"The Twilight Zone" Passage on the Lady Anne (1963)

Director:

Lamont Johnson

Writers:

Charles Beaumont (written by)
Rod Serling (creator)

TV Series:

"The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Original Air Date:

9 May 1963 (Season 4, Episode 17)

Genre:

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

Plot:

A young American couple, the Ransomes (Lee Philips and Joyce Van Patten), who are trying to salvage their troubled marriage...

Plot Keywords:

Husband Wife Relationship | Vacation | Ship | Crying | Warning

Cast

Gladys Cooper	...	Millie McKenzie
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	McKenzie
Cecil Kellaway	...	Burgess
Lee Philips	...	Alan Ransome
Joyce Van Patten	...	Eileen Ransome
Alan Napier	...	Capt. Protheroe
Cyril Delevanti	...	Officer
Jack Raine	...	Officer
Colin Campbell	...	Addicott
Don Keefer	...	Spiereto

Runtime:

51 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Cayuga Productions

Quotes:

Millie McKenzie: Love has its own particular point of view. It sees everything larger than life. Nothing is too ornate, too fanciful, too dramatic. Love demands the theatrical, and then transfigures it. It turns the grotesque into the lovely, as a child does. With it, we can see what we wish to see in other people. Without it, we can't see anything at all. We can search forever, and never find.

Even this non-romantic could like the romance in this one

Of all the Twilight Zone episodes I've seen, I would say this is the most romantic. It amazes me that Charles Beaumont, who seems the least romantic of the Twilight Zone's regular stable of writers, should be the author.

Usually, I don't care for romantic "love is all you need" type stuff, but occasionally, for one reason or another, I'll go along. The reasons in this case are, first of all, there is some realism. When Eileen Ransome, played with remarkable skill by Joyce Van Patten, breaks down while sitting at the table, chatting with the older, friendly couple, and her husband sits there, knowing why, knowing he's responsible, unsure what to do, that is very convincing. So, the story having given a nod to reality, I give a nod to fantasy; I was ready for the magic of the voyage to take over, and it did, thanks to the sets and the acting by a bunch of very skilled old hands.