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The Hundred Days of the Dragon: Directed by Byron Haskin. With Sidney Blackmer, Phillip Pine, Mark Roberts, Aki Aleong. A new skin molding technique enables a foreign power to replace a presidential figure inside the U.S. government with an agent.
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- Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Byron Haskin
- 1963-09-23
The Hundred Days of the Dragon" The Outer Limits episode: Episode no. Season 1 Episode 2: Directed by: Byron Haskin: Written by: Allan Balter Robert Mintz: Cinematography by: Conrad Hall: Production code: 7: Original air date: September 23, 1963 () Guest appearances; Sidney Blackmer Phillip Pine Mark Roberts: Episode chronology
- September 23, 1963
- Byron Haskin
- 7
- Allan Balter, Robert Mintz
Sidney Alderman Blackmer (July 13, 1895 – October 6, 1973) was an American actor who appeared in dozens of movies between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles. He was also a major Broadway performer.
During the presidential campaign in the USA, the candidate William Lyons Selby (Sidney Blackmer) wills the probable winner. The Asian dictator Li-Chin Sung (Richard Loo) develops a technique to shape the face and the fingerprints of any man and murders and replaces Selby by one skilled spy.
Blackmer also guest starred twice in the western TV series Bonanza in the episodes "The Dream Riders" (1961) and "The Late Ben Cartwright" (1968). Among his most notable roles was the character of presidential candidate William Lyons Selby in the Outer Limits episode " The Hundred Days of the Dragon ".
In a terrifyingly timely story of genetic engineering and political power plays, Sidney Blackmer stars as a popular American President who puts into place a master plan to slowly and steadily destroy the United States. James Hong also stars. S1E2 51 min
