The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
The Mind and the Matter (1961)
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- TV-PG
- 25min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 12 May 1961
- TV Episode
Using the power of mind over matter, Archibald Beechcroft remakes the world to his own specifications.
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| Shelley Berman | ... |
Archibald Beechcroft
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| Jack Grinnage | ... |
Henry
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| Chet Stratton | ... |
Rogers
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David Armstrong | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Ken Kane | ... |
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| Robert McCord | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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| Rod Serling | ... |
Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)
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| Dan White | ... |
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Pinocchio Roy Wilson | ... |
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Jeane Wood | ... |
Landlady (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Buzz Kulik | ||
Written by
| Rod Serling | ... | (written by) |
| Rod Serling | ... | (created by) (creator) |
Produced by
| Buck Houghton | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| George T. Clemens | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Jason H. Bernie | ... | (as Jason Bernie) |
Art Direction by
| Philip Barber | ... | (as Phil Barber) |
| George W. Davis | ||
Set Decoration by
| H. Web Arrowsmith | ||
| Henry Grace | ||
Production Management
| Ralph W. Nelson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| E. Darrell Hallenbeck | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Bill Edmondson | ... | sound |
| Franklin Milton | ... | sound |
Music Department
| Marius Constant | ... | composer: theme music (uncredited) |
| Bernard Green | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Wilbur Hatch | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Bernard Herrmann | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Will Schaefer | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CBS (1961) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Image Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Kuppenheimer (Mr. Serling's wardrobe)
- Pacific Title (titles and opticals)
- Stalmaster-Lister Co. (casting)
Storyline
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The intolerant Archibald Beechcroft is a misanthropic clerk of the Central Park Insurance Co. that hates everybody. When a colleague gives him a book about the power of the mind, Archibald reads the magic book and decides to wipe out the human race. However, he feels lonely and uses his ability to make the entire population of his city his perfect clone, discovering how hateful the world would be. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Archibald Beechcroft hums the song "Alone" written by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, introduced in A Night at the Opera (1935). See more » |
| Goofs | After Mr. Beechcroft eliminates all other people, he is still transported by subway even though no one exists to operate it. However, he's making the subway move using the same power of concentration that allowed him to eliminate humans. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into The Mind And The Matter (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Twilight Zone Theme See more » |
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[opening narration]
Narrator: A brief, if frenetic, introduction to Mr. Archibald Beechcroft, a child of the twentieth century, a product of the population explosion, and one of the inheritors of the legacy of progress. Mr. Beechcroft, again. This time, act two of his daily battle for survival. And in just a moment, our hero will begin his personal one-man rebellion against the mechanics of his age, and to do so he will enlist certain aids available only - in The Twilight Zone. See more » |