The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963)
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- TV-PG
- 25min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 18 Oct 1963
- TV Episode
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Complete, Cast awaiting verification
| Richard Erdman | ... |
McNulty
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| Herbie Faye | ... |
Joe Palucci
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| Leon Belasco | ... |
Potts
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| Doris Singleton | ... |
Secretary
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| Roy Roberts | ... |
Mr. Cooper
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| Dick Wessel | ... |
Charlie
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| Ray Kellogg | ... |
Fred
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| Ken Drake | ... |
Daniel
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| Sam Balter | ... |
Game Announcer (uncredited)
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Roy Damron | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Rudy Germane | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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| Stuart Hall | ... |
Banker (uncredited)
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| Robert McCord | ... |
Man in Bar Doorway (uncredited)
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Ray Pourchot | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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| Paul Power | ... |
Banker (uncredited)
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| John Roy | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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| Rod Serling | ... |
Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)
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| Al Silvani | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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| Norman Stevans | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
| John Rich | ||
Written by
| Rod Serling | ... | (teleplay by) |
| Michael D. Rosenthal | ... | (based on a story by) |
| Rod Serling | ... | (created by) (creator) |
Produced by
| Bert Granet | ... | producer |
Music by
| Van Cleave | ||
Cinematography by
| Robert Pittack | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Richard V. Heermance | ... | (as Richard Heermance) |
Casting By
| Patricia Mock | ... | (as Patricia Rose) |
Art Direction by
| George W. Davis | ||
| Walter Holscher | ||
Set Decoration by
| Robert R. Benton | ||
| Henry Grace | ||
Production Management
| Ralph W. Nelson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Charles Bonniwell | ... | assistant director (as Charles Bonniwell Jr.) |
Sound Department
| Franklin Milton | ... | sound |
| Philip Mitchell | ... | sound (as Philip N. Mitchell) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| James V. King | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Van Cleave | ... | conductor |
| Marius Constant | ... | composer: theme music (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CBS (1963) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- FremantleMedia Enterprises (2012) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Paramount+ (2021) (United States) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Eagle Clothes (Mr. Serling's wardrobe)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Patrick Thomas McNulty, an obnoxious blow-hard who has an opinion for every possible situation and topic there is. People find him insufferable: his co-workers, the regulars at the bar he frequents, his boss as well. McNulty submits a grocery list of suggestions to really turn Cooper Corporations around. His boss, Mr. Cooper, dislikes his ideas wanting to keep his business simple. Cooper discards McNulty, along with all of his ideas. Patrick returns to his local watering hole. The bartender Joe has a talk with McNulty, trying to help him realize that the problem may be McNulty's personality, and the fact that he is responsible for alienating everybody. However, he doesn't drive everyone away tonight. There's one strange little man in a bar who seems as desolate and lonely as he is. A bizarre foreign man by the name of Potts. Well, misery loves company. Patrick buys him a beer. Potts is touched. These poor two seem to be made for each other. Patrick offers him the gift of friendship. For making such an offer, Potts gives back the gift of a family heirloom - a old time stopwatch. McNulty finds plenty of uses for the gift of stopping time. After an attempt to market the little gizmo fails, he uses it to get revenge of his former boss and co-workers. He realizes that the only way he's ever gonna get respect if he gets money and lots of it. He uses the supernatural stopwatch to rob a bank. He stops it just as they're opening the vault. And just as he's walking away with an overflowing cart of cash, his pocket-watch falls out of his pocket... Written by Dane Youssef |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | An early draft of the script featured an alternate closing shot: One of the "frozen" people, whom McNulty has just run past, turns to face the camera after McNulty vanishes around a corner. It's Potts, who smiles and winks at the camera... indicating that, as with the watch he gave McNulty, there's a lot more to him than meets the eye. See more » |
| Goofs | When 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in A Kind of A Stopwatch (2023). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Twilight Zone Theme See more » |
| Quotes |
McNulty:
[early draft, later revised]
Say, um... 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! See more » |