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Nightmare at 20,000 Feet ()

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  • Season 5
  • Episode 3
A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.
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Bob Wilson
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Julia Wilson
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Flight Engineer (as Edward Kemmer)
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Passenger (uncredited)
David Armstrong ...
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Gremlin (uncredited)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)

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Richard Donner

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

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Bert Granet ... producer

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Robert Pittack ... director of photography (as Robert W. Pittack)

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Thomas Scott ... (as Thomas W. Scott)

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Patricia Mock ... (as Patricia Rose)

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George W. Davis
Walter Holscher

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Robert R. Benton
Henry Grace

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William Tuttle ... makeup designer
Grant Keate ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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Charles Bonniwell ... assistant director (as Charles Bonniwell Jr.)
Carl 'Major' Roup ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Franklin Milton ... sound
Philip Mitchell ... sound (as Philip N. Mitchell)

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James V. King ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Lava ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Lyn Murray ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Fred Steiner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Van Cleave ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Bob Wilson is on a flight when he sees a creature of some sort out on the wing of the aircraft. He's only recently recovered from a nervous breakdown and isn't sure that what he is seeing is real. Every time someone else looks out the window, the creature hides from view. When the creature begins to tamper with one of the engines he begs his wife to tell the pilots to keep an eye on the engines. If they see nothing, he agrees to commit himself to an asylum when they arrive at their destination. His paranoia drives him to a desperate act. Written by garykmcd

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Did You Know?

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Trivia Writer Richard Matheson said he was mostly pleased with Twilight Zone's version of his short story - except for the gremlin. He'd conceived it as a dark, creepy and nearly-invisible humanoid figure. "But this thing," he complained, "looked more like a panda bear." See more »
Goofs Rain can be seen trickling straight down Bob's window, indicating that the "plane" is not moving. In flight the rain would be blown straight back. At the speed these old planes flew, you would only see tiny trickles of water, even in very heavy rainstorms. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes Bob Wilson: There's a man out there.
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