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"The Twilight Zone" Where Is Everybody? (1959)



Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   489 votes
Director:
Writer:
Rod Serling (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
2 October 1959 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Plot:
A man finds himself in a town devoid of people and with no memory of who he is. | full synopsis
User Comments:
A good way to start. more (9 total)

Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)
Earl Holliman ... Mike Ferris
James Gregory ... Air Force General
Paul Langton ... Doctor
James McCallion ... Reporter #1
John Conwell ... Air Force Colonel
Jay Overholts ... Reporter #2 (as Jay Overholt)
Carter Mullally Jr. ... Air Force Captain (as Carter Mullaly)
Garry Walberg ... Reporter #3 (as Gary Walberg)
Jim Johnson ... Air Force Staff Sergeant
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Additional Details

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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
French title: La ville secrète. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The clock in the booth with a broken face is shown in a distant shot, than in a close-up, where more cracks appear in it than before. more
Quotes:
Narrator: [opening narration] The place is here, the time is now, and the journey into the shadows that we're about to watch could be our journey. more
Movie Connections:
Features Battle Hymn (1957) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A good way to start., 26 July 2008
7/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

This pilot episode for the now legendary series tells the story of Mike (Earl Holliman), who has no memories of his past life and happens upon a small town where there isn't a soul in sight. As night falls, Mike sees one indication after another that there should be people around - yet he still sees nobody. As night falls he becomes increasingly desperate and unstable.

Even almost 50 years after this episode first aired, the series holds up today. People who grew up watching it fondly remember it, and those new to checking it out (such as I, who recently purchased the box set of the entire series) discover its ability to tell interesting and offbeat stories with memorable revelations in half hour time slots.

Holliman does a solid job, for the most part the only person on screen, engagingly delivering his dialog and believably portraying a man increasingly on the edge. His isolation is emphasized at all times; the camera-work is quite good and Bernard Herrmanns' score appropriately eerie. I didn't see that sort of revelation coming, either, which was a good bonus.

It makes me quite excited to watch the series in its entirety and see some real imagination at work.

It's also quite a gas to be able to recognize the "Back to the Future" set, this episode having been filmed on the same exact spot.

7/10

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