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However, Froug’s purchase allowed for the film to be aired only twice (the first airing was on February 28, 1964). The transaction cost The Twilight Zone $25,000 – significantly less than the average of $65,000 they expended on producing their own episodes. Producer William Froug saw the film and decided to buy the rights to broadcast it on American television.

Two years after its production, the film was screened as an episode of The Twilight Zone.

It was not, however, the last episode of the series to be broadcast.

According to Zicree, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was the last episode of the classic Twilight Zone to be "produced" (presumably referencing the reediting and the addition of footage of Rod Serling, as production of the series was cancelled afterwards).

The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic by Martin Grams correctly verifies the purchase price as $20,000 plus $5,000 additional costs for reediting. This mistake has been reprinted in a number of books since the 1984 publication.

Marc Scott Zicree's The Twilight Zone Companion incorrectly states the French film was purchased for $10,000.

This is the rather intriguing basis of our next presentation on The Twilight Zone. They say that beauty is only skin deep, and when the surface is scratched, what you might conceivably find underneath is something quite apart from beauty. Our star is Ann Blyth, our story: " Queen of the Nile".

Twilight Zone regular Charles Beaumont brings us our next offering, a tale of age and youth and a beautiful woman. the ingredients of the Twilight Zone." Preview for Next Week's Story This is the stuff of fantasy, the thread of imagination.

"An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - in two forms, as it was dreamed, and as it was lived and died. Here is the French production of 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Episode SummaryĪ Confederate soldier is about to be hanged when the rope breaks, allowing him to escape and return home – or does it? Winner of the Cannes Film Festival of 1962, as well as other international awards, here is a haunting study of the incredible, from the past master of the incredible, Ambrose Bierce. "Tonight a presentation so special and unique that, for the first time in the five years we've been presenting The Twilight Zone, we're offering a film shot in France by others.