's quiet heroics.
Airdate: 1973-03-29
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1472/season/1/episode/11
#KungFu #WilliamSchallert #ABC #RobertButler #ClassicTV

66 years ago:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (US)
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
1957-02-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/31682
#TheIncredibleShrinkingMan #JackArnold #PaulLangton #RaymondBailey #WilliamSchallert #Universal #Horror #SciFi #ClassicFilm #Film

40 years ago today:
Magnum, P.I.
S3E15: Basket Case
T.C. and Magnum train their respective junior basketball teams for an upcoming game. T.C.'s team seems to have the advantage until Magnum meets a plucky teenager with a great game, and persuades her to join his team. Magnum and Higgins take a shine to the girl, and discover that her foster parents ...
Airdate: 1983-02-03
https://themoviedb.org/tv/734/season/3/episode/15
#MagnumPI #WilliamSchallert #DanaHill #CBS #ClassicTV #TV #Television