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Nightmare At Ground Zero
Written by Rod Serling Starring Pat Hingle (August 8, 1953)
The Nevada Proving Ground is set for another nuclear bomb blast at 4am. A harried artist is rushing to finish the
mannequins he’s been hired to construct that will populate a house at ground zero. His nagging wife, who does nothing but
complain about his work, finally pushes him over the edge. As contracted, he delivers five “people” to the house that’s about
to be destroyed.
The Arena
Written by Rod Serling. Starring Wendell Corey Frances Sternhagen Chester Morris (April 9, 1956)
A brand-new senator, James Norton, discovers his father, a one time senator, is accused of being a fraud. Norton is
offended by this accusation, and spends almost all his time and energy attacking his colleague, demanding he retract the
accusations against his father.
As for Chester Morris, a political guru, is hired by James Norton to consult on how to handle the accusations against his
father. Where their relationship goes is quite astonishing.
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Written by Rod Serling Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring William Shatner Rod Steiger (June 19, 1958)
Rod Serling created this raw, tough and at the same time, deeply moving outcry against prejudice.
Serling laid the scene of his play in a Southwestern town racked by unremitting drought and worn by an ever-present sun.
In their own poverty, the stricken townspeople turn to bigotry and prejudice against their Mexican colony as a release for their
own frustrations. An innocent Mexican boy is sacrificed to a lynch mob by an ineffectual sheriff (Steiger). The slaughter leads
to a brooding darkness involving the remorseful relatives of the Mexican youngster and the sullen townspeople.
BONUS FOOTAGE: LONG LOST INTERVIEWS WITH ROD SERLING
Rod Serling is interviewed about The Twilight Zone series by:
- Legendary news anchorman and journalist, Mike Wallace
- A group of young, aspiring writers
- Comic actor, Hans Conried
