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The Twilight Zone :: The Thirty-Fathom Grave (04x02)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Thirty-Fathom Grave
Episode #: 04x02
Production Number: 4857
Original Airdate: Thursday January 10th, 1963
6/10 (2 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: Rod Serling
 
Episode Summary
 
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A submarine sunk 20 years earlier is apparently emitting sounds which haunt a man who believes he is responsible for its sinking.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Henry ScottplayedJr. O.O.D.Recurring (second appearance)
Simon OaklandplayedCaptain BeechamRecurring (second appearance)
Anthony D. CallplayedLee Helmsman 
Bill BixbyplayedO.O.D. 
Charles KuenstleplayedSonar Operator 
Conlan CarterplayedEnsign Marmer 
David SheinerplayedDoc 
Derrik LewisplayedHelmsman 
Forrest ComptonplayedASW Officer 
John ConsidineplayedMcClure 
Louie EliasplayedSailor #2 
Mike KellinplayedChief Bell 
 
Main Cast
 
Rod SerlingplayedNarrator/Host
 
Episode Notes
 
Bill Bixby was best known for starring in such TV series as The Incredible Hulk.
 
Mike Kellin would later star in the movie Midnight Express.
 
Henry Scott is also in "The Big Tall Wish."
 
Simon Oakland was also in "The Rip Van Winkle Caper."
 
In a Twilight Zone moment, Mike Kellin, who portrayed Chief Bell died on August 11, 1983. The ship used for the exterior shots, The Mighty Max, was decommissioned just 2-short weeks later on, August 26, 1983.
 
The number used on the submarine was 714, which the Navy did not use till 1979, when the commission for construction of the USS NORFOLK SSN714 was given.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Opening Narration
Narrator:
Incident one hundred miles off the coast of Guadalcanal. Time: the present. The United States naval destroyer on what has been a most uneventful cruise. In a moment, they're going to send a man down thirty fathoms to check on a noise maker--someone or something tapping on metal. You may or may not read the results in a naval report, because Captain Beecham and his crew have just set a course that will lead this ship and everyone on it into the Twilight Zone.
 
Closing Narration
Narrator:
Small naval engagement, the month of April, 1963. Not to be found in any historical annals. Look for this one file under 'H' for haunting--in the Twilight Zone.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
In the long shots they show the U.S.S. Mullinnix (DD944) not the U.S.S. Edson (DD946) which is on the jackets.
 
When Beecham is telling Bell that the sinking of the sub wasn't his fault, you can see on the shots of his face that his hair is combed back, off of his forehead. But on the shots of him from behind you can clearly some hair hanging down.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorRod Serling
Executive ProducerRod Serling
Associate ProducerMurray Golden
EditorRichard W. Farrell
Set DecoratorHenry Grace  |  Don Greenwood, Jr.
Director of PhotographyGeorge T. Clemens
Art DirectorJohn J. Thompson  |  George W. Davis (1)
Production ManagerRalph Nelson
Sound EditorFranklin Milton  |  Joe Edmondson
Main Title ThemeMarius Constant
Assistant DirectorJohn D. Bloss
Assistant To The DirectorJohn Conwell
 
 
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