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A Most Unusual Camera

  • Episode aired Dec 16, 1960
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
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The Twilight Zone (1959)
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When three unintelligent crooks get ahold of a camera that takes pictures of the future, they set out to make a quick fortune with their new toy.When three unintelligent crooks get ahold of a camera that takes pictures of the future, they set out to make a quick fortune with their new toy.When three unintelligent crooks get ahold of a camera that takes pictures of the future, they set out to make a quick fortune with their new toy.
IMDb RATING
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2.7K
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    • John Rich
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Fred Clark
    • Jean Carson
    • Adam Williams
    • John Rich
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Fred Clark
    • Jean Carson
    • Adam Williams
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    • 21User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Jean Carson and Fred Clark in A Most Unusual Camera (1960)
    The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson and Fred Clark in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson, Fred Clark, Marcel Hillaire, and Adam Williams in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson, Fred Clark, and Adam Williams in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson and Fred Clark in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson and Fred Clark in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson, Fred Clark, and Adam Williams in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jean Carson and Fred Clark in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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    Fred Clark
    Fred Clark
    • Chester Dietrich
    Jean Carson
    Jean Carson
    • Paula Diedrich
    Adam Williams
    Adam Williams
    • Woodward
    Marcel Hillaire
    Marcel Hillaire
    • Pierre - Waiter
    Franklyn Farnum
    Franklyn Farnum
    • Man at Racetrack
    • (uncredited)
    Art Lewis
    Art Lewis
    • Racetrack Tout
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Regan
    • Man at Racetrack
    • (uncredited)
    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • …
      • John Rich
      • Rod Serling
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    • Trivia
      The inscribed plate on the front of the camera reads "Dix à la propriétaire", which translates in English as "Ten per owner", i.e. ten photographs per owner. This is actually a grammatical error, for it actually means "Ten to the FEMALE owner." Nouns are gender-specific in France. "La" always implies female. Masculine is considered inclusive for anyone, therefore it should have read: "Dix au propriétaire".
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      Chester and Paula were staying in a hotel suite. Somehow Woodward happened to know where they were -including the room.
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      Narrator: [Opening Narration] A hotel suite that, in this instance, serves as a den of crime, the aftermath of a rather minor event to be noted on a police blotter, an insurance claim, perhaps a three-inch box on page twelve of the evening paper. Small addenda to be added to the list of the loot: a camera, a most unimposing addition to the flotsam and jetsam that it came with, hardly worth mentioning really, because cameras are cameras, some expensive, some purchasable at five-and-dime stores. But this camera, this one's unusual because in just a moment we'll watch it inject itself into the destinies of three people. It happens to be a fact that the pictures that it takes can only be developed in The Twilight Zone.

    • Connections
      Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: A Most Unusual Camera (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Marius Constant

      (seasons 2-5)

    User reviews21

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    7/10
    Indeed It Is
    Fred Clark & Jean Carson play Chester & Paula Diedrich(How apt) who are a pair of small-time thieves whose latest haul of stolen loot proves disappointing until they discover a curio camera that seems to take pictures of events five minutes in the future, which gives them the idea of getting rich at the racetrack by seeing the winning horses. Her slow-witted brother Woodrow also shows up, but the three of them are in for a shock when they find out that the camera only gives ten pictures to a customer according to a most unethical French bellman... Amusing episode is mostly lightweight but remains fun and breezy, although has a most odd ending...
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    • Oct 26, 2014

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1960 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Black and White

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