"The Old Man in the Cave" | |
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The Twilight Zone episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 7 |
Directed by | Alan Crosland, Jr. |
Teleplay by | Rod Serling |
Based on | a short story "The Old Man" by Henry Slesar |
Featured music | Stock; most cues from "And When the Sky Was Opened" by Leonard Rosenman |
Production code | 2603 |
Original air date | November 8, 1963 |
Guest appearances | |
James Coburn: French John Anderson: Goldsmith Josie Lloyd John Craven John Marley: Jason | |
"The Old Man in the Cave" is a half-hour episode of the original version of The Twilight Zone. It is set in a post-apocalyptic 1974, ten years after a nuclear holocaust in the United States. The episode is a cautionary tale about humanity's greed and the danger of questioning one's faith in forces greater than oneself.