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The Twilight Zone
S5.E21
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Spur of the Moment

  • Episode aired Feb 21, 1964
  • TV-PG
  • 25m
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6.9/10
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Diana Hyland in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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Heiress Ann Henderson is terrorized by a middle-aged woman as her wedding day approaches with young stockbroker Robert Blake. Should she instead marry her former fiance David Mitchell, whom ... Read allHeiress Ann Henderson is terrorized by a middle-aged woman as her wedding day approaches with young stockbroker Robert Blake. Should she instead marry her former fiance David Mitchell, whom her parents despise?Heiress Ann Henderson is terrorized by a middle-aged woman as her wedding day approaches with young stockbroker Robert Blake. Should she instead marry her former fiance David Mitchell, whom her parents despise?

  • Director
    • Elliot Silverstein
  • Writers
    • Richard Matheson
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Diana Hyland
    • Marsha Hunt
    • Philip Ober
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    6.9/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Elliot Silverstein
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Rod Serling
    • Stars
      • Diana Hyland
      • Marsha Hunt
      • Philip Ober
    • 29User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Diana Hyland
    Diana Hyland
    • Anne Henderson
    Marsha Hunt
    Marsha Hunt
    • Mrs. Henderson
    Philip Ober
    Philip Ober
    • Mr. Henderson
    Roger Davis
    Roger Davis
    • David Mitchell
    Robert Hogan
    Robert Hogan
    • Robert Blake
    Jack Raine
    Jack Raine
    • Reynolds
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    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
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      • Elliot Silverstein
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      • Richard Matheson
      • Rod Serling
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      Diana Hyland was 27 when she played Anne Henderson at ages 18 and 43.
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      Narrator: [Opening Narration] This is the face of terror: Anne Marie Henderson, eighteen years of age, her young existence suddenly marred by a savage and wholly unanticipated pursuit by a strange, nightmarish figure of a woman in black, who has appeared as if from nowhere and now, at driving gallop, chases the terrified girl across the countryside, as if she means to ride her down and kill her - and then suddenly and inexplicably stops, to watch in malignant silence as her prey takes flight. Miss Henderson has no idea whatever as to the motive for this pursuit, worse, not the vaguest notion regarding the identity of her pursuer. Soon enough, she will be given the solution to this twofold mystery, but in a manner far beyond her present capacity to understand, a manner enigmatically bizarre in terms of time and space - which is to say, an answer from - The Twilight Zone.

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      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Marius Constant

      (seasons 2-5)

    User reviews29

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    7/10

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    I thought I had seen most Twilight Zones until I caught this one on a Newfoundland station at 2:00 am. It surprised me...and in a good way. A frightening visual to start. A strong twist midway through (not at the end as usual with The Zone). Also the story took the characters outside the series usual sets and back-lots. The characters show Serling's usual level of humanism but with a disturbing realistic edge for the series. Finally, it becomes a very personal story and leaves out the moralizing which could sometimes bog down the series. In many ways a perfect short story with just enough to fill out 24 minutes. The only flaw...the direction was a bit heavy handed at times.
    • jamesnadler
    • Aug 4, 2007
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 1964 (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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      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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