The Odyssey of Flight 33

Episode aired Feb 24, 1961
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

John Anderson, Paul Comi, Wayne Heffley, Sandy Kenyon, and Harp McGuire in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The authentic cockpit dialog was written by Robert J. Serling, the elder brother of Rod Serling. Robert was an airline pilot and aviation writer for United Press International. He is listed in the credits as consultant.

Goofs
The tower controller in 1939 identifies the airport the flight is headed to as LaGuardia. Though this airport was dedicated that year, it was called New York Municipal Airport until the following year, when the CAA adopted New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field. Officially shortened to LaGuardia Airport in 1953.

Quotes
Narrator: [Closing Narration] A Global jet airliner, en route from London to New York on an uneventful afternoon in the year 1961, but now reported overdue and missing, and by now, searched for on land, sea, and air by anguished human beings, fearful of what they'll find. But you and I know where she is. You and I know what's happened. So if some moment, any moment, you hear the sound of jet engines flying atop the overcast - engines that sound searching and lost - engines that sound desperate - shoot up a flare or do something. That would be Global 33 trying to get home - from The Twilight Zone.

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Odyssey of Flight 33 (2021)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Marius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

User reviews46

Featured review

8/10

One of the scariest

Although there was a flaw that a geologist would have easily recognized in this Twilight Zone story, it still ranks for me as one of the scariest episodes ever done.

John Anderson is just about to head into American air space after captaining a transatlantic flight on a jet. Suddenly the crew is caught in some kind of maelstrom and they are over New York City but in prehistoric times. That brontosaurus on the ground was a convincer.

Back Anderson takes his plane into the maelstrom and at this point I say no more. But given the limiting fuel factor among others the passengers and crew on this airline face a most uncertain future in time and space.

Don't miss this one if broadcast.