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Damon Knight (story)
Rod Serling (teleplay) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
2 March 1962 (Season 3, Episode 24)
Plot:
An alien race comes to earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the alien's language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man". full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Lloyd Bochner | ... | Chambers |
| Susan Cummings | ... | Patty |
 | Richard Kiel | ... | Kanamit |
| Hardie Albright | ... | Secretary General |
| Theodore Marcuse | ... | Gregori |
| Bartlett Robinson | ... | Colonel #1 |
| Carleton Young | ... | Colonel #2 (as Carlton Young) |
| Nelson Olmsted | ... | Scientist |
| Robert Tafur | ... | Señor Valdes |
| Lomax Study | ... | Leveque |
| Jerry Fujikawa | ... | Japanese Delegate (as J.H. Fujikawa) |
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Runtime:
25 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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The full size lower portion of the Kanamits' transport spaceship is the adapted version, with retractable stairway, of the saucer-shaped United Planets Cruiser C-57D, seen in MGM's 1956 film _Forbidden Planet (1956)_. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The TV station broadcasting the Kanamits' arrival at the United Nations building in New York has the call letters "JFOD-TV". TV stations in New York should have call signs that start with the letter "W". more
Quotes:
Patty: [SPOILER] Mr. Chambers! Don't get on that ship! The rest of the book, "To Serve Man", it's... it's a cookbook! more
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Referenced in "Futurama: Mother's Day (#2.19)" (2000) more
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The episode begins with a race from another planet coming to Earth and offering to make all our problems disappear. Despite our natural distrust of such claims, the planet soon becomes a paradise--with plenty to eat, peace throughout the land and humans praising these well-intentioned beings. However, despite the windfall, two translators who work for the United Nations doggedly try to unlock the alien language contained in one of their books. So far, they only have been able to translate the title, "To Serve Man", but the rest alludes them.
When it comes to the excellent show THE TWILIGHT ZONE, you can't find a better episode than this one--and that's saying a lot because they made quite a few gems. That's because this one is based on a short story that is so gosh-darn clever that you can't help but admire the episode. Plus, the acting, sets and mood is so well created that it just screams "quality television".