A Kind of a Stopwatch
- Episode aired Oct 18, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.
Dick Wessel
- Charlie
- (as Richard Wessel)
Ray Kellogg
- Fred
- (as Ray Kellog)
Sam Balter
- Game Announcer
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
- Banker
- (uncredited)
Robert McCord
- Man in Bar Doorway
- (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Paul Power
- Banker
- (uncredited)
John Roy
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Al Silvani
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of only three episodes to feature the introductory line, "Submitted for your approval" during Rod Serling's opening narration, which is the phrase usually most associated with the show's monologues.
- GoofsWhen the helicopter is shown frozen in flight the blades are shown as a blur, the result of the rotor moving too fast to be caught by the camera's slower frame rate.
- Quotes
McNulty: [early draft; later revised] Say, uhm... You wouldn't be interested in having dinner, would ya?
Secretary: If the world as we know it was about to end, if you were its most prominent restauranteur, and if I weren't very happily married already, I *might* be. But it isn't, you aren't, and I am; so *drift*, McNulty.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: A Kind of A Stopwatch (2023)
Featured review
Delightful
This episode would have fit well in the very first season; it's the usual Serling winning formula (though this is adapted from another writer). Richard Erdman has a ball playing a character we all must surely have worked with at one time or another. The gift of the watch is a bit out-of-the-blue, much the same way the guy in "The Chaser" just happens to show up with a helpful, magical address. And like, like "A Most Unusual Camera", you wonder why the main character doesn't figure out the value of the gift much earlier. Still, it's a classic episode and one any real fan will enjoy, and after watching, you will start realizing how often you've seen stories like this in other TV shows and movies that came after.
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- jcravens42
- Jul 2, 2008
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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