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  • Season 3
  • Episode 31
An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.
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John Holt
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Mr. Vance
Alma Platt ...
Marie Holt
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Farraday (as Ted Marcuse)
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Young John Holt
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Gambler (as Terrence deMarney)
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Gambler (as Billy Vincent)
Mary McMahon ...
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David Armstrong ...
Surgeon
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Elliot Silverstein ... (directed by)

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

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Buck Houghton ... producer (produced by)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Bill Mosher ... film editor

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Robert Walker ... (casting)

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George W. Davis
Merrill Pye

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F. Keogh Gleason ... (set decoration) (as Keogh Gleason)

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William Tuttle ... makeup creator

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director

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Bill Edmondson ... sound
Franklin Milton ... sound

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Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
René Garriguenc ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Wilfred Josephs ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Lucien Moraweck ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
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  • CBS (1962) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
  • Image Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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Plot Summary

John and Marie Holt have been married for a great many years. Age is catching up with them and John is frequently in pain. They visit the New Life Corporation where they have the opportunity to have their consciousness transferred to new, younger bodies. They only have enough money to pay for one transformation however and once complete, a decision on their future life together must be made. Written by garykmcd

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Trivia Joseph Schildkraut's second wife (of 29 years) died while he was filming this episode. Coming from a theatrical family, he insisted on finishing the production before he'd begin mourning. Here, he plays an elderly man who must choose between a new body for himself or living the rest of his life with his wife in a pain-wracked body. See more »
Goofs As the lifeless "Cocktail Hour" models move out of frame in the showroom, the woman is seen moving her arm. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes [opening narration]
Narrator: Mr. and Mrs. John Holt, aging people who slowly and with trembling fingers turn the last pages of a book of life and hope against logic and the preordained that some magic printing press will add to this book another limited edition. But these two senior citizens happen to live in a time of the future where nothing is impossible, even the trading of old bodies for new. Mr. and Mrs. John Holt, in their twilight years - who are about to find that there happens to be a zone with the same name.
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