The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? (1961)
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- TV-PG
- 25min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 26 May 1961
- TV Episode
Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship, two policemen try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside diner is from another world.
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| John Hoyt | ... |
Ross
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| Jean Willes | ... |
Ethel McConnell
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| Jack Elam | ... |
Avery
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| Barney Phillips | ... |
Haley the Bartender
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| John Archer | ... |
Trooper Bill Padgett
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| William Kendis | ... |
Olmstead
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| Morgan Jones | ... |
Trooper Dan Perry
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| Gertrude Flynn | ... |
Rose Kramer
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| Bill Erwin | ... |
Peter Kramer
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| Jill Ellis | ... |
Connie Prince
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| Ron Kipling | ... |
George Prince
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| Rod Serling | ... |
Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Montgomery Pittman | ||
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
| Leon Barsha | ||
Art Direction by
| Philip Barber | ... | (as Phil Barber) |
| George W. Davis | ||
Set Decoration by
| H. Web Arrowsmith | ||
| Henry Grace | ||
Makeup Department
| William Tuttle | ... | makeup designer (as William J. Tuttle) |
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
| Bruce Campbell | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Marius Constant | ... | composer: theme music (uncredited) |
| Eric Cook | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Jerry Goldsmith | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Oskar Sala | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
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- CBS (1961) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Image Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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Other Companies
- Stalmaster-Lister Co. (casting)
- Kuppenheimer (Mr. Serling's wardrobe)
- Pacific Title (titles and opticals)
Storyline
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After an anonymous phone call about a spacecraft that crashed in a frozen wood, two police officers find evidence that the event really happened. Apparently one alien had walked away from the spot. They drive to the nearby highway Café and they find a bus with seven passengers waiting for the reopening of a snowed in bridge. However the driver says that he had only six passengers when he parked the bus. While interrogating the travelers, weird things happen in the diner, with the lights switching on and off and the turntable turning on and off. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first draft was entitled "Night of the Big Rain," the second was called "Nobody Here But Us Martians". See more » |
| Goofs | When the passengers leave the diner and board the bus, they get in on the wrong side. They enter on the side where the bus driver would normally be seated. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Twilight Zone Theme See more » |
| Quotes |
Avery:
She's just like a science fiction, that's what she is! A reg'lar Ray Bradbury! Six humans and one monster from outer space. You wouldn't happen to have an eye in the back of your head, would you? See more » |