C-Chute (XMIN)

Earth is involved in an interstellar war with the Chlorons, a slang term for chlorine-breathing aliens. When the Chloros capture a homeward bound earth ship, the passengers are locked in an after-cabin and scheme about ways to get out or get even. Their plan focuses on an unlikely hero.

Favorite line: "And there was myself, John Stewart. I was the only one who had ever had contact with the Chloro-people. I had a pair of arti-plasm hands to prove it!" (So dramatic!)

This one has a kind of 12 Angry Men or  Great Escape charm to it. That is to say, it features a bunch of sweaty guys trapped in a room with tempers running hot.

X Minus One #37
C-Chute
8 Feb 1956
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Bob Hastings, Dan Ocko, Isaac Asimov (author), John Gibson, Lyle Sudrow, Mercer McLeod, Stan Early, George Lefferts (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Bill McCord (announcer)