Time Enough at Last
- Episode aired Nov 20, 1959
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
7.9K
YOUR RATING
A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.
Jacqueline deWit
- Helen Bemis
- (as Jaqueline deWit)
Robert Haines
- Bank Customer
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOut of the 92 episodes of The Twilight Zone written by Rod Serling, this was his personal favorite.
- GoofsDespite the shock wave from the H-bomb that detonates while Bemis is in the safe, it breaks the crystal in Henry Bemis' pocket watch, yet his glasses do not shatter.
- Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] The best-laid plans of mice and men - and Henry Bemis, the small man in the glasses who wanted nothing but time. Henry Bemis, now just a part of a smashed landscape, just a piece of the rubble, just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself. Mr. Henry Bemis - in the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
Featured review
'I was only trying to see who she voted for'.
Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) recalls getting hit with an umbrella for reading a campaign slogan a young lady was wearing. This is the story of a timid man who simply cannot stop finding himself in trouble purely for his love of reading. His wife and his employer the bank president despise him for it. For a time it seems that this is a comedy, then the great change comes. Serling's narration returns, unusually, somewhere in the middle.
A compact, classic twenty-three minutes of TV. An all important twist at the end making this a must-see TZ if you have not already. Interestingly, when Burgess Meredith returned to the TZ in season two he played another hapless soul like Bemis in 'Mr Dingle The Strong'. That same year he played a librarian in a society where books are banned in 'The Obsolete Man'. His final appearance was all about printing news in 'Printer's Devil' in season four. All in all a great body of work nicely connected by a fine actor.
A compact, classic twenty-three minutes of TV. An all important twist at the end making this a must-see TZ if you have not already. Interestingly, when Burgess Meredith returned to the TZ in season two he played another hapless soul like Bemis in 'Mr Dingle The Strong'. That same year he played a librarian in a society where books are banned in 'The Obsolete Man'. His final appearance was all about printing news in 'Printer's Devil' in season four. All in all a great body of work nicely connected by a fine actor.
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- darrenpearce111
- Nov 30, 2013
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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