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The Outer Limits
S1.E26
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  • Episode aired Mar 23, 1964
  • 51m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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The Outer Limits (1963)
FantasyHorrorSci-Fi

A drifter enters a lonely house, unaware that it is actually an alien creature in disguise. Soon he realizes that he is a prisoner, along with several other half-mad inhabitants, but he is d... Read allA drifter enters a lonely house, unaware that it is actually an alien creature in disguise. Soon he realizes that he is a prisoner, along with several other half-mad inhabitants, but he is determined to escape.A drifter enters a lonely house, unaware that it is actually an alien creature in disguise. Soon he realizes that he is a prisoner, along with several other half-mad inhabitants, but he is determined to escape.

  • Director
    • Paul Stanley
  • Writers
    • Donald S. Sanford
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Geoffrey Horne
    • Nellie Burt
    • Vaughn Taylor
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    495
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    • Director
      • Paul Stanley
    • Writers
      • Donald S. Sanford
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Geoffrey Horne
      • Nellie Burt
      • Vaughn Taylor
    • 14User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Geoffrey Horne
    Geoffrey Horne
    • Wade Norton
    Nellie Burt
    Nellie Burt
    • Ethel Latimer
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • Randall Latimer
    Luana Anders
    Luana Anders
    • Theresa 'Tess' Ames
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Florinda Patten
    Bob Johnson
    • The Host
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    • (uncredited)
    Burt Mustin
    Burt Mustin
    • Dr. Ames
    • (uncredited)
    Vic Perrin
    Vic Perrin
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    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Paul Stanley
    • Writers
      • Donald S. Sanford
      • Leslie Stevens(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This episode re-uses the creature costume from an earlier episode, The Mice (1964).
    • Goofs
      At 18:59 on the third measure of music, actress Gloria Grahame (as Florinda) stops faking playing the piano while the music goes on.
    • Quotes

      The Host: Would you agree that the race thought, the mental drives of your species, could be analyzed, separated into its components, and described as a seriess of mathematical symbols?

      [Wade nobs]

      The Host: Then you will agree that such a mathematical expression is equal to the ultimate destiny of your species. Watch closely the walls of my thought. You will see the answer computed from its component factors. First, the positive factors: the instinct to survive - procreation, work, faith, art. Art COULD be Man's destiny if there were no negative factors in the equation, but there are: destruction, fear, hopelessness, hate. There is the answer to the equation - total destruction of this planet Earth.

      Wade Norton: You left something out, if that's the answer to the equation.

      The Host: Yes, there IS a missing quantity. The equation does not balance. That missing quantity may be in YOUR experience. I will search your mind for it.

      Wade Norton: No.

      The Host: You intend to resist.

      Wade Norton: I don't know why. At least I have to try to resist it.

      The Host: What is this emotion that youre transmitting? I have not encountered it until now.

      Wade Norton: Everyone I've ever known has called it defiance.

    User reviews14

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    9/10
    That's just awful.....awful, awful, awful!
    I saw this back in the 1960's when it first came out and the following lines from the old lady really creeped me out as a 10yo kid! "That's just awful.....awful, awful, awful!" It still creeps me out and I'm closing in on 70!
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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Daystar Productions
      • Villa Di Stefano
      • United Artists Television
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    • Runtime
      51 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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