The Twilight Zone: Static (1961)
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Dean Jagger stars as Ed Lindsay, a cranky middle-aged man living in a boarding house with several other old-timers, including his former fiancée Vinnie Brown (Carmen Mathews). Fed up with television, Ed squirrels himself away in his room, where he begins tooling around with the antique radio he's found in the cellar. Before long, he is receiving broadcasts from the 1930s and 1940s -- live broadcasts, not reruns. Having opened a window to the past, Ed desperately tries to correct several mistakes he's made in life. Scripted by Charles Beaumont from a story by OCee Ritch, "Static" was one of six videotaped Twilight Zone episodes and was originally telecast March 10, 1961 (and yes, that voice emanating from Ed's old-time radio does belong to future Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Dean Jagger - Ed Lindsay
- Robert Emhardt - Prof. Ackerman
- Arch Johnson - Roscoe Bragg
- Lillian O'Malley - Miss Meredith
- Clegg Hoyt - Junk Dealer
- Eddie Marr - Real Estate Pitchman
- Roy Rowan - Announcer
- Jay Overholts - Man #2
- Carmen Mathews - Vinnie Brown
- Alice Pearce - Mrs. Nielsen
- Stephen Talbot - Boy
- Pat O'Malley - Mr. Llewellyn
- Jerry Fuller - Rock and Roll Singer
- Bob Crane - D.J.
- Bob Duggan - Man #1
- Director(s):
- Buzz Kulik
- Writer(s):
- Charles Beaumont
- Producer(s):
- Buck Houghton
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