PANIC ON THE 522 Quinn Martin SCRIPT Lynda Day George

This is the final draft from August 13, 1974. It has the ORIGINAL Film title, TERROR ON THE 5:22. It is complete with 105 pages. Great for the T.V. Script collector!

MORE INFO ON QUINN MARTIN: Quinn Martin (22 May 1922 – 5 September 1987), born Irwin Martin Cohn, was one of the most successful American television producers. He had at least one series running in prime time for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980), an industry record.

He was born in New York, the second of two children. His father Martin G. Cohn was a film editor and producer at MGM; his mother was Anna Cohn. From age four he was raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Fairfax High School. He served five years in the U.S. Army during World War II – enlisting in the Signal Corps at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California on September 10, 1940. He achieved the rank of sergeant.

He would change his name to Quinn Martin – the Quinn came from the pronunciation his friends gave of Cohn – as Co-Inn.

He majored in English but did not graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, Martin started his career in television as a film editor at MGM and also worked as manager of post production for various organizations including Universal Studios (1950-1954), but by the mid-1950's had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios. His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic, I Love Lucy.

During 1959, he produced for Desilu Productions a two part special that appeared in season 1 of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that became a weekly television show The Untouchables that would go on to win Emmy Awards.

During 1960, Martin established his own production company, QM Productions. He sold it during 1978 and worked as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego's Warren College, where he also endowed a chair in drama. He also established a scholarship for theater arts and communications students at Santa Clara University.

The eponymously-named QM Productions produced a string of hit television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., The Invaders, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones. His series were known for their highly stylized format: a prologue featuring a stern-voice narrator to establish the premise and introduce the cast for that episode; explicitly announced Acts I, II, III, and IV; and an epilogue, again featuring the narrator.

Besides producing sixteen one-hour network series, he also produced twenty TV movies, including Attack on Terror, Brinks: The Great Robbery, Face of Fear, House on Greenapple Road, and Murder of Mercy. His only venture into the world of cinema was The Mephisto Waltz, released by Twentieth Century-Fox.

During 1979, a group of investors purchased his wholly owned QM Productions and sold it subsequently to Taft Broadcasting, which itself has since changed ownership, from Worldvision Enterprises to Republic Pictures. Nowadays, Republic and CBS Paramount Television/CBS Studios own ancillary rights to all of QM's library except Twelve o'Clock High (owned by 20th Television), Banyon and The F.B.I. (the latter two of which are owned by both the Martin estate and Warner Bros. Television), with CBS Television Distribution handling TV distribution and Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS DVD handling DVD distribution.

After selling QM Productions he moved to Rancho Santa Fe where he became president of the La Jolla Playhouse and the Del Mar Fair Board. He was also involved with business activities developing motion pictures for Warner Bros. with a new company, QM Communications.

A fan of Thoroughbred horse racing, Quinn Martin owned several racehorses alone and in partnerships. Among his racing wins were the 1975 and 1978 editions of the Carleton F. Burke Handicap at Santa Anita Park.

Quinn Martin died of heart failure Saturday September 5th, 1987 in his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 65 years old.

MORE INFO ON LYNDA DAY GEORGE: Lynda Day George (b. December 11, 1944 in San Marcos, Texas) is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She is probably best known for being a cast member on the television series Mission: Impossible (1971-1973), as well as being the wife of actor Christopher George.

Originally known as Lynda Day, her career began with guest roles on many television series of the 1960s including Route 66, Flipper, The Green Hornet, Mannix, The Fugitive, and Bonanza. She had her first major role in a short-lived 1970 television series, The Silent Force, and later starred in the television pilot for Cannon in 1971. That same year, she was cast as Lisa Casey in the critically acclaimed series Mission: Impossible, a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1972 and an Emmy Award in 1973.

She first met actor Christopher George when they starred together in the 1966 independent film The Gentle Rain. While working together again in the 1970 John Wayne film Chisum, they fell in love and were married on May 15, 1970.

Thereafter, she became Lynda Day George and co-starred in multiple television films with her husband over the next 10 years including House on Greenapple Road (1970), Mayday at 40,000 Feet (1976) and Cruise Into Terror (1978). They also worked together in episodes of The F.B.I. (1970), Mission: Impossible (1971), McCloud (1975), Love Boat (1977) and Vega$ (1978). They guest-starred in television's Wonder Woman in 1976, with Lynda playing villain Fausta Grables, Nazi Wonder Woman.

Lynda continued her television work throughout the 1970s with guest roles on Police Story, Kung Fu, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Barnaby Jones. She played supporting roles in Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots, two television miniseries of the decade.

Lynda's movie career is noted for several horror cult films in which she co-starred with husband Christopher including Day of the Animals (1977), Pieces (1982) and Mortuary (1983). She also co-starred with John Saxon in the 1980 horror film Beyond Evil.

Christopher George died unexpectedly of a heart attack on November 28, 1983 at the age of 54. Lynda was devastated by the loss, afterwards working only sporadically in television guest roles on Fantasy Island (1984), Murder She Wrote (1985), Hardcastle and McCormick (1985) and Blacke's Magic (1986). She was also a regular guest on religious television programs. In one of her final performances, Lynda reprised the role of Lisa Casey on an episode of the revived Mission: Impossible television series in 1989.

Lynda George officially retired from acting in the late 1980s. She was first married to Joseph Pantano (1963 - 1970) (divorced), with one son, Nicky. She left Patano to marry Christopher George.

In 1970, she became married to Christopher George (15 May 1970 - 28 November 1983) (his death) and had one daughter. They filed suit to have her son from a previous marriage declared to be legally Christopher's natural son.

Today, Lynda George is married to Doug Cronin (1985 - present) and they reside in California.