What does DR. KILDARE: THE FIRST COMPLETE SEASON and JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX have in common?
Well, for starters, DR. KILDARE: THE FIRST COMPLETE SEASON, which arrives this week as a DVD Premiere from Warner Archive Collection, features Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey and an amazing guest cast that includes film legends Joseph Cotten, Mary Astor, Margaret O’Brien, Lee Marvin and Ellen Burstyn and television luminaries from William Shatner, Ted Knight and Jean Stapleton to Gavin MacLeod, Harvey Korman, Ross Martin, Edward Platt, Glynnis Johns and BOTH Bewitched Darrins, Dick York and Dick Sargent. The press release hailing the entire impressive list is attached, as well as box art.
A pre-“Star Trek” William Shatner is featured in this clip from DR. KILDARE: THE FIRST COMPLETE SEASON:
Beyond the eye-popping guest cast for DR. KILDARE: THE FIRST COMPLETE SEASON, the true star for TV fans is the inclusion of the “lost” episode: “The Eleventh Hour,” the never-aired pilot, teams Dr. Theodore Bassett with Drs. Gillespie and Kildare to get to the bottom of what the devil is wrong with Ann Costigan (Vera Miles).
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX features an amazing cast of its own — from the Grey’s Anatomy duo of
Justin Chambers and Kevin McKidd as the voices of Barry Allen/Flash and Thomas Wayne/Batman, respectively, to Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale, Friday Night Lights, Chronicle) as Cyborg, C. Thomas Howell (Southland, The Outsiders) as Thawne/Professor Zoom, Nathan Fillion (Castle) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as Slade and Deathstroke, Dana Delany (Body of Proof) as Lois Lane, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as Aquaman, Danny Huston (Magic City) as General Lane, Sam Daly (The Office, The Daly Show) as Superman, and Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman.