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"The Twilight Zone" Walking Distance (1959)



Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   403 votes
Director:
Robert Stevens
Writer:
Rod Serling (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
30 October 1959 (Season 1, Episode 5)
Plot:
A man makes a time travel to his childhood, when he's just a few miles away from his native town. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
"Mr. Sloan Is Now Home Again". more

Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)

Rod Serling ... Himself - Narrator (voice)
Gig Young ... Martin Sloan

Frank Overton ... Robert Sloan
Irene Tedrow ... Mrs. Sloan
Michael Montgomery ... Young Martin

Ron Howard ... The Wilcox Boy (as Ronnie Howard)
Byron Foulger ... Charlie
Sheridan Comerate ... Gas Station Attendant
Joseph Corey ... Soda Jerk
Buzz Martin ... Teenager
Nan Peterson ... Woman in Park
Pat O'Malley ... Mr. Wilson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
25 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
The episode was filmed predominantly at sets built for the 1959 television movie remake of "Meet Me in St. Louis". The carousel used in the episode was a rental. more
Quotes:
Robert Sloan: Martin.
Martin Sloan: Yes, Pop.
Robert Sloan: You have to leave here. There's no room, there's no place. Do you understand that?
Martin Sloan: I see that now, but I don't understand. Why not?
Robert Sloan: I guess because we only get one chance. Maybe there's only one summer to every customer. That little boy, the one I know - the one who belongs here - this is his summer, just as it was yours once. Don't make him share it.
Martin Sloan: Alright.
Robert Sloan: Martin, is it so bad where you're from?
Martin Sloan: I thought so, Pop. I've been living on a dead run and I was tired. And one day I knew I had to come back here. I had to get on the merry-go-round and listen to a band concert. I had to stop and breathe, and close my eyes and smell, and listen.
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20 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
"Mr. Sloan Is Now Home Again"., 4 February 2006
Author: Skeeter700 from British Columbia

'Walking Distance' is another fine episode of "The Twilight Zone". This time a busy business executive, named Martin Sloan, decides to revisit his home town: Homewood. To his surprise, he finds that Homewood has been frozen in time for the past 25 years. He meets his father, mother, and even himself at age 11. However, Mr. Sloan discovers that even traveling through time "you can't go home again". The highlight of this episode is when the father tells Mr. Sloan that he doesn't belong in the past. This conversation feels rushed in a way. However, it still packs an emotional impact and contains the lesson of the episode. Perhaps this wonderful episode would have been better presented as a 1 hour special or 2 parter. Finally, the score for 'Walking Distance' by Bernard Herrmann would be used throughout the series and even the 1983 Twilight Zone movie. I give 'Walking Distance' a 9.6 for 10.

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