The Trade-Ins
- Episode aired Apr 20, 1962
- TV-PG
- 25m
An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.
- Farraday
- (as Ted Marcuse)
- Gambler
- (as Terrence deMarney)
- Gambler
- (as Billy Vincent)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJoseph Schildkraut's second wife (of 29 years) died while he was filming this episode. Coming from a theatrical family, he insisted on finishing the production before he'd begin mourning. Here, he plays an elderly man who must choose between a new body for himself or living the rest of his life with his wife in a pain-wracked body.
- GoofsAs the lifeless "Cocktail Hour" models move out of frame in the showroom, the woman is seen moving her arm.
- Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: Mr. and Mrs. John Holt, aging people who slowly and with trembling fingers turn the last pages of a book of life and hope against logic and the preordained that some magic printing press will add to this book another limited edition. But these two senior citizens happen to live in a time of the future where nothing is impossible, even the trading of old bodies for new. Mr. and Mrs. John Holt, in their twilight years - who are about to find that there happens to be a zone with the same name.
- ConnectionsFeatured in American Masters: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
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- Oct 28, 2014
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1