"The Outer Limits" Demon with a Glass Hand (1964)

User Rating:

9.3/10   

Director:

Byron Haskin

Writer:

Harlan Ellison (written by)

TV Series:

"The Outer Limits" (1963)

Original Air Date:

17 October 1964 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Days ago Trent awoke with no memory of his past. Since then, sinister men have pursued him constantly...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Cult Favorite | Psychotronic | Alien | Supernatural

Cast

Robert Culp	...	Trent
Arlene Martel	...	Consuelo (as Arline Martel)
Abraham Sofaer	...	Arch
Rex Holman	...	Battle
Steve Harris	...	Breech
Robert Fortier	...	Budge

Runtime:

51 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Daystar Productions

Trivia:

This episode was placed in the Archive of Popular History at Oberlin College in Ohio.

Quotes:

Trent: I’m trapped in a building with the Kyben. There’s a woman with me. We can’t escape. Tell me, what can I do?
The Glass Hand: One hundred percent possibility of success is not available. Next success quotient only forty-seven percent probable.
Trent: Well, tell me, what is it?
The Glass Hand: Let them kill you.

Inside Information

I'm the eldest son of the Assistant to the Producer of this episode of The Outer Limits. It is in my opinion one of the best episodes he was involved in (the last 2 years of production). The show originally aired on Saturday night on ABC. On the Monday morning following the show, the phone in the producer's office rang and my father answered it. The voice identified himself as Ray Bradbury and asked to speak to Ben Brady the producer. My father at first thought it was a joke. It wasn't. Mr. Bradbury told Mr. Brady that he had watched the show on Saturday night and wanted to tell him how much he enjoyed it. Not a bad sci-fi recommend I would think.

Please remember when you watch the old Outer Limits that the budget was very limited 100k an episode I think. And that was for everything. So the aliens in this episode wore bathing caps and the "set" was the old Bradbury building in downtown LA. Shot the entire thing in one night. At least the run around the stairs, elevator scenes. For what it was and when it was done, it pretty good I think.