THE OUTER LIMITS PROGRAM GUIDE By Bruce T. Goldman
From 1963 to 1965, A.B.C. aired 49 episodes of The Outer Limits. Sources used to compile this list are Fantastic Television by Gary Gerani and Paul Schulman, Starlog Magazine article by Gary Gerani, The June, 1983 issue of Video Review by Reed Hall and The Signet Book of T.V. Lists by Jeff Rovan. There is always a comparison of the Outer Limits to the Twilight Zone, they were both aired in black and white during the early 60's. Both had dealings with science fiction and usually had some moralistic viewpoint. The Outer Limits was always 1 hour and almost always had a monster. My preference was to The Outer Limits in that the morals and stories were better developed. I will grant that the writing of the Twilight Zone was more fluid, but the impact of the Outer Limits had it beat.
DATE PROGRAM
09/16/63 THE GALAXY BEING
Cliff Robertson, Jacqueline Scott A 3-D T.V. receiver picks up an Andromedan alien.
09/23/63 THE ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF THE DRAGON
Sidney Blackmer, Phil Pine An Asian chamelion impersonates the president.
09/30/63 THE ARCHITECTS OF FEAR
Robert Culp, Geraldine Brooks A scientist transformed into an alien for peace.
10/07/63 THE MAN WITH THE POWER
Donald Pleasance, Priscilla Morrill, Edward Platt A meek college professor gets incredible powers.
10/14/63 THE SIXTH FINGER
David McCallum, Ed Mulhare, Jill Harworth An uneducated miner evolves into a genius.
10/28/63 THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN
Martin Landau, Shirley Knight, Bob Constantine A man travels into his past to change events.
11/04/63 O.B.I.T.
Peter Breck, Jeff Corey, Jeanne Gilbert Sophisticated surveillance devices are studied.
11/11/63 THE HUMAN FACTOR
Gary Merrill, Harry Guardino, Sally Kellerman The brains of two men are exchanged.
11/18/63 CORPUS EARTHLING
Robert Culp, Salmone Jens, Barry Atwater Black rocks discuss plot to take over Earth.
12/02/63 NIGHTMARE
Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen, Whit Bissel Ebon aliens take Earthling P.O.W.s.
12/09/83 IT CRAWLED OUT OF THE WOODWORK
Scott Marlowe, Barbara Luna A ball of dust feeds off of a vacuum cleaner.
12/16/63 THE BODERLAND
Nina Foch, Mark Richman A wealthy man wishs to contact his dead son.
12/23/63 TOURIST ATTRACTION
Ralph Meeker, Henry Silva, Janet Blair A supposedly extinct 'lizard-fish' is captured.
12/30/63 THE ZANTI MISFITS
Bruce Dern, Michael Tolan, Robert Simon Unable to execute Zanti exiles criminals to Earth.
01/06/64 MICE
Henry Silva, Diana Sands A prisoner volunteers for an alien-exchange prog.
01/13/64 CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT
Barry Morse, Carroll O'Conner, Grace Lee Whitney Martians investigate murder.
01/20/64 DON'T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY
Miriam Hopkins, Melinda Plowman, Buck Taylor Two eloping teenagers find an unoccupied house.
01/27/64 Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
Phillip Abbott, Joanna Frank, Marsha Hunt A queen bee takes the form of a human being.
02/03/64 THE INVISIBLES
Don Gordon, George Macready, Neil Hamilton A cult wants to control mankind.
02/10/64 THE BELLERO SHIELD
Martin Landau, Sally Kellerman, Chita Rivera A scientist wife kills a pacifist alien.
02/17/64 CHILDREN OF SPIDER COUNTY
Lee Kinsolving, Kent Smith, Dabbs Greer Five young geniuses go to a distant planet.
02/24/64 SPECIMEN: UNKNOWN
Stephen McNally, Russell Johnson The crew of a space station are attacked.
03/02/64 SECOND CHANCE (JOY RIDE)
Simon Oakland, Don Gordon, Janet DeGore An amusement park spaceship is for real!
03/09/64 MOONSTONE
Ruth Roman, Alex Nichol, Tim O'Connor On the moon a round smooth object is living.
03/16/64 THE MUTANT
Warren Oates, Walter Burke, Larry Pennell A man mutates into a telepathic murderer.
03/23/64 THE GUESTS
Gloria Grahame, Luana Anders, Neille Burt A strange house where time stands till.
03/30/64 FUN AND GAMES
Nick Adams, Nancy Malone, Ray Kellogg Earthlings fight aliens on the planet Arena.
04/06/64 THE SPECIAL ONE
Richard Ney, Flip Mark, MacDonald Carey Xenonites tutor intellectual Earthlings.
04/13/64 A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Sam Wanamaker, David Ospatoshu, Joyce Van Patton Six city blocks are transported to another galaxy.
04/20/64 PRODUCTION AND DECAY OF STRANGE PARTICLES
George Macready, Leonard Nimoy, Allyson Ames A nuclear reactor produces aliens.
04/27/64 THE CHAMELEON
Robert Duvall, Howard Caine, Henry Brandon An intelligence agent infiltrates with aliens.
05/04/64 THE FORM OF THINGS UNKNOWN
Vera Miles, Barbara Rush, David McCallum A genius brings the dead back to life.
05/19/64 SOLDIER
Michael Ansara, Lloyd Nolan, Tim O'Conner A soldier from the future is brought back.
09/26/64 COOL HANDS, WARM HEART
William Shatner, Geraldine Brooks, Malachi Throne After visiting Venus an astronaut can't keep warm.
10/03/64 BEHOLD, ECK!
Peter Lind Hayes, Joan Freeman, Jack Wilson An optometrist contacts the second-dimension.
10/10/64 EXPANDING HUMAN
Skip Homeier, James Doohan, Vaughn Taylor A drug turns man into superman.
10/17/64 DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND
Robert Culp, Steve Harris, Arline Martel The last survivor of Earth is being hunted.
10/24/64 CRY OF SILENCE
Eddie Albert, June Havoc, Arthur Hunnicut Tumbleweed with alien intelligence.
10/31/64 THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
Adam West, Joe Maross, Chris Alcaide Martian monsters that swim through sand.
11/07/64 WOLF 359
Patrick O'Neal, Sara Shane, Peter Haskell Reproduction of a planet in miniature.
11/14/64 I, ROBOT
Howard DaSilva, Marianna Hill, Red Morgan Robot put on trial for the death of his creator.
11/21/64 THE INHERITORS (PART I)
Robert Duvall, Steve Ihnat, Ivan Dixon Four soldiers IQs are elevated greatly.
11/28/64 THE INHERITORS (PART II)
Robert Duvall, Steve Ihnat, Ivan Dixon The soldiers take handicapped children.
12/05/64 KEEPER OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT
Warren Stevens, Robert Webber, Gail Cobe An alien exchanges intellect for emotions.
12/19/64 THE DUPLICATE MAN
Ron Randell, Constance Tower, Mike Lane Cloning and murderers are explored.
12/26/64 COUNTERWEIGHT
Michael Constantine, Jacqueline Scott A simulated space flight that is for real.
01/02/65 THE BRAIN OF COLONEL BARHAM
Grant Williams, Anthony Eisely, Elizabeth Perry A computer with a human brain.
01/09/65 THE PREMONITION
Dewey Martin, Mary Murphy, Emma Tyson Test pilot & wife are saved by seeing the future.
01/23/65 THE PROBE
Mark Richman, Peggy Ann Garner, Ron Hayes Plane crash survivors sit motionless on the ocean.