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THE SIXTH FINGER
David McCallum, Edward
Mulhare, Jill Haworth,
Nora Marlowe, Robert Doyle, Constance Cavendish, George
Pelling.
A scientist uses a special machine to turn a coal miner into the super
man of the future.
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QUICK SCAN...
Even before his big break in the 1960's hit, "The Man
From UNCLE," David McCallum was wowing TV viewers with great
performances, and this is one of them. Check out the cool makeup
when McCallum becomes a big headed, future man.
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SYNOPSIS...
A scientist experiments with making an ape smarter, via speeded up
evolution. A young coal miner volunteers to be evolved.
The young man is gradually evolved into the man of the far future.
He develops a thirst for knowledge, E.S.P. powers, and the desire
to destroy the local village.
The future man wants to be further evolved into a being of pure thought.
In the evolution chamber, his girlfriend reverses the process, turning
him back into his normal self.
REVIEW...
Director James Goldstone's, THE SIXTH FINGER,
is an atypical, yet intriguing, "Outer Limits" Sci-Fi tale.
David McCallum, ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E."), is quite impressive.
Under Goldstone's masterful direction, and aided by better than usual
makeup, (courtesy of Makeup Supervisor, Fred B. Phillips), McCallum
makes a convincing transition from being the brightest man in his
coal mining village, to the smartest man of all time.
Edward Mulhare, ("Knight Rider" and "The Ghost and
Mrs. Muir"), gives a solid performance as the scientist, obsessed
with quick-evolving man to his full potential. So far he has succeeded
in making an ape almost as smart as a man, but he hasn't tried his
instant evolution gizmo on a human yet. When a village girl asks him,
"Could you make ME halfway smart?", Mulhare looks at her
with open mouthed awe and anticipation, like a small child peering
into a candy store window. It's an amazing expression.
The script, written by Ellis St. Joseph, is sharp and literate. When
McCallum is evolved into the man of 20,000 years into the future,
his I.Q. is too high to measure. But, McCallum's character is frustrated,
exclaiming, "What good is intelligence without knowledge. I'm
hungry to know things. Learn everything."
My favorite scene is when McCallum is regressed from a big headed
future man, all the way back to a cave man, and then forward to his
normal self again. While the FX here, courtesy of Ray Mercer and Company,
are only adequate, it's fun to see evolution reverse itself, then
go forward again. Charles Darwin himself might have dug this scene.
Director of Photography, John M. Nickolaus, Jr., does some creative
work here. Extremely effective is a shot of McCallum, now clean and
dressed in white, as he pushes the shutters back of his second floor
room and looks out at the village below
The music, by Dominic Frontiere, involves both gentle harp music as
well as mysterious, tension building tones. We've heard it too many
times before.
THE SIXTH FINGER should be rather watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers.
David McCallum fans will have a field day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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