Conflict: Shock Wave [Warner Bros. [Brothers] Presents: 'Shock Wave' Conflict - Act 1]

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1956. Preview script for the 1956 pilot episode of the television series, here under the working title "Warner Bros. [Brothers] Presents: 'Shock Wave' Conflict - Act I," which aired on ABC on September 18, 1956. Laid in is a four page "Full ABC Network Station Line-Up," and bound in following the script is a one page "Note to Director," regarding the ambitions of the series presented by the cosmetics brand Pond's, presumably for the program director of a local television station.

"Conflict" was an anthology television series which was aired on ABC for one season and twenty episodes from September 18, 1956 till September 3, 1957. It was the successor to ABC's earlier wheel series, "Warner Bros. Presents," which aired from September 1955 through September 1956. Among the noted actors who starred in "Conflict," include, Dennis Hopper, Natalie Wood, James Garner, Jack Lord, and Tab Hunter, among many others.

A test pilot ignores the advice of the plane's designer that the plane should be grounded until a safety device is perfected.

Brown titled wrappers, noted as PREVIEW SCRIPT on the front wrapper, dated Sept. 18, 1956. 18 leaves, with last page of text numbered 19. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue and yellow revision pages throughout, dated 7/2/56 and 7/6/56. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

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