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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Episode #23
TV Episode | Documentary, Family, History
Believe it or not: a deadly underwater snake attack. A medical facility in Soviet Russia where five surgeons perform a hundred operations a day. Playing with fire in India. The world's [then] largest television screen in Japan. A contest ...See moreBelieve it or not: a deadly underwater snake attack. A medical facility in Soviet Russia where five surgeons perform a hundred operations a day. Playing with fire in India. The world's [then] largest television screen in Japan. A contest involving tens of thousands of bees for beards made of bees. Thousand year-old eggs being eaten in Hong Kong. An emergency operation on a baby born with no connection from his mouth to his stomach. A man who lifts two tons in sixty seconds in Spain. And a deeper look inside the human eye. Written by Justin Boggan See less
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Director
John Peyser
Writers
Thomas Fuchs (written by) | Nicolas Noxon (written by) | Mel Stuart (written by) | David H. Vowell (written by)
Composer
John Cacavas
Cinematographers
Bertram van Munster | Daniel Yarussi
Editors
John Carnochan | Robert Leader | Douglas Waterman
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 24, 1985
Release date
Nov 24, 1985 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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