S1.E11

And When the Sky Was Opened

Episode aired Dec 11, 1959
TV-PG
25m

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Jim Hutton and Rod Taylor in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

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.

Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Rod Serling
- Richard Matheson
Stars

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8.3/10

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Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Rod Serling
- Richard Matheson
Stars

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Rod Taylor

Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes

Jim Hutton

Major William Gart
(as James Hutton)

Charles Aidman

Colonel Ed Harrington

Maxine Cooper

Paul Bryar

Bartender

Sue Randall

Nurse

Joe Bassett

Medical Officer

Lisabeth Field

Nurse
(uncredited)

Logan Field

Investigator
(uncredited)

S. John Launer

Mr. Harrington
(uncredited)

Oliver McGowan

Officer
(uncredited)

Gloria Pall

Girl in Bar
(uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Bar Patron
(uncredited)

Rod Serling

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Rod 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.

Goofs
Major 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.