An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1964
- TV-PG
- 25m
During the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.During the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.During the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.
- Peyton Farquhar
- (archive footage)
- Abby Farquhar
- (archive footage)
- Union Officer
- (archive footage)
- Union Captain
- (archive footage)
- (as Stephane Fey)
- Union Sergeant
- (archive footage)
- (as Jean-Francois Zeller)
- Union Soldier
- (archive footage)
- Union Soldier
- (archive footage)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaRod Serling was getting ready to take his end-of-season break, with all but one of the shows for the fifth season already filmed or in production, when he decided to leave early and go to a French film festival. There he saw Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961) and immediately hunted down the producers with an offer to buy it for a one-time showing for American TV. Serling reportedly picked it up for $20,000 and flew straight back to Los Angeles, filming a new intro the moment he got to the studio and plugging the show into that same week's time slot. Not only did Serling get what was considered a classic, he also saved nearly $100,000 in production costs and brought the season's worth of shows in on budget. This prompted ABC-TV to offer to pick up The Twilight Zone (1959) for another season. Serling said no to the deal when his discussions over the content of the new season made it appear he would be "going to the graveyard" for each show, doing Gothic horror shows. (ABC did want that, and eventually would pick up Dark Shadows (1966), which fit the bill, in daytime.) ironically, Serling would return to television in 1970 for three seasons of Night Gallery (1970) on NBC, consisting of the exact format that ABC had asked for.
- GoofsWhen Farquhar is swimming downstream, the order is given to open fire. When Farquhar is far downstream, the sound of gunfire can be heard along with the sound of ricochets.
Bullets (in this case mini-balls) do not ricochet when hitting water.
- Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: Tonight, a presentation so special and unique that for the first time in the five years we've been presenting The Twilight Zone, we're offering a film shot in France by others. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival of 1962, as well as other international awards, here is a haunting study of the incredible from the past master of the incredible, Ambrose Bierce. Here is the French production of 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.'
- ConnectionsEdited from Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
This film won an Academy Award and Cannes Festival award.
What's cool is that this story was written and first published in 1890! I'd rank Ambrose Bierce up there with HG Wells and other contemporaries, based on what I see in this story and film. I've since found the text of the original short story online and read it... that was fun after seeing the film version.
The cinematography must be hailed as quite an accomplishment. From the first frame you know that this isn't a CBS produced episode of TZ because of the high production values in the cinematography.
Also, this episode was the last produced episode (they did some editing and stuff back at CBS) of TZ before the series was canceled, though not the last to be aired.
- gregmalone1
- Feb 28, 2011
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1