TWILIGHT ZONE (1959) - SYFY: Marathon Tuesday, July 25, 2011
Carol Burnett and Jesse White
8:00 AM Cavender Is Coming
In a Rod Serling teleplay, Carol Burnett plays a clumsy woman who meets her equally bumbling guardian angel (Jesse White). Inept guardian angel Harmon Cavender is given a chance to earn his wings by helping an unconventional big city woman, the young, awkward Agnes Grep.
Cast includes Carol Burnett, Jesse White, Howard Smith, Sandra Gould, Donna Douglas, Albert Carrier and Jack Younger.
Lee Marvin (far right)
08:30 AM Steel
Lee Marvin plays a boxing promoter trying to get the most out of his obsolete robot boxer. In the near future boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. To replace his broken client, the manager decides to enter the ring and replace him.
Cast includes Lee Marvin, Joe Mantell, Merritt Bohn, Frank Landon and Chuck Hicks.
Wally Cox
09:00 AM From Agnes With Love
Wally Cox plays a computer programmer (in 1964) who takes advice on his love life from a computer named Agnes.
Cast includes Wally Cox, Ralph Taeger, Sue Randall, Raymond Bailey, Don Keefer, Byron Kane and Nan Peterson.
John McGiver (right)
09:30 AM Sounds And Silences
A man's obsession with loud noises prompts his wife's departure, which is followed by a radical change within himself.
Cast includes John McGiver, Michael Fox, Renee Aubry, William 'Billy' Benedict and Penny Singleton.
Jackie Cooper and Stafford Repp
10:00 AM Caesar And Me
Jackie Cooper plays a struggling ventriloquist who turns to crime, on advice from his suddenly vociferous dummy.
Cast includes Jackie Cooper, Morgan Brittany, Sarah Selby, Don Gazzaniga and Stafford Repp.
Richard Deacon
10:30 AM The Brain Center At Whipple's
Richard Deacon (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”) plays a factory owner determined to replace men with machines.
Cast includes Richard Deacon, Paul Newlan, Ted de Corsia, Thalmus Rasulala, Shawn Michaels and Bert Conroy.
Bonnie Beecher and Gary Crosby
11:00 AM Come Wander With Me
Gary Crosby plays a singing star who looks for an authentic folk tune in the hinterland, where he runs afoul of some locals.
Cast includes Gary Crosby, Bonnie Beecher, John Bolt and Hank Patterson.
John Van Dreelen and Martin Landau
11:30 AM The Jeopardy Room
Martin Landau plays a political refugee in a cat-and-mouse game with an assassin, whose penchant for artistry proves ill-advised.
Cast includes Martin Landau, John Van Dreelen and Bob Kelljan.
Gary Merrill and Vaughn Taylor
12:00 PM Still Valley
A Confederate scout (Gary Merrill) searching for Yankee soldiers finds them---frozen like statues.
Cast includes Gary Merrill, Vaughn Taylor, Mark Tapscott, Jack Mann and Ben Cooper.
Trevor Bardette, Gage Clarke, Katherine Squire and Joseph Wiseman
12:30 PM One More Pallbearer
A millionaire (Joseph Wiseman) offers three personal enemies shelter from an atomic war.
Cast includes Joseph Wiseman, Katherine Squire, Trevor Bardette and Gage Clarke.
Bill McLean, Robert Stevenson and Larry Blyden
01:00 PM Showdown With Rance McGrew
Larry Blyden as an impudent cowboy star whose self-assurance vanishes when he encounters the real Jesse James (Arch Johnson).
Cast includes Larry Blyden, Arch Johnson, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Stevenson, Bill McLean, Troy Melton, Jay Overholts, Hal K. Dawson, Bob Kline and James Turley.
Richard Long
01:30 PM Person Or Persons Unknown
A man awakens to find no one---including his wife---knows him, and all evidence of his identity has disappeared.
Cast includes Richard Long, Frank Silvera, Shirley Ballard, Julie Van Zandt, Betty Harford, Edmund Glover, Michael Keep, Joe Higgins and John Newton.
Mickey Rooney
02:00 PM The Last Night Of A Jockey
Mickey Rooney delivers a solo performance as a disgraced jockey granted his greatest wish, but not without repercussions.
Constance Ford and Cedric Hardwicke
02:30 PM Uncle Simon
Cedric Hardwicke plays a discordant inventor, and Constance Ford his long-suffering niece, who finds no solace in his passing.
Cast includes Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Ford and Ian Wolfe.
Lee Kinsolving and Shelly Fabares
03:00 PM Black Leather Jackets
Shelley Fabares plays a romantic interest who's unaware that her fella is really part of an alien invasion force.
Cast includes Shelley Fabares, Lee Kinsolving, Michael Forest, Denver Pyle, Tom Gilleran, Michael Conrad and Irene Hervey.
Peter Falk
03:30 PM The Long Mirror
A deposed dictator warns his successor (Peter Falk) that the faces of his enemies will appear in the palace mirror.
Cast includes Peter Falk, Will Kuluva, Antony Carbone, Arthur Batanides, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Vladimir Sokoloff and Richard Karlan.
Gail Kobe and Don Gordon
04:00 PM The Self-improvement Of Salvadore Ross
An angry, spurned suitor (Don Gordon) finds that he can trade his physical assets for others', including years of their lives
Cast includes Don Gordon, Gail Kobe, Vaughn Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Douglass Dumbrille and Douglas Lambert.
