EDITOR’S NOTE: The Atomic Submarine was first on Chiller Theater on Sunday, October 27, 1963 at 11:10 p.m. It also aired on January 18 and June 21, 1964.

A submarine is destroyed near the North Pole by a UAP — well, maybe USP? — that brings in Commander Dan Wendover (Dick Foran), the captain of the atomic submarine Tigershark, and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Ian Hunt (Tom Conway). The crew, which includes Lieutenant Commander Richard “Reef” Holloway (Arthur Franz), Dr. Carl Neilson Jr. (Brett Halsey) and Dr. Clifford Kent (Victor Varconi), are to stop whatever is destroying ships. Turns out its one-eyed aliens and their spaceships, which are no match for America’s fighting men and their magnificent military-industrial complex.

But hey — Joi Lansing is in it. So that’s good. Jean Moorhead, Playboy Playmate of the Month for October 1955 is also in the cast. She’s in one of my favorite Ed Wood movies, The Violent Years. And obviously, this inspired Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

This movie was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Orville H. Hampton with uncredited help by Irving Block and Jack Rabin.

You can watch this on Tubi.