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And When the Sky Was Opened ()

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  • Season 1
  • Episode 11
Three astronauts return to Earth after seemingly having made an encounter that dooms them and their craft to erasure from existence itself.
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Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes
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Major William Gart (as James Hutton)
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Colonel Ed Harrington
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Amy
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Bartender
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Nurse
Joe Bassett ...
Medical Officer
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Lisabeth Field ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Logan Field ...
Investigator (uncredited)
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Mr. Harrington (uncredited)
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Officer (uncredited)
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Girl in Bar (uncredited)
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Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

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Douglas Heyes

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Rod Serling ... (teleplay by)
 
Richard Matheson ... (based on a short story by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (uncredited) (creator)

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Buck Houghton ... producer
Rod Serling ... executive producer: Cayuga Productions

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Leonard Rosenman

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Fred Maguire

Casting By

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Mildred Gusse

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George W. Davis
William Ferrari

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Rudy Butler
Henry Grace

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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Edward O. Denault ... assistant director (as Edward Denault)

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Franklin Milton ... sound (as Frank Milton)
Jean G. Valentino ... sound (as Jean Valentino)
Van Allen James ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

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Sam Clayberger ... background artist- opening title sequence (uncredited) / layout artist- title sequence (uncredited)
Rudy Larriva ... animator/animation director - opening titles (uncredited)
Joe Messerli ... effects painter-title sequence (uncredited)

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Bernard Herrmann ... composer: theme music (uncredited)

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Herbert Klynn ... title designer (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

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. Written by David Stevens

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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. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into And When The Sky Was Opened (2020). See more »
Soundtracks No Tricks See more »
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.
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