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more about #yulbrynner more comments → Hamslicer: Robbie from Forbidden Planet. Nice robot, strong, smart, can replicate booze and gemstones. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: The photo is dated as June 1960. Too late to be from an episode of Tightrope since the series ended in May of 1960 and did not have a second season. ... more » 4ndreVV: And let's not forget Gene Autry's 1935 sf cowboy serial set at the Radio Ranch, The Phantom Empire. There are at least 2 episodes available at Youtube. more » Ron Hogan: Holding your sports coat wide open with your non-shooting hand? Now that's a technique I've never seen before. more » SSJ: Hmmm. Looks like a Twilight Zone episode to me. more » -
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Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
From the recently-posted Life magazine archives comes photographic evidence of a pistol-packing robot that predated Michael Crichton’s Westworld and Yul Brynner’s Gunslinger by some 13 years. We've got more pictures after the jump. More »
