Rod Serling Trailers
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Rodman Edward Serling (Rod Serling) (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and war.
Most Popular Rod Serling Trailers
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19 May 1994
James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series.
31 March 1957
"Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.
16 October 1962
Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting.
07 February 1968
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport.
16 May 1962
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all.
24 August 1994
A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
15 June 1966
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.
19 June 1958
The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local mob for a crime he may not have committed.
20 March 1958
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake.
28 December 1964
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
01 January 1968
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
02 November 1956
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war.
14 November 2019
Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom Event.
26 July 2019
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures.
07 October 2014
The Christmas Fantasy "Night of the Meek" starring Art Carney as a drunken department-store Santa who experiences quite an epiphany on Christmas Eve.
11 October 1956
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
15 November 1972
Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed.
12 January 1955
"Patterns" was an American television play broadcast live on January 12, 1955, remade as a film the next year with some of the same cast.
13 December 1966
A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.
19 July 1972
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office.
07 August 1958
A hard-hearted Colonel loses many men in his group's bombing missions over World War Two Germany, but keeps on going and won't tolerate lightly a young LIEUTENANT losing his nerve under the strain,who refuses to continue.
01 January 1955
A school bus driver (Jack Warden) is fired by the local school board when he refuses to sign a loyalty oath.
14 February 1957
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his.
08 March 1953
In the 1850s, the small mid western college of Antioch faces going out of business unless it changes school policy and takes on wealthy clientèle to pay their mounting debts.
18 October 2000
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century.
19 March 1976
When a novel virus devastates the world in 1976, Dr. Earnshaw notices that it resembles a virus that a Dr.
30 March 1961
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured.
31 October 1974
A gifted rock composer plots revenge after a devious record producer steals both his music and his girl.
14 November 2019
Celebrating 60 years of the landmark television series, this all-new documentary takes viewers on a journey into the fertile imagination and the life of creator Rod Serling.
20 April 1997
In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at redemption.
27 June 1998
In a futuristic desert hamlet, a ruthless town boss lynches a falsely accused Native American teen, setting the stage for revolt and a clash with a troubled, drunken sheriff.
15 May 1963
Andy is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife who treats his staff badly. On the same night he starts a job at a theater in Los Angeles his infant son is kidnapped.
01 January 1979
A documentary exploring the existence of UFOs and extra-terrestrial beings. Hosted by the LEGENDARY Rod Serling.
01 February 1964
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
27 March 2010
A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of the most memorable Twilight Zone episodes before his untimely death at age 38.
24 September 1989
A chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak of World War II.
05 January 1973
An edited version of the 1970 German documentary "Erinnerungen an die Zukunft" (Chariots of the Gods), this examines the theory that aliens have landed on Earth in ancient times and were responsible for many of mankind's oldest mysteries.
18 January 2000
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop.
07 June 1954
Major Gaylord grapples with a vexing command in the Korean War. Aired by Studio One in Hollywood, sponsored by Westinghouse.
01 March 1966
A make-up test to determine the feasibility of 'Planet of the Apes' (1968).
12 September 1968
The protégé of a powerful congressman discovers his boss's corruption.
06 February 1970
A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during the Vietnam War.
22 January 1959
Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.
15 May 1958
After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.
01 June 1974
A documentary about unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
04 October 1956
Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?
27 March 1975
The curse of the legendary blue Hope Diamond on all its owners is dramatized from the gem's discovery in 17th Century India until its donation to the Smithsonian Institute.
01 February 1975
This documentary examines the speculation that aliens have visited Earth in ancient times, and built structures to which they will return at a future date.
01 January 1971
John Dillinger had a very public, whirlwind career until authorities took him off the streets for good.
03 May 1973
Rod Serling narrates a look at the consequences of the 1946 atomic testing at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
28 October 2015
A man tries to convince his skeptical friend that he has invented a trap for catching extraterrestrials.
25 April 1981
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander.
08 November 1969
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear.
01 January 1974
The tragic story of a heavyweight prizefighter at the end of his career.
31 January 1974
An examination of mysteries of the ancient world and their connection to the possibility that aliens visited Earth.
19 September 1957
A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians.
27 March 1956
Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co.
01 January 1974
Hosted by Rod Serling, this color public service film was meant to spread awareness of the symptoms, signs, psychological roots, and dangers of alcoholism.
11 November 1953
Just out of prison Joe Harris looks to restart his life. His wife Barbie has moved and the one man who can tell him where refuses to do so.
31 October 2020
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
