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  • Season 2
  • Episode 13
At a prominent club in Washington, D.C., a socialite argues about whether it would be possible to change history by traveling back in time. When he leaves the club he finds himself in 1865, on the night that President Lincoln will be shot.
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Pete Corrigan
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Police Sergeant
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William
John Lasell ...
Jonathan Wellington
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Patrolman (as James Lydon)
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Millard
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Jackson
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Whittaker
James Gavin ...
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Jean Inness ...
Mrs. Landers
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Lieutenant's Girl (as Carol Rossen)
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1865 Attendant (uncredited)
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David Orrick McDearmon

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Rod Serling ... (written by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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Buck Houghton ... producer
Del Reisman ... associate producer

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Jerry Goldsmith ... (music composed by)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Leon Barsha ... film editor

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Ethel Winant ... (casting)

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Philip Barber ... (as Phil Barber)
George W. Davis

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H. Web Arrowsmith ... (set decorations)
Henry Grace ... (set decorations)

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Sidney S. Van Keuren ... production manager (as Sidney Van Keuran)

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director

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Franklin Milton ... sound (as Frank Milton)
Charles Scheid ... sound

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Jerry Goldsmith ... conductor
Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
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  • CBS (1961) (United States) (tv)
  • Image Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
  • Syfy (2024) (United States) (tv)
  • TF1 (1987) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)

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Plot Summary

After debating with a member of his Washington club whether you could go back in time and change major events, Pete Corrigan seems to go back to April 14, 1865 the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He tries his best to warn the authorities of what will happen in a few hours time but it all falls on deaf ears. One person seems interested in what he has to say, but that person may have his own reasons for his behavior. Written by garykmcd

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Trivia After Execution (1960), this is the second episode of The Twilight Zone (1959) involving time travel in which Russell Johnson (Peter Corrigan) appears. See more »
Goofs The decision to go to Ford's Theatre was something of a last minute thing, there is very little chance the woman running the boarding house would have known about it. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Back There (2021). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes [closing narration]
Narrator: Mr. Peter Corrigan, lately returned from a place 'back there,' a journey into time with highly questionable results, proving on one hand that the threads of history are woven tightly, and the skein of events cannot be undone, but on the other hand, there are small fragments of tapestry that can be altered. Tonight's thesis to be taken, as you will - in The Twilight Zone.
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