Product Details

• Actors: Vic Perrin, Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, Robert Culp, Robert Duvall
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301972198
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,478 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this video primarily because of Henry Silva., June 7, 1999

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Heather N. Tanchuck (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outer Limits: Mice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Outer Limits: The Mice," starring Henry Silva and Diana Sands, 1963. I bought this video because I have had a life-long "crush" on Henry Silva. I think he is one of the best actors in the world, and in this video, one can see he really loves acting. He has fun with his roles. Consider that this was made in 1963 and have fun with it. Mr. Silva plays convict Chino Rivera who exchanges his "life in prison" sentence to be a guinea pig for a scientific experiment which is an exchange of inhabitants between earth and a planet named Chromo. The "alien" (Chromoite, who is one hungry dude!) will make you laugh, so remember it's T. V. and it's 1963! And is he REALLY a "bad guy" in this episode? Watch and see! For those of you who think of Henry Silva as a "character actor who plays bad guys," you can see by his acting in this role that he can play anything. I enjoyed watching his every move. Of course, I think he's gorgeous!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellant episode, January 8, 2002

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"darc_light" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outer Limits: Mice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Outer Limits: The Mice is one of the best acted and best written episodes I've ever seen of this series. Henry Silva gives a 5-star performance as Chino Rivera, the convict who chooses to participate in this "Alien-Exchange Progam", and plays the part of the manipulative yet sympathetic criminal with great realism. Diana Sands is excellant as a sympathetic scientist trying to help Siva's charachter, and the Chromoite is one of the coolest aliens ever to grace The Outer Limits. And the end message is as stunning as it is simplistic... all they had to do was ask for help.
A definate must buy for Sci-Fi fans.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Human Guinea Pig, June 13, 1999

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Thomas Rucki (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outer Limits: Mice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"In dreams, some of us walk the stars. In dreams, some of us ride the whelming brine of space, where every port is a shining one, and none are beyond our reach. Some of us, in dreams, cannot reach beyond the walls of our own little sleep." In a prison, a murderer volunteers for a dangerous experiment. An alien scientist from planet Chromo is teleported on Earth and soon the convict will be sent out there. Forget the storyline and focus on the characters. Henry Silva, from "Tourist Attraction", is jumpy Chino Rivera, for instance : in the scene where Chino, scared to death by the Chromoite, runs in a hurry. We can see a long dolly shot made with a hand-held camera and we can hear a military music to emphasize the tension. Michael Higgins is dead-serious scientist Dr. Thomas Kellander : especially, after the alien's very violent murder in the lake, he speaks of Chino to Julia while watching a shoe : "A disease that walks like a man...". Diane Sands is frightened Dr. Julia Harrison (and a small part by Dabney Coleman). I like the friendly dialogues between Julia and Chino, when they talk about Chromo's food : "I'd better bring a couple of hero sandwiches with me." And when they talk about the horror of the Chromoite : "Everybody looks like a monster to somebody." The cinematography is dark and effective due to Conrad Hall's tough hand held camera shots. One of the best chiaroscuro shot is when Chino is reading near the mice' cages. The very science-fiction music blends with O.B.I.T.'s haunting sound effects is okay. The Chromoite alien is evil (in the teleportation scene when it turns insane and agressive and destroys everything) and repulsive-enough (the way it eats) to watch the show. This monster is re-used, in part, later, for The Guests. One more thing, I like Robert Johnson's distorted Chromo transmission voice ("Transmission point Chromo. Subject stable. Sequence commences. Initiate systems... Transmission accomplishes.") A "who is really the killer ?" episode with great artistry and a fast-paced/action-packed orientation, directed by "The Mutant" Alan Crosland, Jr. and written by Joseph Stefano. "Hunger, frightens and hurts, and it has many faces, and every man must sometimes face the terror of one of them. Wouldn't it seem that a misery known and understood by all men would lead Man not to deception and murder, but to faith, and hope, and love ?"