The Twilight Zone
Classic American Anthology series created by Rod Serling, featuring standalone stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, each with a twist ending or moral lesson.
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 50m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
Classic American Anthology series created by Rod Serling, featuring standalone stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, each with a twist ending or moral lesson.
Top credits
Rod Serling — Narrator, Self - Host, Self - Host & Narrator
Robert McCord — Waiter, 1st Fireman, Bearded Guard with Priest, Burke, Camera Crew Member, Car Passenger, Cast Party Member, Club Member, Cop, Customer, Diner Patron, Electric Chair Guard, Elevator Operator, Ice-Cream Vendor, Lawman, Man Hearing of Garfield, Man Walking in Lobby, Man Watching Audition, Man in Bar Doorway, Man in Saloon, Man in Subway, Man on Steps Eating Apple, Passenger, Passerby, Sailor in Ski Cap, Sheriff, Stagecoach Driver, Student, Townsman, Townsman in Black Hat, UN Translator- Jay Overholts — Cowboy #2, Doctor, Intern, Man #2, PA Announcer, Passenger, Reporter #2, Taxi Driver
- James Turley — 2nd Fireman, Boxing Spectator, Carstairs, Club Member, Rance's Double, Subaltern, Workman #2
Awards
3 wins & 5 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• Rod Serling wanted Richard Egan to do the narration because of his rich, deep voice. However, due to strict studio contracts of the time, Egan was unable. Serling said, "It's Richard Egan or no one. It's Richard Egan, or I'll do the thing myself", which is exactly what happened.
• Almost all of the men in season one, introduced by Rod Serling's opening narration, were described as being thirty-six years old.
• Rod Serling invited viewers to submit a script. He was flooded with over 14,000 scripts, and he actually got around to reading 500 of them. However, only two were any good, and he couldn't use them because they didn't fit the format of the show.