The Last Flight

Episode aired Feb 5, 1960
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.

Director
- William F. Claxton
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- William F. Claxton
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Writer Richard Matheson explained that the title of this episode and its short story referred to both the protagonist's physical journey as well as his departure from cowardice.

Goofs
When Decker arrives at the Lafayette Air Base, he is told that he is in an American base. When he sees the 1959 aircraft for the first time, he says, "We had no idea you were so advanced!" However, he should be surprised that there is an American base in France at all as the United States did not declare war on Germany until April 6, 1917, one month after Decker's departure.

Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] Dialog from a play, Hamlet to Horatio: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Dialog from a play written long before men took to the sky: There are more things in heaven and earth and in the sky than perhaps can be dreamt of. And somewhere in between heaven, the sky, and the earth, lies The Twilight Zone.

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Last Flight (2020)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
(season 1)

User reviews39

Featured review

8/10

WW1 pilot's nebulous passage to 1959

A lesser known episode, surprisingly engrossing, that is generally overlooked among the many fabulous productions of the first series. There is little in the way of scene changes, but this drama really works. The character of the time traveling WW1 pilot Decker (Kenneth Haigh) is believable. His dialogue is natural and plausible for a British man from 1917. The extent of Decker's dialogue about bravery, and his lack of it, is interesting. The story he gives to the American Air Force changes somewhat to the point where he announces his cowardice. Great stuff.

Kenneth Haigh was the original Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court,London and on Broadway that same year.