The article is about the Frank M. Robinson science fiction novel and 1968 film. For other uses of the term power, see The concept of power occurs in multiple areas. Physics Power (physics) is the amount of work done per unit of time. Electric power Social Power (sociology) Political power Reserve power Power (international), the ability of national states to influence or control other states or regions Economics Economic powers Mathematics Exponentiation... Power.

The Power is a See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Writing under the pseudonym of Emile Ajar, author Romain Gary becomes the only person to ever win the Prix Goncourt twice. Finished in 1952, Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouzs Cairo Trilogy (Palace... 1956 Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. There are exceptions (or, at least, some unusual examples) to this general definition. Scope In defining the scope of the science fiction genre, we... science fiction novel by Frank M. Robinson (born 1926) is a science fiction and techno-thriller writer. Two of his novels have been made into movies. The Power (1956) was a supernatural science fiction and government conspiracy novel about people with superhuman skills; filmed in 1968 as The Power. The technothriller The Glass Inferno... Frank M. Robinson that was made into a Studio One television episode and a See also: 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. Top grossing films North America The Graduate Guess Whos Coming to Dinner Gone with the Wind re-release Bonnie and... 1968 film of the same name. Its protagonist, a researcher named Tanner, discovers evidence of a person with psychic abilities among his coworkers. As he tries to uncover the superhuman, his existence is erased and his associates murdered, until he faces a showdown with an apparently undefeatable opponent.

The novel

Professor Bill Tanner, head of a The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... Navy-funded human endurance project at a Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago university, is surprised when one of his teammates, Jim Olson, uncovers the existence of a In Thus spake Zarathustra (in German, Also sprach Zarathustra), the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche explains the three steps through which man can become an Übermensch (superman): By his will to destruction By re-evaluating or destroying old ideals By overcoming nihilism The will to destruction Nietzsches motivation for... superhuman on the project — a person who can manipulate matter and people's minds Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. Proponents of the existence of these phenomena usually consider them to be a product of some sort... psychically and remotely. When Olson inexplicably dies at home while writing to Tanner about someone named "Adam Hart", Tanner finds himself under suspicion for murder and terminated from his university position. As his co-workers and students gradually forget he even exists, the beleaugered Tanner pursues traces of Hart to his hometown and back to Chicago. One by one, the project members wind up dead, leading Tanner to an inevitable confrontation with the ruthless superman.

The Studio One episode

CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. is a major radio and television network in the United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the... CBS television anthology series Studio One broadcast an hour-long adaptation of Robinson's novel in an episode titled "The Power" on June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. Events 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China. 1039 - Henry II becomes King of Germany. 1615 - Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle... June 4, 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956. Directed by William Brown or Bill Brown may be: William Brown (or Guillermo Brown) (1777-1857)  Argentine Navy admiral. Bill Brown (1931-2004)  goalkeeper. William Brown  US representative from Kentucky (1819-1821). William Brown United States Revolutionary War hero William H. Brown Jr. Director of episodic television anthologies (e... William H. Brown, it starred James Daly (October 23, 1918-July 3, 1978) was an American actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He is best known for his portrayal of Doctor Honorious in the original Planet of the Apes. From 1947 to 1966, he also guest starred in several television series, among them Star Trek... James Daly as Bill Tanner, Shepperd Strudwick as Navy liason Commander Nordlund, and Theodore Bikel (born May 2, 1924) is an Austrian-born character actor and Jewish folk singer. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his role in The Defiant Ones. Categories: People stubs | 1924 births | Austrian actors | Best Supporting Actor Oscar... Theodore Bikel as physicist Karl Grossman.

The 1968 film

In See also: 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. Top grossing films North America The Graduate Guess Whos Coming to Dinner Gone with the Wind re-release Bonnie and... 1968, MGM released a film based on Robinson's novel, also titled The Power. Directed by George Pál (February 1, 1908 - May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer. He is associated with the science fiction genre. As an animator, he made the Puppetoons series in the 1940s, then switched to live action filmmaking with Destination Moon in 1950. His films... George Pal, it was substantially changed in the John Gay screenplay, moving the location to San Marino is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 12,945. This upscale San Gabriel Valley city is comparable with Beverly Hills. However, San Marino is a predominantly Chinese American neighborhood, with the white population gradually... San Marino, California, changing most of the characters' names (although retaining the A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. In English ones family name is generally written after ones given name, leading to the term last name. The word surname is name prefixed by the... surnames of Tanner, Nordlund, and department head Professor Van Zandt), and eliminating several subplots and characters, presumably to fit the story into a 108-minute film. George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor, probably better known for his perpetual tan than for his performance accomplishments. Besides acting in many movies, ranging from 1952 to the present, he also directed some movies. During 1966, Hamilton met first daughter Lynda Bird, beginning... George Hamilton starred as Professor Jim Tanner, Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937) is an American actress, most known as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show. Miss Pleshette is also a former Broadway leading lady having replaced Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker opposite Patty Duke to rave reviews. She also played opposite Tom Poston and... Suzanne Pleshette as his teammate and romantic interest Margery Lansing (Marge Hanson in the novel), and Michael Rennie (August 25, 1909 - June 10, 1971) was a British actor who made the transition to Hollywood with moderate success. Rennie was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and had several other jobs before gaining employment as a stand-in in a Hitchcock film of 1936. Acting then became his... Michael Rennie (famous among science fiction movie fans as Klaatu in Film poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 science fiction film which tells the story of a humanoid spaceman who comes to Earth to convince its leaders to learn how to live in peace. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal... The Day the Earth Stood Still) as new government liason Mr. Nordlund. Otherwise, the story proceeds in a fashion similar to the novel, except for a somewhat different twist to the conclusion.

This somewhat obscure movie is memorable for a number of intriguing scenes, including murder by centrifuge, a seemingly possessed "Walk / Don't Walk" sign, toy soldiers firing with real gunpowder, and winking inanimate objects (the last two also in the novel). The soundtrack also memorably features a beating heart to signal the mind-control attempts and eerie music from a It is also possible that you want to know about the Cymbal instrument. Cymbalum Overview The cymbalum, cymbalom, cimbalom( most common spelling), ţambal, tsymbaly, or santouri is a musical instrument found mainly in the Gypsy music of Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine. In Czechoslovakia it was also known as a... cymbalum (a hammered dulcimer-like instrument) accompanying the more suspenseful moments. The music, written by Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (a.k.a. The Oscars) are the most prominent film awards in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy... Oscar-winning Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler and is, today, the best_known version of the film based on the Ben-Hur book by Lew Wallace. It was done in the spectacular block buster style, and featured Charlton Heston as Judah ben_Hur and Stephen Boyd as Messala. It... Ben-Hur composer Miklós Rózsa, actually contributes an amusing Specifically in a proscenium theater, the term fourth wall applies to the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a theater through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. In an arena theater, or theater-in-the-round, all four walls are... fourth wall-breaking moment when Tanner, hearing the haunting tune, seems to expect a new disaster, only to be visibly relieved when he finds a cymbalum-violin duet being performed in the hotel lobby.

The cast

• George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor, probably better known for his perpetual tan than for his performance accomplishments. Besides acting in many movies, ranging from 1952 to the present, he also directed some movies. During 1966, Hamilton met first daughter Lynda Bird, beginning... George Hamilton — Professor Jim Tanner
• Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937) is an American actress, most known as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show. Miss Pleshette is also a former Broadway leading lady having replaced Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker opposite Patty Duke to rave reviews. She also played opposite Tom Poston and... Suzanne Pleshette — Professor Margery Lansing
• Michael Rennie (August 25, 1909 - June 10, 1971) was a British actor who made the transition to Hollywood with moderate success. Rennie was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and had several other jobs before gaining employment as a stand-in in a Hitchcock film of 1936. Acting then became his... Michael Rennie — Arthur Nordlund
• Arthur OConnell ( March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American actor. He was born in New York City and first appeared on the stage in the 1930s. He died in California of Alzheimers disease. Filmography External links Arthur OConnell at the Internet Movie Database Categories... Arthur O'Connell — Professor Henry Hallson
• Earl Holliman — Professor Talbot Scott
• Nehemiah Persoff — Professor Carl Melnicker
• Richard Carlson — Professor Norman E. Van Zandt
• Gary Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) was a U. S. film and television actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of TV guest appearances. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he began acting in 1944, while still in... Gary Merrill — Policeman Mark Corlane
• Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922) is an Canadian film and television actress. Born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of an ambitious but unsuccessful aspiring actress, De Carlo was taken to Hollywood by her mother at the age of fifteen. Unable to find work, they... Yvonne De Carlo — Mrs. Sally Hallson
• Barbara Nichols — Flora (Joshua Falls diner)
• Aldo Ray, also known as Aldo DaRe (25 September 1926 - 27 March 1991) was an American film actor. He was born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 and studied at the University of California at Berkeley. Ray was known early in... Aldo Ray — Bruce (Joshua Falls mechanic)
• Celia Lovsky — Mrs. Hallson (Henry's mother)
• Vaughn Taylor — Mr. Hallson (Henry's father)
• Ken Murray — Fred Grover (man at party)
• Miss Beverly Hills — Sylvia (woman at party)
• Miiko Taka — Mrs. Van Zandt
• Lawrence Montaigne — Briggs
• Forrest J. Ackerman (also Forrest J Ackerman) (born November 24, 1916), often called Forry and sometimes 4e or 4SJ, is a legendary, wealthy science fiction fan, minor author, actor, producer (Vampirella), and literary agent of many of the science fiction greats. Accomplishments Ackerman helped found and was a life-long... Forrest J Ackerman — Hotel clerk (uncredited)

References

• The Power, by Frank M. Robinson (born 1926) is a science fiction and techno-thriller writer. Two of his novels have been made into movies. The Power (1956) was a supernatural science fiction and government conspiracy novel about people with superhuman skills; filmed in 1968 as The Power. The technothriller The Glass Inferno... Frank M. Robinson (ISBN 0-312-86654-2)
• The Power (1968) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063452/) at the The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon.com, is an online database of information about movie stars, movies, television shows, commercials, and video games. The IMDb has an extensive amount of information on works, including basic details such as actors and directors, plot summaries and reviews, as well as... Internet Movie Database
• Studio One's "The Power" (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-4260/epid-228064/) at TV Tome (pronounced as in large book) is a website devoted to detailed episode guides of English-language television shows. It is run mainly by devoted volunteer editors. The site contains 2,300 complete episode guides, over 3,400 developing guides, and filmographies for 250,000 television actors and crew... TV Tome