The Twilight Zone: And When the Sky Was Opened (TV)
1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Three U.S. astronauts blast off from Earth on an initial test flight in an experimental rocket-ship, but during the flight into space the ship disappears from radar, then reappears. On return, the rocket-ship is hangared and put under a tarp, pending an investigation. One crewman is hospitalized for a leg broken on landing, and is visited by the other two. Next the pair go for a drink, and then one crewman phones his parents from a bar phone-booth - but they say they have no son! The astronaut immediately disappears, and no one in the bar remembers him, except the other astronaut in the bar, the Captain.
Direction Douglas Heyes
Cast Rod Taylor · Jim Hutton · Charles Aidman · Maxine Cooper · Paul Bryar · Sue Randall · Joe Bassett
Soundtrack Leonard Rosenman
Screenplay Rod Serling · Richard Matheson
Cinematography George T. Clemens
Original title The Twilight Zone: And When the Sky Was Opened (TV)
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220 votes (FilmAffinity)
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