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  • Season 5
  • Episode 2
In 1974, boxing has been outlawed and is performed by robots. With his possibly last fight approaching and his outmoded robot Maxo in need of major repair, manager Steel Kelly resorts to a desperate gamble in Maynard, Kansas.
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Steel Kelly
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Pole
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Maynard Flash
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Nolan
Frank London ...
Maxwell
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Larry Barton ...
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited) (voice)
Slim Bergman ...
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
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Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Ken DuMain ...
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Tipp McClure ...
Battling Maxo (uncredited)
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Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)
James Turley ...
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Don Weis

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Richard Matheson ... (written by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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Bert Granet ... producer

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Van Cleave

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Thomas Scott ... (as Thomas W. Scott)

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Patricia Mock ... (as Patricia Rose)

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George W. Davis
Walter Holscher

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Robert R. Benton
Henry Grace

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William Tuttle ... makeup designer

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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Charles Bonniwell ... assistant director (as Charles Bonniwell Jr.)
Carl 'Major' Roup ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Franklin Milton ... sound
Philip Mitchell ... sound (as Philip N. Mitchell)

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James V. King ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Van Cleave ... conductor
Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
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In the not too distant future, boxing has been banned and replaced by robot fighters in the ring. Sam "Steel" Kelly is a former boxer but now owns one of these pugilistic machines. Unfortunately his robot, which he's named Battling Maxo, is getting old and many of its parts are no longer available. Kelly is broke and is doing everything he can to ensure Battling Maxo can enter the ring as the promoter has made it clear there's no payment if there's no bout. When Maxo breaks down however, Kelly decides to takes its place. Written by garykmcd

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Trivia Of the sixteen episodes written by Richard Matheson, this was reportedly his favorite. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Steel (2023). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes Narrator: [opening narration] Sports item, circa 1974: Battling Maxo, B2, heavyweight, accompanied by his manager and handler, arrives in Maynard, Kansas, for a scheduled six-round bout. Battling Maxo is a robot, or, to be exact, an android, definition: an automaton resembling a human being. Only these automatons have been permitted in the ring since prizefighting was legally abolished in 1968. This is the story of that scheduled six-round bout, more specifically the story of two men shortly to face that remorseless truth: that no law can be passed which will abolish cruelty or desperate need - nor, for that matter, blind animal courage. Location for the facing of said truth, a small, smoke-filled arena just this side of The Twilight Zone.
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