| "A Thing About Machines" | |
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| Series The Twilight Zone Season 2, Episode 4 | |
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| Air date | October 28th, 1960 |
| Writers | Rod Serling |
| Director | David Orrick McDearmon |
| Producers | Buck Houghton; Del Reisman |
| Starring | Rod Serling; Richard Haydn; Barbara Stuart; Barney Phillips; Henry Beckman; Jay Overholts; Margarita Cordova |
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"A Thing About Machines" is the fourth episode of season two of the science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone and the fortieth episode of the series overall. It was directed by David Orrick McDearmon with a script written by series creator Rod Serling. It first aired on CBS on Friday, October 28th, 1960 at 10:00 pm.
Synopsis[]
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rod Serling | Host |
Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Richard Haydn | Bartlett Finchley |
| Barbara Stuart | Edith |
| Barney Phillips | TV repairman |
| Henry Beckman | Policeman |
| Jay Overholts | Intern |
| Margarita Cordova | Girl on TV |
Co-Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lew Brown | Telephone repairman |
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Quotes[]
- Narrator: This is Mr. Bartlett Finchley, age forty-eight, a practicing sophisticate who writes very special and very precious things for gourmet magazines and the like. He's a bachelor and a recluse with few friends, only devotees and adherents to the cause of tart sophistry. He has no interests save whatever current annoyances he can put his mind to. He has no purpose to his life except the formulation of day-to-day opportunities to vent his wrath on mechanical contrivances of an age he abhors. In short, Mr. Bartlett Finchley is a malcontent, born either too late or too early in the century, and who in just a moment will enter a realm where muscles and the will to fight back are not limited to human beings. Next stop for Mr. Bartlett Finchley - the Twilight Zone.
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- Narrator: Yes, it could just be. It could just be that Mr. Bartlett Finchley succumbed from a heart attack and a set of delusions. It could just be that he was tormented by an imagination as sharp as his wit and as pointed as his dislikes. But as perceived by those attending, this is one explanation that has left the premises with the deceased. Look for it filed under 'M' for machines in the Twilight Zone.