The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957)

10/25/1957 (US) • 55m

Animation, Family

Overview

Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Carlson

The Fiction Writer

Frank Baxter

Dr. Research (as Dr. Frank Baxter)

Mae West

Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

physics

puppetry

educational

nuclear

dostoevsky

live action and animation

cosmic rays

charles dickens

edgar alan poe

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