Unaired original series pilot episode, 1965
Directed by Robert Butler
Director Robert Butler was hand-selected by series creator Gene Roddenberry to helm this first incarnation of what would become an infinite Star Trek universe. While Butler’s pilot debuts the seminal character of Mr. Spock as well as numerous flourishes that would appear throughout the epochal series, NBC reportedly found the drama “too cerebral” and the pilot would not air until 1988.
Producer/Screenwriter: Gene Roddenberry. Cinematographer: William E. Snyder. Editor: Leo H. Shreve. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett, John Hoyt.
Digital video, color, 64 min.
Star Trek: “The Cage” courtesy of CBS Television Studios.
