Halloween movie trivia: PT 109 & VOYAGE TO BOTTOM OF THE SEA

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Halloween movie trivia: PT 109 & VOYAGE TO BOTTOM OF THE SEA

by dragon53 » Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:08 am

TRIVIA---Halloween movie trivia.
Cliff Robertson and William Douglas appeared in the movie PT 109 which told the story of President John F. Kennedy's heroism in saving the lives of his PT boat crew after it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer in World War II. Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy and Douglas, the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.
Three months later, Robertson and Douglas appeared together again in THE OUTER LIMIT's premiere episode "The Galaxy Being". Robertson played radio station engineer Allan Maxwell, whose radio experiments accidentally transport an alien, played by Douglas, from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth which lead to deadly consequences.

In PT 109, Cliff Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, who saved the lives of his crew after their PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer.

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In PT 109, William Douglas played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.

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William Douglas is the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

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In THE OUTER LIMITS premier episode "The Galaxy Being", Cliff Robertson played radio engineer Allan Maxwell.

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In "The Galaxy Being", William Douglas played the alien accidentally transported from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth.

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TRIVIA---William Hudson is best known for co-starring in the 1958 cult classic ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN where he played the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO. He may also be known to sci fi fans as Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, who was killed off early in the pilot. Hudson returned to co-star in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was also killed off by using the same footage from the tv pilot, but in color. Consequently, Hudson has the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

William Hudson co-starred in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN as the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO.

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Hudson also played Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview, who was killed off in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

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Hudson returned in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was killed off using the same footage, but in color, from the tv pilot which gives Hudson the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

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