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Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 8 Uncle Simon
(15 Nov. 1963)
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Uncle Simon Polk
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Constance Ford | ... |
Barbara Polk
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| Ian Wolfe | ... |
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Caregiver Barbara Polk must take care of her uncle's robot after his untimely and accidental death.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 November 1963 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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The next installment of Twilight Zone would not air for two weeks. The following week's episode had been canceled - due to the assassination that day of President John F. Kennedy. See more »Quotes
Narrator: [Closing Narration] Dramatis personae: a metal man, who will go by the name of Simon, whose life as well as his body has been stamped out for him; and the woman who tends to him, the lady Barbara, who's discovered belatedly that all bad things don't come to an end, and that once a bed is made, it quite necessary that you sleep in it. Tonight's uncomfortable little exercise in avarice and automatons - from the Twilight Zone.See more »
This was an excellent Twilight Zone. Cedric Hardwicke was brilliantly rude and mean as Uncle Simon. The direction by Don Siegel - of Dirty Harry fame - was first-rate and creative. The story and dialogue were also extremely sharp. As was often the case with the Twilight Zone, the script was of more movie quality than TV quality.
I'm not sure what the 7.1 rating is all about: it's way too low. The overall score for The Twilight Zone is 9.6, but the individual episodes rarely even get an 8.0. This makes no sense and shows that the raters aren't very good at this kind of thing. Come on people, if you're going to rate these shows make sure you know what you're doing!