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To Serve Man

  • Episode aired Nov 28, 1967
  • TV-PG
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
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Richard Kiel in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man... Read allAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man."An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man."

  • Director
    • Richard L. Bare
  • Writers
    • Rod Serling
    • Damon Knight
  • Stars
    • Lloyd Bochner
    • Susan Cummings
    • Richard Kiel
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.0/10
    5.2K
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    • Director
      • Richard L. Bare
    • Writers
      • Rod Serling
      • Damon Knight
    • Stars
      • Lloyd Bochner
      • Susan Cummings
      • Richard Kiel
    • 40User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Michael Chambers
    Susan Cummings
    Susan Cummings
    • Patty
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • Kanamit
    Hardie Albright
    Hardie Albright
    • Secretary General
    Theodore Marcuse
    Theodore Marcuse
    • Citizen Gregori
    Bartlett Robinson
    Bartlett Robinson
    • Colonel #1
    Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    • Colonel #2
    • (as Carlton Young)
    Nelson Olmsted
    Nelson Olmsted
    • Scientist
    Robert Tafur
    • Señor Valdes
    Lomax Study
    • Leveque
    Jerry Fujikawa
    Jerry Fujikawa
    • Japanese Delegate
    • (as J.H. Fujikawa)
    Don Ames
    • Man in Line
    • (uncredited)
    David Armstrong
    • Security Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Ellen Batten
    • 1st Woman in Line
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Benton
    • Reporter #2
    • (uncredited)
    Keith Britton
    • 1st Man in Line
    • (uncredited)
    John Burnside
    • Cameraman
    • (uncredited)
    William Burnside
    • Cameraman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard L. Bare
    • Writers
      • Rod Serling
      • Damon Knight
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      All of the 9-foot-tall Kanamits are played by the same actor - 7'2" tall Richard Kiel. This is most apparent at the end, when two identical Kanamits stand near the spaceship in a split screen effect.
    • Goofs
      Kanamits have to lower their heads to pass through human height doorways on their own ships.
    • Quotes

      Michael Chambers: *SPOILER*

      [to the audience]

      Michael Chambers: How about you? You still on Earth, or on the ship, with me? Well, it doesn't make very much difference because sooner or later we'll, all of us, be on the menu. All of us.

    • Connections
      Edited from Toen stond de aarde stil (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Marius Constant

      (seasons 2-5)

    User reviews40

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    10/10
    Irony . . .
    I like this ep for so many reasons. Funny, for one, b/c they were lead to believe the surface book title was harmless. But the other reason is how all of the nations gathered together in the UN building to accept the terms of those other worldly beings without thinking twice. Yet, for decades maybe more, they war and kill each other without a shred of trust at all. How backwards a society they'd shown themselves to be, negotiating with total strangers from another world but shunning even nations who are double digit miles from us. And the ironic part of all the entire ep was the Russian delegate questioning the motives of the the Kannimits.
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    • slimdudek9
    • Aug 8, 2014

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 28, 1967 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Japanese
      • Spanish
    • 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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