The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Name: The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Cast: Richard Carlson, Frank Baxter, Mae West

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Directors: Frank Capra, William T. HurtzWriter: Jonathan LatimerProducers: Joseph Sistrom, Shamus Culhane

Richard Carlson

as The Fiction Writer

Frank Baxter

as Dr. Research (as Dr. Frank Baxter)

Mae West

as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)

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