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"The Twilight Zone"
And When the Sky Was Opened (1959)


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User Rating: 8.6/10 (201 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Douglas Heyes
Writers:
Richard Matheson (short story)
Rod Serling (teleplay)
Original Air Date:
11 December 1959 (Season 1, Episode 11)
Plot:
Three U.S. astronauts blast off from Earth on an initial test flight in an experimental rocket-ship... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Very similar to "Private -- Keep Out!" a short story by Philip MacDonald more

Cast

 (Episode Complete credited cast)
Rod Taylor ... Colonel Clegg Forbes
Jim Hutton ... Major William Gart (as James Hutton)
Charles Aidman ... Colonel Ed Harrington
Maxine Cooper ... Amy
Paul Bryar ... Bartender
Sue Randall ... Nurse
Joe Bassett ... Medical Officer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
25 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English

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Jim Hutton's TV debut. more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Very similar to "Private -- Keep Out!" a short story by Philip MacDonald, 1 June 2006
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Author: Jason (jayschif@hotmail.com) from United States

The short story "Private -- Keep Out!" begins when an old friend nervously calls the narrator to discuss a man named Adrian Archer at a nearby bar. The narrator has no recollection of this man, however, which makes the old friend extremely paranoid. The friend suddenly feels like he doesn't belong -- that he will be the next person to be wiped from existence! He goes to the phone to make a call, but takes forever to come back. When the narrator decides to check on him, he is no longer there! The bartender has no memory of serving anyone else, and no one believes that this other man existed! The narrator begins to feel that maybe he will be the next to be erased from existence. He drives to his house to talk with his girlfriend/wife (I can't remember which), but his house looks completely different and a sign out front says 'Private -- Keep Out!'. The narrator knows he is next! The Twilight Zone episode basically steals this story and juxtaposes it with paranoia over space flight. Shot in 1959, two years before the first man orbited the Earth, viewers may have felt such nervousness over what may lie out there in the great void. Personally, I like the short story much better, because it doesn't hint at a cause for the characters' disappearances. Although I wonder how Philip MacDonald felt about having his story ripped off, this episode is well done.

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