The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Judgment Night (1959)
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- TV-PG
- 25min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 04 Dec 1959
- TV Episode
It's 1942, and a man finds himself on a ship in the Atlantic, not knowing who he is, nor how he got there. He does know the ship will soon be attacked by a German U-boat.
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| Rod Serling | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Nehemiah Persoff | ... |
Carl Lanser
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| Deirdre Owens | ... |
Barbara Stanley
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| Patrick Macnee | ... |
First Officer McLeod
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| Ben Wright | ... |
Captain Wilbur
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| Leslie Bradley | ... |
Major Devereaux
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| Kendrick Huxham | ... |
Bartender
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| Hugh Sanders | ... |
Jerry Potter
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| Richard Peel | ... |
1st Steward
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Donald Journeaux | ... |
2nd Steward
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Barry Bernard | ... |
Engineer
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| James Franciscus | ... |
Lt. Mueller
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Debbie Joyce | ... |
Little Girl (uncredited)
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| Robert McCord | ... |
Sailor in Ski Cap (uncredited)
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Directed by
| John Brahm | ||
Written by
| Rod Serling | ... | (written by) |
| Rod Serling | ... | (created by) (uncredited) (creator) |
Produced by
| Buck Houghton | ... | producer |
| Rod Serling | ... | executive producer: Cayuga Productions |
Cinematography by
| George T. Clemens | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Bill Mosher | ||
Casting By
| Mildred Gusse | ||
Art Direction by
| George W. Davis | ||
| William Ferrari | ||
Set Decoration by
| Rudy Butler | ||
| Henry Grace | ||
Production Management
| Ralph W. Nelson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Edward O. Denault | ... | assistant director (as Edward Denault) |
Sound Department
| Franklin Milton | ... | sound (as Frank Milton) |
| Jean G. Valentino | ... | sound (as Jean Valentino) |
| Van Allen James | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| 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) |
Music Department
| René Garriguenc | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Bernard Herrmann | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) / composer: theme music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Herbert Klynn | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CBS (1959) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Image Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- The Corporation, Paris (2007) (France) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- United Productions of America (UPA) (animated title)
- Westrex Recording System (recording system)
Storyline
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During World War II, a confused Carl Lancer finds himself as one of only a few passengers on a freighter, the S.S. Queen of Glasgow, traveling from London to New York. As he sits with other passengers, he begins to realize that he is the captain of a U-Boat that is at that very moment tracking the freighter with a view to sinking it. He also knows that in just over an hour the freighter will be attacked. Written by garykmcd |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The Britons' beverages are coffee rather than tea since General Foods sponsored the episode. Talking about censorship from sponsors, in a late-1959 interview with Mike Wallace, Rod Serling said, "...in 18 scripts [in the 1st Season], Mike, we've had one line changed, which again was a little ludicrous but of insufficient basic concern within the context of this story not to put up a fight. On the bridge of a British ship, the sailor calls down to the Galley and asks - in my script - for a pot of tea, because I believe it's constitutionally acceptable in the British Navy to drink Tea. One of my sponsors [General Foods] happens to sell Instant Coffee and he took great umbrage, or at least minor umbrage anyway with the idea of saying 'tea'. Well, we had a couple of swings back and forth - nothing serious - and we decided to 'ask for a tray to be sent up to the bridge'! But in 18 scripts, that's the only conflict we've had." See more » |
| Goofs | The captain of SS Queen of Glasgow is wearing the ribbons of the Africa Star, the Italy Star, and the 1939-45 War Medal in 1942. None of these medals had been instituted at that time. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Judgement Night (2020). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Twilight Zone Theme See more » |
| Quotes |
Lt. Mueller:
I just, I just found it difficult to... Carl Lanser: To do what? Lt. Mueller: To reconcile the killing of men and women without any warning. Makes me wonder if we're not damned now. Carl Lanser: In the eyes of the British admiralty, we most certainly are. Lt. Mueller: I mean, sir, in the eyes of God. Carl Lanser: Oh, you're not only a fool, Leutnant, but also a religious fool, and perhaps a mystic at that. Suppose we are damned. What will happen then? Lt. Mueller: I've had dreams about it. Perhaps there is a special kind of hell for people like us. Perhaps to be damned is to have a fate like the people on that ship, to suffer as they suffer and to die as they die. Carl Lanser: You are a mystic, Leutnant. Lt. Mueller: We'd ride the ghost of that ship every night. Every night, Herr Kapitän, for eternity. They could die only once, just once, but we could die a hundred million times. We could ride the ghost of that ship every night. Every night for eternity. See more » |