The Zanti Misfits

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Zanti Misfits
Series = The Outer Limits


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 14
Airdate = December 30, 1963
Production = 17
Writer = Joseph Stefano
Director = Leonard Horn
Photographer = John M. Nickolaus
Guests = Michael Tolan
Olive Deering
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = Tourist Attraction
Next = The Mice

"The Zanti Misfits" is an episode of the original "The Outer Limits" television show. It first aired on 30 December, 1963, during the first season.

Introduction

An alien species demands that Earth provide a penal colony for its criminals.

Opening narration

Plotline

Military forces have cordoned off a California ghost town awaiting the arrival of a spacecraft from the planet Zanti. The Leaders of that world have decided that the Earth is the perfect place to exile their undesirables. They threaten "total destruction" if their penal ship is molested. But Ben Garth, a bank robber on the lam, crosses the cordon and approaches the Zanti ship, triggering an ugly jailbreak. Earth's nervous soldiers launch an anti-Zanti attack, killing all the aliens - and fearfully awaiting the expected reprisal. Instead, they get a message of thanks from the Zanti leaders. It seems they can't execute their own kind, so they sent them to the experts on killing — us.

Closing narration

Cast

* Michael Tolan – as Steve Grave
* Olive Deering – as Lisa
* Robert F. Simon – as General Hart
* Bruce Dern – as Ben Garth
* Claude Woolman – as Major Roger Hill
* Lex Johnson – as Communications Operator (uncredited)
* Joey Tata – as Radar Operator (uncredited)
* George Sims – as Computer Technician (uncredited)
* Mike Mikler – as Air Police Sergeant (uncredited)
* Bill Hart – as Corporal Delano (uncredited)
* Vic Perrin – as voice of Zanti Prisoner (uncredited)
* Robert Johnson – as voices of Radio Newscaster/Zanti Regent/Zanti Commander (uncredited)
* John Elizalde – as voice of Zanti (uncredited)

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/tmcr/daystar/tol_s1/tol_eps14.shtml Detailed episode guide] by 'Monsieur Vincent'
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