West Point: The Operator and the Martinet [The Operator]

Gene Roddenberry (screenwriter)
Chuck Connors, Robert Vaughn, Chester Marshall, Donald May (starring)
Leon Benson (director)

Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs, 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 1956 television series, seen here under the working title "The Operator." Script supervisor Larry Lund's working copy, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and his extensive annotations throughout in manuscript pencil.

The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this installment, two cadets—one an overachiever, the other a rule-breaker—must cooperate and learn from each other. The episode originally aired on October 12, 1956, on CBS.

Beige titled wrappers, dated April 25, 1956, noted as production No. 3B, with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 44 leaves, with last page of text numbered 42A. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock, rectos only, with two yellow revision pages dated 5/18/56. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.


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