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The Lonely

Episode aired Nov 13, 1959
TV-PG
25m

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8.1/10

5.7K

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John Dehner, Ted Knight, and Jack Warden in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Convicted of murder, a man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a 50-year prison sentence.Convicted of murder, a man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a 50-year prison sentence.Convicted of murder, a man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a 50-year prison sentence.

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Rod Serling

Narrator
(voice)

Jack Warden

James A. Corry

John Dehner

Captain Allenby

Jean Marsh

Alicia

Ted Knight

Adams
(uncredited)

James Turley

Carstairs
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The first of many The Twilight Zone (1959) episodes (including I Shot an Arrow into the Air (1960), A Hundred Yards Over the Rim (1961) and The Rip Van Winkle Caper (1961)) to be filmed on location in Death Valley. Unprepared for the terrible conditions they would face, the crew suffered extreme dehydration and heat exhaustion and director of photography George T. Clemens even collapsed, falling from a camera crane while filming continued.

Goofs
Apparently, there was at least one other living thing on the planet besides James Corry. In the final screen shot, a bird can be seen flying in from the left, going to the right and circling up and over to the left again.

Quotes
James A. Corry: Alicia and I'll climb into that ship of yours, and we'll - we'll look out the port, and we'll give it all a big kiss goodbye.
Adams: Who, Corry?
Captain Allenby: Oh, my dear God, I forgot her.
Adams: He's out of his mind. Who's Alicia?
Captain Allenby: A robot.
James A. Corry: She's a woman.
Captain Allenby: Corry, she's a robot.
James A. Corry: She's a woman! She's gentle and kind. Allenby, she kept me alive. Why, if it wasn't for her, I'd have been finished. I'd have given up.

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Lonely (2020)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
(season 1)

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9/10

Compelling Story Of A Man And His Robot

"The Lonely" tells the futuristic story of a man found guilty of murder. His sentence is to serve 50 years on a small asteroid alone. This episode starts with the convict looking forward to a supply ship arriving with provisions for him. This ship visits every 3 months and provide the convict with a brief break from the tedious boredom of his daily life. The captain of the supply ship feels sorry for the convict and believes his story of self-defense. We are told he often prolongs his stay on the asteroid to visit, play cards, and entertain this prisoner. But, on this visit, the captain leaves the convict with a present: a robot companion. The rest of the episode deals with the prisoners relationship with the robot. This is a well-written episode of "The Twilight Zone". We feel for the prisoner and understand his loneliness as well as the many emotions he feels after meeting the robot. This episode is well worth watching. It earns 9.3 out of 10.