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)
This was one of the freakiest of Twilight Zone episodes ever made. Not only did some mistake was made as far as their survival was concerned. But the unseen powers of the universe decided their very existence needed eradicating.
Rod Taylor, Charles Aidman, and Jim Hutton are the three space travelers and the horror of what is happening registers with all, especially Taylor who has the most screen time.
This Twilight Zone will chill you right to the marrow.
- bkoganbing
- May 13, 2013
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Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1