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  • The Twilight Zone Examination Day/A Message from Charity (Season 1, Episode 6)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Twilight Zone

Examination Day/A Message from Charity (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Puritan Charity Payne in the year 1700 and modern teenager Peter Wood, residents of the same Massachusetts town, are psychically connected due to delirium induced by a bacterial infection, and can see the world through each other's eyes.
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Director
Paul Lynch (directed by)
Writers
Rod Serling (created by) | Philip DeGuere Jr. (teleplay by) (segments: Examination Day) (as Philip DeGuere) | Henry Slesar (based on the short story by) (segments: Examination Day) | Alan Brennert (teleplay by) (segments: A Message from Charity) & 2 more
Producer
Composers
Grateful Dead (music by) | Basil Poledouris (music by) | Merl Saunders (music by)
Cinematographer
Editor
Tom Pryor (edited by)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 1, 1985

Release date
Nov 1, 1985 (United States)
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Cast

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18 cast members
Name Known for
Christopher Allport
Richard Jordan (segment "Examination Day") Richard Jordan (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
David Mendenhall
Dickie Jordan (segment "Examination Day") Dickie Jordan (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
Elizabeth Norment
Ruth Jordan (segment "Examination Day") Ruth Jordan (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Clerk (segment "Examination Day") Clerk (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
Ed Krieger
Clerk #1 (segment "Examination Day") Clerk #1 (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
Myrna White
Clerk #2 (segment "Examination Day") Clerk #2 (segment "Examination Day")   See fewer
Kerry Noonan
Charity Payne (segment "A Message from Charity") Charity Payne (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Robert Duncan McNeill
Peter Wood (segment "A Message from Charity") (as Duncan McNeil) Peter Wood (segment "A Message from Charity") (as Duncan McNeil)   See fewer
Gerald Hiken
Squire Jonas Hacker (segment "A Message from Charity") Squire Jonas Hacker (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
James Cromwell
Obadiah Payne (segment "A Message from Charity") Obadiah Payne (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Vanessa Brown
Aunt Beulah (segment "A Message from Charity") Aunt Beulah (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Michael Fox
Tom Carter (segment "A Message from Charity") Tom Carter (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Jennifer Parsons
Ursula Miller (segment "A Message from Charity") Ursula Miller (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Jack Wells
Dr. Maxwell (segment "A Message from Charity") Dr. Maxwell (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Phil Proctor
Mr. Wood (segment "A Message from Charity") Mr. Wood (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Barbara Lindsay
Mrs. Wood (segment "A Message from Charity") Mrs. Wood (segment "A Message from Charity")   See fewer
Charles Aidman
Narrator (segment "A Message from Charity") (voice) Narrator (segment "A Message from Charity") (voice)   See fewer
Brian Scavo
Pilgrim (uncredited) Pilgrim (uncredited)   See fewer
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