Martin Landau stars as Richard Bellaro, a kind-hearted but put-upon researcher disrespected by his wealthy father(played by Neil Hamilton) who plans on passing him over as heir to his business empire, which infuriates Richard's conniving wife Judith(played by Sally Kellerman). One day while conducting his laser beam experiments in outer space, a peaceful, angelic-like alien(played by John Hoyt) is intercepted and captured, though protected by a palm controlled impenetrable shield that Judith is desperate to control and possess, though the cost of doing so will prove quite high indeed... Superb episode with a multi-layered, intelligent script and fine acting. A bit slow and stagy at times, but builds to a stunning twist ending that Rod Serling would be proud of.
Review of The Bellero Shield
