The Twilight Zone:

The Twilight Zone: Walking Distance

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Martin Sloan, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child. He soon realizes he's gone back in time. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Rod Serling

Director:: Robert Stevens

Stars:: Rod Serling (Narrator/Host); Gig Young (Martin Sloan)

Guest Star:: Frank Overton (Martin's Father); Michael Montgomery (Martin as a child); Ron Howard (Wilcox boy); Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Sloan); Byron Foulger (Charlie); Sheridan Comerate (The Gas Station Attendant); Joseph Corey (The 1959 Counterman); Buzz Martin (The Teenager); Pat O'Malley (Mr. Wilson); Nan Peterson (The Woman in the Park)

The windshield on the convertible in the opening scene at the service station, with the camera shooting from the rear of the car, is so opaque or occluded that it would have been impossible to have seen through to drive. edit »

J. Pat O'Malley would later star in another TZ episode, "The Fugitive" edit »
The music by Bernard Herrmann in this episode was used thoughout the series. edit »
Included on volume 3 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. edit »

(Closing Narration)
Narrator: Martin Sloan, age thirty-six, vice-president in charge of media. Successful in most things but not in the one effort that all men try at some time in their lives - trying to go home again. And also like all men perhaps there'll be an occasion, maybe a summer night sometime, when he'll look up from what he's doing and listen to the distant music of a calliope, and hear the voices and the laughter of the people and the places of his past. And perhaps across his mind there'll flit a little errant wish, that a man might not have to become old, never outgrow the parks and the merry-go-rounds of his youth. And he'll smile then too because he'll know it is just an errant wish, some wisp of memory not too important really, some laughing ghosts that cross a man's mind, that are a part of the Twilight Zone. edit »
(Opening Narration)
Narrator: Martin Sloan, age thirty-six. Occupation: vice-president, ad agency, in charge of media. This is not just a Sunday drive for Martin Sloan. He perhaps doesn't know it at the time, but it's an exodus. Somewhere up the road he's looking for sanity. And somewhere up the road, he'll find something else. edit »
Martin Sloan: (to his younger self) Martin, I only wanted to tell you that this is a wonderful time of life for you. Don't let any of it go by without enjoying it. There won't be any more merry-go-rounds, no more cotton candy, no more band concerts. I only wanted to tell you that this is a wonderful time for you. Now. Here. That's all, Martin. That's all I wanted to tell you. God help me. That's all I wanted to tell you. edit »

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amazingwebhead
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
�some wisp of memory� ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
You can never go home again. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
The First Classic Episode Of The Series ...Continue »
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Walking Distance
The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
A man's car is wrecked so he takes a walk to his destination: his childhood town. But he takes on a different kind of journey than he intended. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Cleverly plotted"
Walking Distance was a cleverly plotted episode of the Twilight Zone. ...Continue »
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