The Twonky

The Twonky

Infobox Film
name = The Twonky


image_size = 175px
caption = Poster for "The Twonky"
director = Arch Oboler
producer = A.D. Nast, Jr. (executive producer)
Arch Oboler (producer)
Sidney Pink (associate producer)
writer = Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (story)(as Lewis Padgett)
Arch Oboler (script)
narrator =
starring = Hans Conried
music = Jack Meakin
cinematography = Joseph F. Biroc
editing = Betty Steinberg
distributor = United Artists
released = 1953
runtime = 84 mins.
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0046475

"The Twonky" is a 1953 comedy-science fiction film, written and directed by Arch Oboler and stars Hans Conried. The script was based on the short story "The Twonky", written by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (writing as Lewis Padgett).

Plot synopsis

Philosophy professor Kerry West (Conried) is surprised and upset when his new television set begins talking to him. The TV is actually a "Twonky", a device accidentally sent from the future. The Twonky's purpose is to make its users' life easier, and it sets about "helping" the professor by censoring his books, reading people's minds, and controlling his life. West struggles to find a way to stop the Twonky.

External links

*imdb title|id=0046475|title=The Twonky
* [http://www.amctv.com/show/detail?CID=10620-1-EST Review at AMC website]


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