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"Don’t Open Till Doomsday" The Outer Limits episode Episode no. Season 1
Episode 17Directed by Gerd Oswald Written by Joseph Stefano Cinematography by Conrad Hall Production code 22 Original air date January 20, 1964 Guest stars Miriam Hopkins
John Hoyt
Russell Collins
Buck Taylor
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"ZZZZZ"List of The Outer Limits episodes "Don’t Open Till Doomsday" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 20 January 1964, during the first season.
Contents
Opening narration
"The greatness of evil lies in its awful accuracy. Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat. For unlike its opposite good, evil is allowed no human failings, no miscalculations. Evil must be perfect or depend upon the imperfections of others."
Plot
In the 1920s, a pair of newlyweds receive a mysterious gift. 40 years later an eloping couple arrive at the house. After the bride disappears, her dominating father arrives to discover that to free his daughter, he must help an alien who plans to destroy the entire universe.
Closing narration
"Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat, and with each defeat doomsday is postponed for at least one more day."
Cast
- Miriam Hopkins – as Mary Kry
- David Frankham – as Harvey Kry
- John Hoyt – as Emmett Balfour
- Buck Taylor – as Gard Hayden
- Melinda Plowman – as Vivia Hayden
- Russell Collins – as Justice of the Peace
- Nellie Burt – as Wife
- Anthony Jochim – as Mordecai Spazman
- Frank Delfino – as Creature (uncredited)
- Robert Johnson – as voice of Creature (uncredited)
External links
- "Don't Open Till Doomsday" appreciation by Mark Holcomb
- "Don't Open Till Doomsday" at TV.com
Categories:- Science fiction television episode stubs
- The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) episodes
- 1964 television episodes
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