L.A. 2017
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"L.A. 2017" is a 1971 episode of the
This is the sixteenth episode of the third season, and the cast includes
Plot
A publisher, Glenn Howard (Gene Barry), while driving and dictating a memo to the President regarding the saving of the environment, finds himself suddenly plunged 46 years into the future only to learn that the people of Los Angeles are living underground to escape the pollution which has made living on the surface no longer possible. A fascist America is run like a corporation with a number of vice-presidents. The police department of the subterranean Los Angeles is led/managed by psychiatrists. His identity is discovered and he's asked to join the government by re-starting his publication as propaganda. He considers, then refuses when he discovers that the corporations are still emitting pollutants into the air, further destroying the atmosphere.
At the end, Howard wakes up to discover it was all a dream—apparently he passed out in his car from carbon monoxide inhalation from the dash vents. A police officer had just administered oxygen and, after he came to, was asked if he was okay and able to drive. He replied in the affirmative, starting his Chrysler 300 which spews exhaust out the tailpipe. As he drives away there is a chilling final image of a dead bird that hints at a troubled future ahead.
Cast
- Gene Barry as Glenn Howard
- Barry Sullivanas Dane Bigelow
- Edmond O'Brien as Bergman
- Severn Darden as Cameron
- Paul Stewart as Dr. Rubias
- Alicia Bond as Dr. Barton
- Regis Cordic as Chairman
- Joan Crawford as Board member
- Walt Davis as technician
- Sharon Farrell as Sandrelle
- Michael C. Gwynne as Dr. Parker
- Steven Karpf as Karpf
- Louise Latham as Helen Bigelow
- Geoffrey Lewis as Bates
- Sarah Lord as technician
- Gloria Manon as Dr. Arnold
- Phil Montgomery as Keeger
- Stuart Nisbet as Dr. Simmons
- Jason Wingreen as Hammond
References
- ^ a b Grundhauser, Eric (2017-09-08). "The Milk, Fascism, and Elderly Hippies of Spielberg's Forgotten 'L.A. 2017'". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
External links
- "L.A. 2017" at IMDb