The quality is very good and these ZIV produced shows were a lot of fun. Lloyd Bridges stars as Mike Nelson and it ran for 4 years. Here is some of what is included in this compilation.
PRESSURE SUIT 6/21/58... A professor and his daughter hire Mike to help them get rare underwater plants off the coast of Costa Rica.
THE PROSPECTORS 6/28/58... Two prospectors ask Mike to join them in a hunt for uranium. One of the two men endangers everyone with his insane jealousy and suspicions.
THE HERO 7/5/58... Larry Hagman stars in this episode about a rich hunter who cares about nothing except killing a shark for his trophy case.
UNDERWATER STATION 7/12/58... Mike discovers a kidnapped scientist that is being held in a secret underwater prison cell. A very good little episode.
THE LOST ONES 7/19/58... Lloyd's son Jeff Bridges stars as one of two missing children who are trapped in a rapidly flooding cave. Mike must try and rescue them before it's too late.
CAPTURE OF THE SANTA ROSA 7/26/58... Mike Nelson is called on to help rescue a Latin American diplomat being held hostage on his boast with his wife.
THE SHIPWRECK 8/2/58... Mike shares his life raft with three others storm survivors and they all four must fight for survival as they are trapped in the middle of the ocean without food or water. Russ Conway and Leonard Nimoy star.
THE BIG DIVE 8/9/58... A movie stuntman tries to break a diving record to impress a movie studio boss. This stunt puts several lives in great danger.
This collection is broken up into two discs and the above episodes are from disc one. Disc two will be written about separately. The episodes are all well made and Bridges is perfect for the role of Nelson.
Each episode had a lot of voice over as Mike narrates the action on screen which was unique for TV back in the 1950's and the series always had good stories with mostly upbeat endings. I enjoyed watching these episodes and as I said, I will be writing about the other episodes soon.
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