Star Trek: The Cage (1965)
February 1, 1965Release Date
Star Trek: The Cage (1965)
February 1, 1965Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Jeffrey Hunter
Captain Christopher Pike
Susan Oliver
Vina
Leonard Nimoy
Mister Spock
Majel Barrett
Number One
Meg Wyllie
The Keeper
Robert Butler
Director
Gene Roddenberry
Writer
Clegg Hoyt
Transporter Chief Pitcairn
John Hoyt
Dr. Phillip Boyce
Malachi Throne
The Keeper (voice)
Peter Duryea
Lt. José Tyler
Laurel Goodwin
Yeoman J.M. Colt
Michael Dugan
The Kaylar
John Burnside
Bridge Crewmember
Georgia Schmidt
First Talosian
Robert C. Johnson
First Talosian (voice)
Serena Sande
Second Talosian
Jon Lormer
Dr. Theodore Haskins
Adam Roarke
C.P.O. Garrison
Leonard Mudie
Second Survivor
Anthony Jochim
Third Survivor
Edward Madden
Enterprise Geologist
Robert Phillips
Orion Space Officer
Joseph Mell
Earth Trader
Janos Prohaska
Anthropoid Ape / Humanoid Bird / Stunts
Alexander Courage
Music
Bill Butler
Assistant Camera
Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
William E. Snyder
Director of Photography
Lucille Ball
Executive Producer
Bob Herron
Stunt Double
Desi Arnaz
Executive Producer
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Filming LocationsDesilu Culver Stage 16 · Desilu Culver Stage 15 · 40 Acres, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
"The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the American television series Star Trek. It was completed on January 22, 1965 (with a copyright date of 1964). The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Much of the original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the season 1 two-part episode "The Menagerie" (1966); however, "The Cage" was first released to the public on VHS in 1986, with a special introduction by Gene Roddenberry, as a hybrid of the color footage that was used in "The Menagerie" and black and white footage which was not used in "The Menagerie". It was not broadcast on television in its complete all-color form until 1988. The black and white version and all-color version were also released in various standard-definition media including LaserDisc, VHS, and DVD formats.
The story concerns a starship crew's investigation of a far-off planet which was the site of a shipwreck eighteen years earlier and their encounter with telepathic aliens who seek a human male specimen for their menagerie. The pilot introduced Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy, who was the only cast member to be retained for the series in his original role.