The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) season 4
The fourth season of The Twilight Zone aired Thursdays at 9:00–10:00 pm on CBS from January 3 to May 23, 1963.
The Twilight Zone | |
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Season 4 | |
No. of episodes | 18 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | January 3 May 23, 1963 | –
Season chronology | |
This season broke with the previous seasons in presenting hour-long episodes instead of the earlier half-hour episodes. The opening sequence was revamped, and introduces the now-iconic floating door, smashed window, clock, eyeball, wooden doll, and the equation for Einstein's theory of relativity. Rod Serling's introduction was also changed from the earlier seasons:
"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone."[1]
An intermission graphic based on this opening was used for the fourth and fifth seasons as well.[2]
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Music by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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103 | 1 | "In His Image" | Perry Lafferty | Charles Beaumont | N/A | January 3, 1963 | 4851 |
A man (George Grizzard) is confused by a murderous impulse and a loss of his memory. | |||||||
104 | 2 | "The Thirty Fathom Grave" | Perry Lafferty | Rod Serling | N/A | January 10, 1963 | 4857 |
A strange tapping sound draws a ship to the site of a sunken World War II submarine. | |||||||
105 | 3 | "Valley of the Shadow" | Perry Lafferty | Charles Beaumont | N/A | January 17, 1963 | 4861 |
106 | 4 | "He's Alive" | Stuart Rosenberg | Rod Serling | N/A | January 24, 1963 | 4856 |
The struggling leader of a small group of Neo-Nazis (Dennis Hopper) receives advice from a mysterious stranger (Curt Conway) about gaining followers. | |||||||
107 | 5 | "Mute" | Stuart Rosenberg | Richard Matheson | Fred Steiner | January 31, 1963 | 4858 |
A mute telepathic girl (Ann Jillian) is the sole survivor of a fire that kills her parents. | |||||||
108 | 6 | "Death Ship" | Don Medford | Richard Matheson | N/A | February 7, 1963 | 4850 |
Three astronauts (Jack Klugman, Ross Martin, and Fred Beir) discover exact duplicates of their spaceship and themselves on a distant planet. | |||||||
109 | 7 | "Jess-Belle" | Buzz Kulik | Earl Hamner, Jr. | Van Cleave | February 14, 1963 | 4855 |
A mountain girl (Anne Francis) enlists a witch (Jeanette Nolan) to help her win back her lover (James Best). | |||||||
110 | 8 | "Miniature" | Walter Grauman | Charles Beaumont | Fred Steiner | February 21, 1963 | 4862 |
A timid clerk (Robert Duvall) sees the figurines of a museum's 19th-century miniature dollhouse come to life. | |||||||
111 | 9 | "Printer's Devil" | Ralph Senensky | Charles Beaumont | N/A | February 28, 1963 | 4864 |
A newspaperman (Robert Sterling) saves his failing periodical by hiring the mysterious Mr. Smith (Burgess Meredith), who reports disasters before they happen on his own Linotype machine. | |||||||
112 | 10 | "No Time Like the Past" | Justus Addiss | Rod Serling | N/A | March 7, 1963 | 4853 |
A scientist (Dana Andrews) uses his time machine to go back in time to try and change history. | |||||||
113 | 11 | "The Parallel" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Rod Serling | N/A | March 14, 1963 | 4859 |
An astronaut (Steve Forrest) returns from a space flight to find things much changed during his absence. | |||||||
114 | 12 | "I Dream of Genie" | Robert Gist | John Furia, Jr. | Fred Steiner | March 21, 1963 | 4860 |
An office worker (Howard Morris) acquires a lamp with a genie (Jack Albertson) who offers him a wish. | |||||||
115 | 13 | "The New Exhibit" | John Brahm | Charles Beaumont | N/A | April 4, 1963 | 4866 |
A wax museum curator (Martin Balsam) lovingly maintains wax figures of five infamous killers in his basement after the museum discards them. When he loses his job, his enemies are mysteriously murdered. | |||||||
116 | 14 | "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" | David Lowell Rich | Based on the short story "Blind Alley" by : Malcolm Jameson Teleplay by : Rod Serling | N/A | April 11, 1963 | 4867 |
An aging tycoon (Albert Salmi) exchanges his fortune for a trip to the past and a new beginning when he meets the mysterious Miss Devlin (Julie Newmar). | |||||||
117 | 15 | "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" | Abner Biberman | Reginald Rose | N/A | April 18, 1963 | 4854 |
A middle-aged toy designer (Pat Hingle) goes back to his childhood when he visits his old neighborhood. | |||||||
118 | 16 | "On Thursday We Leave for Home" | Buzz Kulik | Rod Serling | N/A | May 2, 1963 | 4868 |
In 2021, a group of space pioneers prepare for a return trip to Earth upon having failed to establish a new society on a distant planet. The group's leader (James Whitmore) refuses to give up his authority. | |||||||
119 | 17 | "Passage on the Lady Anne" | Lamont Johnson | Charles Beaumont | Rene Garriguenc | May 9, 1963 | 4869 |
To save their marriage, a couple (Lee Philips, Joyce Van Patten) book a cruise on a ship whose other passengers are elderly. | |||||||
120 | 18 | "The Bard" | David Butler | Rod Serling | Fred Steiner | May 23, 1963 | 4852 |
An aspiring screenwriter (Jack Weston) conjures up the spirit of William Shakespeare (John Williams) to help him in his television script. |
References
edit- ^ TV.com episode list
- ^ "Visions from the Twilight Zone" by Arlen Schumer, ISBN 0877016828