The Twonky
Out of Your Own Tomorrow... Out of Time and Space a Fearsome Power!
1953 | 72m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Arch Oboler |
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| Writer: | C.L. Moore, Arch Oboler |
| Staring: |
| A college professor, left alone by his wife for the weekend, discovers his new TV set is not only alive, but determined to take control of his entire life. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 10, 1953 |
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| Director: | Arch Oboler |
| Writer: | C.L. Moore, Arch Oboler |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | social control, time, freedom, coach, mind control, transforming robot, television set, philosophy professor, woman bill collector, paralyzing ray |
| Production Companies | Arch Oboler Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hans Conried | Kerry West |
| William H. Lynn | Coach Trout |
| Gloria Blondell | Eloise |
| Janet Warren | Carolyn West |
| Edwin Max | Ed, TV Repairman |
| Al Jarvis | Mailman |
| Evelyn Beresford | Old Lady Motorist |
| Norman Fields | Doctor |
| Bob Jellison | TV Shop Owner |
| Stephen Roberts | Head Treasury Agent |
| Connie Marshall | Cheerleader, at Kerry's house with football players |
| William Phipps | Second Male Nurse entering Kerry's bedroom at finale |
| Bennie Washington | Maybelle |
| Lenore Kingston | Offended Phone Operator #2 |
| Alice Backes | Offended Phone Operator #1 |
| Joe Hawthorne | Man Pushing Grapefruit in Wife's Face |
| Charles Phillips | |
| Gayle Pace | |
| Jackson Wheeler | |
| Jack Rourke | |
| Vic Perrin | TV Salesman (uncredited) |
| Florence Ravenel | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Buddy Roosevelt | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Cop (uncredited) |
| Trilby Conried | Baby (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| C.L. Moore | Story |
| Betty Steinberg | Editor |
| Robert Bonnig | Special Effects |
| Jack Meakin | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Leon Chooluck | Assistant Director |
| Clem Widrig | Property Master |
| Gus Bayz | Sound Effects |
| R.D. Cook | Sound Recordist |
| Ray Cossar | Boom Operator |
| Harry D. Mills | Sound Engineer |
| Eddie Fitzgerald | Camera Operator |
| Homer Plannette | Lighting Design |
| Winston Jones | Producer's Assistant |
| Henry Kuttner | Short Story |
| Arch Oboler | Writer, Director |
| Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sidney W. Pink | Associate Producer |
| A. D. Nast Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Arch Oboler | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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