The Twilight Zone
King Nine Will Not Return
Season 2, Episode 1 · Aired 1960-09-30
Synopsis
The pilot of a World War 2 Bomber called King Nine crashes in an African desert, wondering when and where he is. The Captain soon regains consciousness, he starts searching his surroundings and soon finds the graves of his crew and eventually wakes up in a hospital bed, 17 years after the crash. As the psychiatrist assures the nurse that the Captain is only reliving what happened in his mind, she begins to wonder, especially after finding sand in his shoes.
In the series
This episode is part of The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) on CBS.
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Key cast
- Rod Serling as Host / Narrator