The Twilight Zone
Series 1Production Information
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Release Date Copyright Country Language Episode Run Time Certification |
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1959 - 1960 Cayuga Productions, Inc. U.S.A. English 25 Mins PG |
Regular Cast
| Host | - | Rod Serling |
Episode 1 - Where Is Everybody?
Director: Robert StevensWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Earl Holliman, James Gregory, Paul Langton, James McCallion, John Conwell, Jay Overholts, Carter Mullally Jr., Garry Walberg & Jim Johnson
Where Is Everybody? That's the question. Mike Ferris (Earl Holliman) finds himself in a peculiar situation and what is most puzzling is he can't remember who he is. Mike enters a café but there's no-one there, maybe the owner has popped out for a minute? Strange! Ok, so he helps himself to a coffee and talks to himself whilst trying to find the owner - nothing, nobody. After having his coffee he walks to the nearby town, surely there will be people there? No-one there either, stranger still. What could have happened to all the people? Mike is starting to get worried, where have all the people gone? Why does he feel he's being watched?
Episode 2 - One for the Angels
Director: Robert ParrishWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Ed Wynn, Murray Hamilton, Dana Dillaway, Jay Overholts & Merritt Bohn
On a hot July day, street seller Lou Bookman (Ed Wynn) gets a visit from a stranger, and no ordinary stranger at that, but Death himself (Murray Hamilton). Lou's time is up but he is unwilling to pass through the pearly gates. He uses his gift of the gab to try to wheedle his way out of this situation. When Death explains that the he can only get a reprieve from the death sentence if there were extenuating circumstances, Lou concocts an excuse that he needs more time to make a "pitch for the angels", he is so persuasive that Death himself agrees to give Lou a while longer on this earth. Lou thinks he's rather smart managing to dupe death but realises later that there are consequences. After all Death is not a stupid fellow.
Episode 3 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday
Director: Allen ReisnerWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Dan Duryea, Martin Landau, Jeanne Cooper, Malcolm Atterbury, Ken Lynch, Arthur Batanides, Bill Erwin, Robert Burton & Doug McClure
Out in an old western town, Al Denton ex-gunslinger and down on his luck drunkard, has not much of a life, especially when he is being taunted by the local bullies. But someone is on his side, a mysterious character by the name of Henry J. Fate, who is controlling events now. First a gun appears out of thin air in the road next to Denton then 'accidentally' Denton fires a shot that disarms one of the bullies who is spoiling for a gunfight. Mr Fate has a few other things up his sleeve for Denton as the story unfolds.
Episode 4 - The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine
Director: Mitchell LeisenWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Ida Lupino, Martin Balsam, Jerome Cowan , Ted de Corsia & Alice Frost
Image is everything, so they say in the movie world. This unfortunately is what Barbara Jean Trenton (Ida Lupino) has taken to heart and where she has gone wrong. In a darkened room at her mansion, Barbara spends all her time watching old movies in which she starred during her heyday, transfixed on her image, wishing for those days back again. She has few friends left, only her agent and maid check on her occasionally and as her obsession has been getting worse they are worried about her. It cannot be good for her being totally removed from reality, thinking only about how she can recapture those good old days. But maybe she's found a way?
Episode 5 - Walking Distance
Director: Robert StevensWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Gig Young, Frank Overton, Irene Tedrow, Michael Montgomery, Ron Howard, Byron Foulger, Sheridan Comerate, Joseph Corey, Buzz Martin, Nan Peterson & Pat O'Malley
If your childhood was within walking distance would you visit? Martin Sloan stops at a gas station, he seems agitated and impatient as he waits for the attendant. Strangely enough when asked if he wants the car to have an oil change he says "yeah" and adds "I'm in no hurry". It is at this point he realises that he is in walking distance to where he grew up and hadn't been back there for 20 - 25 years. As he has an hour or so to spare in his hectic life, Martin goes to visit the town of his childhood not knowing that he is actually going to be stepping back into his past.
Episode 6 - Escape Clause
Director: Mitchell LeisenWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Christine, Raymond Bailey, Wendell Holmes, Dick Wilson, Joe Flynn & Nesdon Booth
Walter Bedeker is a hypochondriac. All he does is think of himself and his death, not caring about anyone but himself. What would he give to be indestructible and live forever? After all he wouldn't then have to worry about the moment that everyone else has to face. Walter gets his chance when an apparition appears in his room calling himself Cadwallader. It's not long before Walter figures out what the phantom really is, but after some bargaining he signs a contract that will give him immortality. The thing is though, is immortality all it is cracked up to be?
Episode 7 - The Lonely
Director: Jack SmightWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Jack Warden, John Dehner & Jean Marsh
Episode 8 - Time Enough at Last
Director: John BrahmWriting Credits: Lynn Venable & Rod Serling
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Vaughn Taylor, Jacqueline deWit & Lela Bliss
Henry Bemis is a compulsive bookworm and all Henry wants is to be able to have some time to read. The trouble is that his wife won't let him and he risks losing his job at the bank where he works, if he gets caught reading during work hours one more time. The only time Henry has got to himself is his lunch break, so he steals himself off to the bank's vault and pulls the door up. As Henry reads his newspaper in secret, the world ends, or rather a new type of bomb changes Henry's life forever, leaving him time enough at last to read as much as he wants.
Episode 9 - Perchance to Dream
Director: Robert FloreyWriting Credits: Charles Beaumont
Cast: Richard Conte, John Larch & Suzanne Lloyd
Episode 10 - Judgment Night
Director: John BrahmWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Nehemiah Persoff, Deirdre Owens, Patrick Macnee, Ben Wright, Leslie Bradley, Kendrick Huxham, Hugh Sanders, Richard Peel, Donald Journeaux, James Franciscus & Barry Bernard
Episode 11 - And When the Sky Was Opened
Director: Douglas HeyesWriting Credits: Richard Matheson & Rod Serling
Cast: Rod Taylor, Charles Aidman, Jim Hutton, Maxine Cooper, Paul Bryar, Sue Randall & Joe Bassett
Episode 12 - What You Need
Director: Alvin GanzerWriting Credits: Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore & Rod Serling
Cast: Steve Cochran, Ernest Truex, Read Morgan, Arlene Martel, William Edmonson, Doris Karnes, Fred Kruger & Norman Sturgis
Episode 13 - The Four of Us Are Dying
Director: John BrahmWriting Credits: George Johnson & Rod Serling
Cast: Harry Townes, Phillip Pine, Ross Martin, Don Gordon, Harry Jackson, Bernard Fein, Peter Brocco, Milton Frome & Beverly Garland
Episode 14 - Third from the Sun
Director: Richard L. BareWriting Credits: Richard Matheson & Rod Serling
Cast: Fritz Weaver, Edward Andrews, Joe Maross, Denise Alexander, Lori March & Jeanne Evans
Episode 15 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air
Director: Stuart RosenbergWriting Credits: Madelon Champion & Rod Serling
Cast: Dewey Martin, Ed Binns, Ted Otis, Harry Bartell & Leslie Barrett
Episode 16 - The Hitch-Hiker
Director: Alvin GanzerWriting Credits: Lucille Fletcher & Rod Serling
Cast: Inger Stevens, Adam Williams, Lew Gallo, Leonard Strong, Russ Bender & George Mitchell
Episode 17 - The Fever
Director: Robert FloreyWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Everett Sloane, Vivi Janiss, William Kendis, Lee Millar, Lee Sands, Marc Towers, Art Lewis & Arthur Peterson
Episode 18 - The Last Flight
Director: William F. ClaxtonWriting Credits: Richard Matheson
Cast: Kenneth Haigh, Alexander Scourby, Simon Scott, Robert Warwick, Harry Raybould & Jerry Catron
Episode 19 - The Purple Testament
Director: Richard L. BareWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Dick York, William Reynolds, William Phipps, Barney Phillips, S. John Launer, Michael Vandever, Paul Mazursky, Marc Cavell, Warren Oates & Ron Masak
Episode 20 - Elegy
Director: Douglas HeyesWriting Credits: Charles Beaumont
Cast: Cecil Kellaway, Jeff Morrow, Don Dubbins & Kevin Hagen
Episode 21 - Mirror Image
Director: John BrahmWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Vera Miles, Martin Milner, Joseph Hamilton, Naomi Stevens, Therese Lyon, Ferris Taylor & Edwin Rand
Episode 22 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Director: Ronald WinstonWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Claude Akins, Barry Atwater, Jack Weston, Jan Handzlik, Amzie Strickland, Burt Metcalfe, Mary Gregory, Jason Johnson, Anne Barton, Leah Waggner, Joan Sudlow, Ben Erway, Lyn Guild, Sheldon Allman & Bill Walsh
Episode 23 - A World of Difference
Director: Ted PostWriting Credits: Richard Matheson
Cast: Howard Duff, David White, Frank Maxwell, Eileen Ryan, Gail Kobe, Peter Walker, Susan Dorn & Bill Idelson
Episode 24 - Long Live Walter Jameson
Director: Tony LeaderWriting Credits: Charles Beaumont
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Edgar Stehli, Estelle Winwood & Dodie Heath
Episode 25 - People Are Alike All Over
Director: Mitchell LeisenWriting Credits: Paul W. Fairman & Rod Serling
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Susan Oliver, Paul Comi, Byron Morrow, Vic Perrin & Vernon Gray
Episode 26 - Execution
Director: David Orrick McDearmonWriting Credits: George Clayton Johnson & Rod Serling
Cast: Albert Salmi, Russell Johnson, Than Wyenn, George Mitchell, Jon Lormer, Fay Roope & Richard Karlan
Episode 27 - The Big Tall Wish
Director: Ronald WinstonWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Ivan Dixon, Stephen Perry, Kim Hamilton, Walter Burke & Henry Scott
Episode 28 - A Nice Place to Visit
Director: John BrahmWriting Credits: Charles Beaumont
Cast: Larry Blyden & Sebastian Cabot
Episode 29 - Nightmare as a Child
Director: Alvin GanzerWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Janice Rule, Shepperd Strudwick, Terry Burnham, Michael Fox & Joseph Perry
Episode 30 - A Stop at Willoughby
Director: Robert ParrishWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: James Daly, Howard Smith, Patricia Donahue, Jason Wingreen, Mavis Neal Palmer & James Maloney
Episode 31 - The Chaser
Director: Douglas HeyesWriting Credits: John Collier & Robert Presnell Jr.
Cast: John McIntire, Patricia Barry, George Grizzard, J. Pat O'Malley, Marjorie Bennett, Barbara Perry & Rusty Wescoatt
Episode 32 - A Passage for Trumpet
Director: Don MedfordWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Jack Klugman, John Anderson, Frank Wolff, Mary Webster, James Flavin & Ned Glass
Episode 33 - Mr. Bevis
Director: William AsherWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Orson Bean, Henry Jones, Charles Lane, Horace McMahon, William Schallert, Florence MacMichael, Dorothy Neumann, Vito Scotti, House Peters Jr., Colleen O'Sullivan & Timmy Cletro
Episode 34 - The After Hours
Director: Douglas HeyesWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Anne Francis, Elizabeth Allen, James Millhollin, John Conwell, Patrick Whyte & Nancy Rennick
Episode 35 - The Mighty Casey
Director: Alvin Ganzer & Robert ParrishWriting Credits: Rod Serling
Cast: Jack Warden, Abraham Sofaer, Robert Sorrells, Alan Dexter, Don Kelly, Jonathan Hole & Rusty Lane
Episode 36 - A World of His Own
Director: Ralph NelsonWriting Credits: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk & Mary LaRoche
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