Hands Off #4
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Written by John Graham Length: --:--
Based on --- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror
Produced at CBC Toronto Recording Date(s): 4/1/1980
Original CBC AirDate: 7/25/1980
CBC Repeat(s): ---		 CBC FM Repeat: 1/17/1981
Arts National Rebroadcast Date: ---
Original NPR Tx Date: 12/18/1981 NPR Repeat Tx: 10/15/1982 NPR ID#: 811218
CBC Tape ID: 3NF-10 Released: 198x Flipside Episode: "The Monkey's Paw"
DH Tape ID: DHP-7886
ISBN: 0-88646-886-8		 Released: 1996 Flipside Episode: "Wind Chill"
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Cast & Crew
Colin Fox   as   Dr. Andrew Stryker
Jennifer Browne   as   Sylvia
Marian Waldman   as   Doris Stryker
Murray Westgate   as   George, the Guard
Ruth Springford   as   the Neighbor
Ken James   as   the Policeman

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Announcer
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Recording Engineer(s)
John Jessop

Sound Effects
Bill Robinson

Production Assistant(s)
Nina Callaghan

Story Editor(s)
John Douglas

Producer
Bill Howell

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A scientist experimenting with hostility in animals accidently spills some of the chemical he's using on his hand. Immediately, his wife flies into a rage and try as he might, he cannot wash the chemical off. After a series of hostile reactions, he's forced to take desperate measures.  (NPR)

A reseach scientist, working on a new shark repellent that works through the sense of smell, spills an untested compound on his own hand.  (NPR)

Dr. Stryker and his assistant, Sylvia, become unwilling test subjects for their own experimental formula that's designed to produce hostility in animals.  (N25)
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Reader Comments

This episode really makes me tense. It's a classic story where everything just goes wrong. The sound effect of the axe to his hand is enough to make you sick. I wonder what they used?  (Kevin Hartnell)

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