Writer:	Rod Serling
Director:	Robert Stevens
Star:	Rod Serling (Narrator/Host),  Earl Holliman (Mike Ferris)
Guest Star:	James Gregory (Air Force General),  Paul Langton (Air Force Colonel),  Jay Overholts (Reporter Two),  Garry Walberg (),  Carter Mullaly (),  Jim Johnson (),  John Conwell (),  James McCallion ()

The pilot episode was filmed at Universal-International studios [which is why a movie marquee announced the studio's Battle Hymn (1956), starring Rock Hudson, was playing in the theater]. The series was filmed at MGM. (edit) In the original unaired version of the pilot episode, Westbrook Van Voohris (better known as the narrator of the radio and newsreel series The March Of Time") was the narrator. Serling and CBS decided not use him in the series because he sounded "too pompous". Orson Welles' name was then suggested, but his asking price as narrator was considered too high for primary sponsor General Foods {Sanka}. Then someone suggested that Rod himself be the narrator... (edit) The pilot version of this episode is included on Image-Entertainment's Volume 43 DVD. It includes an 8 minute intro from Rod Serling, directed at companies considering sponsoring the show. (edit) James Gregory would return in "The Passersby." (edit) The intro that was used during the first season was as follows: "There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition; and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone." (edit)

Narrator: There is a sixth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the sunlight of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area that might be called the Twilight Zone. (edit) (Closing Narration)
Narrator: Up there, up there in the vastness of space, in the void that is sky, up there is an enemy known as isolation. It sits there in the stars waiting, waiting with the patience of eons, forever waiting… in the Twilight Zone. (edit) (Opening Narration)
Narrator: The place is here, the time is now, and the journey into the shadows that we're about to watch could be OUR journey. (edit)

While Ferris is speaking to the mockup, a fly appears, it lands on the car door and remains there. (edit) In the end credits, Jay Overholts is listed as Jay "Overholt" (edit) The glass face of the booth's clock is broken into more pieces when shown in close-up. (edit)

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