The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
A Stop at Willoughby (1960)
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- TV-PG
- 25min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 06 May 1960
- TV Episode
Tired of his miserable job and wife, a businessman starts dreaming on the train each night, about an old, idyllic town called Willoughby. Soon he has to know whether the town is real and fancies the thought of seeking refuge there.
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| Rod Serling | ... |
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| James Daly | ... |
Gart Williams
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| Howard Smith | ... |
Misrell
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| Patricia Donahue | ... |
Janie Williams
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| Jason Wingreen | ... |
1960 Conductor
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Mavis Neal Palmer | ... |
Helen
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James Maloney | ... |
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| Billy Booth | ... |
Short Boy (uncredited)
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| James Gonzalez | ... |
Passenger (uncredited)
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| Herschel Graham | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Ryan Hayes | ... |
Engineer (uncredited)
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Butch Hengen | ... |
Tall Boy (uncredited)
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Perk Lazelle | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Clark Ross | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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| Bernard Sell | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Max Slaten | ... |
Man on Wagon (uncredited)
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Hal Taggart | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Robert Parrish | ||
Written by
| Rod Serling | ... | (written by) |
| Rod Serling | ... | (created by) (uncredited) (creator) |
Produced by
| Buck Houghton | ... | producer |
| Rod Serling | ... | executive producer: Cayuga Productions |
Music by
| Nathan Scott | ||
Cinematography by
| George T. Clemens | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Joseph Gluck | ||
Art Direction by
| George W. Davis | ||
| Merrill Pye | ||
Set Decoration by
| F. Keogh Gleason | ... | (as Keogh Gleason) |
| Henry Grace | ||
Production Management
| Ralph W. Nelson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Donald C. Klune | ... | assistant director (as Don Klune) |
Sound Department
| Franklin Milton | ... | sound (as Frank Milton) |
| Philip Mitchell | ... | sound |
| Van Allen James | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Sam Clayberger | ... | background artist- opening title sequence (uncredited) / layout artist- title sequence (uncredited) |
| Rudy Larriva | ... | animator/animation director - opening titles (uncredited) |
| Joe Messerli | ... | effects painter-title sequence (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Herbert Klynn | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CBS (1960) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Image Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) (1968) (Netherlands) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- United Productions of America (UPA) (animated title)
Storyline
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Ad agency executive Gart Williams has had a particularly rough day - his young protégé has left to work at another agency and has taken a $3-million account with him. Gart falls asleep on the train home and wakes up in another place and another time. It's July 1888 and he's in the village of Willoughby, a peaceful town where life is easy. He comes to, back in his own time, but as the pressures of work and his home life continue to mount, he decides that Willoughby is exactly where he would like to spend the rest of his days. Written by garykmcd / edited by Rob |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Willoughby, Ohio, has a yearly community event involving trains in honor of "A Stop at Willoughby" known as "Last Stop Willoughby". See more » |
| Goofs | Just before Gart Williams enters the restroom, the office assistant tells him his boss wants to talk to him. He uses the phone and hangs the receiver up backwards (cord across the dial). When he returns to the desk, after breaking the mirror, the receiver is hung up correctly. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into A Stop at Willoughby (2020). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Camptown Races See more » |
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Narrator:
[Opening Narration]
This is Gart Williams, age thirty-eight, a man protected by a suit of armor, all held together by one bolt. Just a moment ago, someone removed the bolt, and Mr. Williams' protection fell away from him and left him a naked target. He's been cannonaded this afternoon by all the enemies of his life. His insecurity has shelled him, his sensitivity has straddled him with humiliation, his deep-rooted disquiet about his own worth has zeroed in on him, landed on target, and blown him apart. Mr. Gart Williams, ad agency exec, who, in just a moment, will move into the Twilight Zone - in a desperate search for survival. See more » |