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The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

Episode aired Dec 6, 1963
TV-PG
25m

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7.0/10

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Randy Boone, Ron Foster, and Warren Oates in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

On June 25, 1964, three Army National Guard soldiers on maneuvers near the Little Big Horn battle site find themselves unwittingly involved in Custer's Last Stand.On June 25, 1964, three Army National Guard soldiers on maneuvers near the Little Big Horn battle site find themselves unwittingly involved in Custer's Last Stand.On June 25, 1964, three Army National Guard soldiers on maneuvers near the Little Big Horn battle site find themselves unwittingly involved in Custer's Last Stand.

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Ron Foster

MSG William Connors

Warren Oates

CPL Richard Langsford

Randy Boone

Pvt. Michael McCluskey

Greg Morris

Lt. Woodard

Jeff Morris

Radio Operator Finnegan
(as Jeffrey Morris)

Wayne Mallory

Scout

Robert Bray

Capt. Dennet

Lew Brown

Sergeant
(uncredited)

Rod Serling

Narrator
(uncredited)
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Jacque Shelton

Corporal
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The tank used is an M3A3 Stuart light tank.

Goofs
McCluskey believes he killed an Indian after firing his rifle blindly into a dust cloud. However, soldiers are never issued live ammunition while on training exercises thus making that impossible.

Quotes
Narrator:[Closing Narration]Sergeant William Connors, Trooper Michael McCluskey, and Trooper Richard Langsford, who, on a hot afternoon in June, made a charge over a hill - and never returned. Look for this one under 'P' for phantom, in a historical ledger located in a reading room known as the Twilight Zone.

Connections
Featured inTwilight-Tober-Zone: The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms(2024)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed byMarius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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8/10

Three 1960's Army National Guard soldiers on maneuvers near the Little Big Horn battle site find themselves unwittingly involved in Custer's last stand.

This was one of my favorite episodes when I was a child and I still enjoy it very much. After years of (Air) National Guard service, seven trips to the battlefield and reading dozens of books, I related well to it as I got older. It is interesting to ponder the source(s) of the misinformation. For example, I have never run across anything that mentioned a trooper shooting an Indian riding by before the battle, nor encountering a "village" (vs. the actual lone tepee) (Poetic license, I suppose. I am just glad that Mr. Serling seemed to be a Little Big Horn battle buff. (Note his naming of Richard Basehart's character, Capt. Benteen, in the episode, "Probe 7 Over and Out". ) I never did understand why they couldn't take the tank! Out of gas? Mechanical breakdown? It is a fun episode.