And When the Sky Was Opened
- Episode aired Dec 11, 1959
- TV-PG
- 25m
Three astronauts return from man's first flight into outer space and can't remember the trip.Three astronauts return from man's first flight into outer space and can't remember the trip.Three astronauts return from man's first flight into outer space and can't remember the trip.
- Major William Gart
- (as James Hutton)
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
- Investigator
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Harrington
- (uncredited)
- Officer
- (uncredited)
- Girl in Bar
- (uncredited)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRod Serling wrote a scene for the crash landing of the spaceship in the original script, but it was determined to be too expensive to film. The script was subsequently modified, and the crash was described by Mr. Serling in the opening narration.
- GoofsMajor Gart was hospitalized with a broken leg, established early in the show. Near the end he jumps out of the hospital bed and runs to the door, but nothing seems to be wrong with his leg and no cast is visible.
- Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] Once upon a time, there was a man named Harrington, a man named Forbes, a man named Gart. They used to exist, but don't any longer. Someone - or something- took them somewhere. At least they are no longer a part of the memory of man. And as to the X-20 supposed to be housed here in this hangar, this, too, does not exist. And if any of you have any questions concerning an aircraft and three men who flew her, speak softly of them - and only in - The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: And When The Sky Was Opened (2020)
For a change, the ending to this story is not much of a surprise—it's obvious from the moment Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes (Rod Taylor) reveals to fellow survivor Major William Gart (Jim Hutton) his suspicions about what is happening to them that both men will share the same fate—but it is this inescapable inevitability that makes the story so gripping. Watching Forbes struggling to convince his fellow astronaut of their terrible predicament is chilling stuff, but the real kicker comes when Forbes disappears, leaving Gart with the horrifying realisation that he will be next.
- BA_Harrison
- May 2, 2012
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Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1