The Plague

Stephen King's The Stand: Season 1: Episode 1

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The Plague

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ABC | Air Date: May 8, 1994
Starring: Ray Walston, Corin Nemec, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise, Jamey Sheridan, Molly Ringwald, Max Wright, Patrick Kilpatrick, Miguel Ferrer, Matt Frewer, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Van Norden, Adam Storke, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rick Aviles
Summary: One sunny June day, a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government-run lab, decimating the population of the world. Only a few people seems to be inmune. One of the survivors is Stu Redmond, a gas station attendant from Texas, who doesn't seem to suffer the effects of the illness. For this reason, he is kept in a center for diseaseOne sunny June day, a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government-run lab, decimating the population of the world. Only a few people seems to be inmune. One of the survivors is Stu Redmond, a gas station attendant from Texas, who doesn't seem to suffer the effects of the illness. For this reason, he is kept in a center for disease control in Vermont, where doctors try to figure out why he is still alive. Others survivors include Frannie Goldsmith who lives with her dad, Nick Andros, a deaf-mute, Larry Underwood a rock musician and Lloyd Henreid who is in jail for murder. Each survivor starts having dreams about an old African American woman who warns them from danger and gives them advice, or about a scary evil man. … Expand
Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

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