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The Twilight Zone
S3.E26
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Little Girl Lost

  • Episode aired Mar 16, 1962
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
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8.0/10
2.5K
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Charles Aidman, Sarah Marshall, and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
DramaFantasyHorror
Awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still hear her crying out for help.Awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still hear her crying out for help.Awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still hear her crying out for help.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.5K
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    • Director
      • Paul Stewart
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Rod Serling
    • Stars
      • Sarah Marshall
      • Robert Sampson
      • Charles Aidman
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    • Director
      • Paul Stewart
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Rod Serling
    • Stars
      • Sarah Marshall
      • Robert Sampson
      • Charles Aidman
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    • 33User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Tracy Stratford in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Sarah Marshall and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Charles Aidman and Sarah Marshall in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Charles Aidman, Sarah Marshall, and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Charles Aidman, Sarah Marshall, and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Robert Sampson and Tracy Stratford in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Charles Aidman, Sarah Marshall, and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Sarah Marshall and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Charles Aidman, Sarah Marshall, and Robert Sampson in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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    Sarah Marshall
    Sarah Marshall
    • Ruth Miller
    Robert Sampson
    Robert Sampson
    • Chris Miller
    Charles Aidman
    Charles Aidman
    • Bill
    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Tracy Stratford
    Tracy Stratford
    • Tina Miller
    • (uncredited)
    Rhoda Williams
    • Tina Miller
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Paul Stewart
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Rod Serling
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    • Trivia
      According to an interview in the book The Twilight Zone Companion, writer Richard Matheson based this story on a real-life occurrence involving his own daughter. Said Matheson, "she cried out one night and I went to where she was and couldn't find her anywhere. I couldn't find her on the bed, I couldn't find her on the ground. She had fallen off and rolled all the way under the bed against the wall. At first, even when I felt under the bed, I couldn't reach her. It was bizarre, and that's where I got the idea."
    • Goofs
      Chalk marks are visible on the wall during Rod Serling's opening. They are drawn there later on, showing that the intro was shot later.
    • Quotes

      [opening narration]

      Narrator: Missing: one frightened little girl. Name: Bettina Miller. Description: six years of age, average height and build, light brown hair, quite pretty. Last seen being tucked in bed by her mother a few hours ago. Last heard - "Ay, there's the rub", as Hamlet put it. For Bettina Miller can be heard quite clearly, despite the rather curious fact that she can't be seen, at all. Present location? Let's say for the moment - in The Twilight Zone.

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Poltergeist (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Marius Constant

      (seasons 2-5)

    User reviews33

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    Top review
    9/10
    Excellent episode!
    Okay, the acting is a little over the top. That's really the only mild criticism I have of this episode. Overall the whole thing hangs together quite consistently. And besides, I'd be a little wild-eyed dealing with a situation like this one! You've got to cut the scientist a little slack. He's in three dimensions, and he's trying to represent, in two dimensions, the portal to a fourth(?) dimension. I see those curved lines as representing boundaries he can't draw with a two (or even three) dimensional medium. (And yeah, I know the chalk has depth, but you know what I'm trying to say!) This is one of my all time favorites. No surprise it's Richard Matheson.
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    • patricia-resnick
    • Mar 13, 2008

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • Runtime
      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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