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iluvdvds@Cult Labs

2nd January 2012 06:51 PM

Season 5, Episode 7: The Old Man In The Cave

Airdate: 08/11/1963
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Starring: James Coburn

In a post-apocalyptic settlement, the inhabitants' survival is dependent on the advice of an unseen man living in a nearby cave. This dependence is tested when a band of soldiers descends on their town.

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TwilightZoneTom@Cult Labs

22nd February 2012 07:12 PM

I don't think there's anyone who would view this today and not see the ending coming a mile off. The idea of a god, or a ruler or the like being a computer has been done a few times now, and I wonder if this is one of the first examples of it.

Not a great episode, but mildly diverting, with an interesting religious subtext.

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