The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 5, Episode 10 - The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms - full transcript

( theme music playing)

YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.

BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...

A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,

A DIMENSION OF MIND.

YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,

OF THINGS AND IDEAS.

YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

STILL BURNING.

HOW LONG, YOU FIGURE?

THREE... FOUR HOURS AT THE MOST.



ANY IDEA HOW MANY?

MY GUESS IS

IF GENERAL CUSTER'S
REALLY LOOKING

FOR THE SIOUX,
HE'S GOING TO HAVE

HIS BRITCHES FULL OF 'EM

BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN.

IS THAT THE JUNCTION OVER THERE?

BIGHORN AND THE
LITTLE BIGHORN...

THAT'S WHERE THEY CONVERGE.

THAT'D PUT THEM IN AT THE
FORD, ABOUT FOUR MILES UP.

THAT'S WHERE HE'S
THINKING ABOUT CROSSING.

THEM SIOUX... WONDER
WHERE THEY ARE NOW?

I WOULDN'T BE TOO
IMPATIENT, MR. TWO STRIPES.

WE CAN GO ON BACK AND
TELL YOUR GENERAL CUSTER



THIS INDIAN TRAIL IS
JUST AS FRESH AS EVER.

LITTLE TOO FRESH FOR MY PAY.

( groans)

HEY, THOSE WERE
SHOTS, WEREN'T THEY?

YEAH.

HEY, TIGER! WHOA, EASY.

THESE ARE JUST MANEUVERS.

EVERYBODY STARTS
GETTING TRIGGER-HAPPY,

IT'S GOING TO TURN
INTO A REAL WAR.

HUNTING SEASON, HUH, MAYBE?

HOW ABOUT THAT, McCLUSKEY?

HOW'D YOU LIKE TO GO
HUNTING SOME BUFFALO?

LET'S, UH, GO HAVE A LOOK.

WELL, IF IT'S THE
ENEMY, I'M GIVING UP.

THEY CAN TAKE ME
PRISONER OF WAR,

AND I'LL SIT OUT THE
REST OF THE GAMES.

I'M GETTING MIGHTY HOT

IN THAT PORTABLE
OVEN WE'RE DRIVING.

McCLUSKEY, I'M SURPRISED AT YOU.

THE OLD MAN, THE SERGEANT HERE,

WE'VE HAD OUR EYES ON YOU, SON.

WE WAS THINKING OF
RECOMMENDING YOU FOR O.C.S.,

WASN'T WE, SARGE?

OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT
YOU READ A MAP UPSIDE DOWN

AND, UH, COULDN'T NAVIGATE
A PLOW ACROSS A BALLROOM,

WE THINK YOU'VE GOT
A LOT OF POTENTIAL.

IT'S A WIGWAM.

AN HONEST-TO-PETE WIGWAM.

OH, THERE'S A MILLION MEN

IN NATIONAL GUARD,

BUT IT'S JUST MY LUCK
TO RIDE AROUND IN A TANK

WITH THE LAST OF THE
RED-HOT EAGLE SCOUTS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, McCLUSKEY,
THAT'S A WIGWAM.

NOW, WHY DOES THAT
MAKE YOU SO HAPPY?

WELL, IT'S INTERESTING.

RIGHT OVER THERE'S THE
JUNCTION OF THE BIGHORN

AND LITTLE BIGHORN RIVERS.

NOT FAR FROM THERE IS
WHERE CUSTER FOUGHT.

YEAH, CUSTER? CUSTER WHO?

GENERAL CUSTER.

THAT'S WHERE THE 7TH CAVALRY

FOUGHT THE SIOUX INDIANS.

HEY, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

HEY, WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?

7TH CAVALRY.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE, SARGE?

WELL, I FIGURE IT'S IN
PRETTY GOOD SHAPE,

CONSIDERING IT'S BEEN
LAYING AROUND HERE

FOR ABOUT 80 YEARS,
WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

YOU KNOW, THERE
MUST BE A LOT OF GHOSTS

RUNNING AROUND
A PLACE LIKE THIS.

OH, YEAH, GHOSTS, SURE, MM-HMM.

YEAH, McCLUSKEY'S GOT IT RIGHT.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS RIVER
THEY FOUGHT A PRETTY BIG BATTLE.

CUSTER AND 200-ODD MEN
AGAINST 2,000 SIOUX, PROBABLY.

YEAH, CUSTER'S LAST STAND.

DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR
OF IT, LANGSFORD?

I-I HEARD OF IT, McCLUSKEY.

( loudly): I HEARD OF IT.

WHY DON'T YOU BOYS GET
YOU A JOB IN A MUSEUM?

MAYBE THEY'D SEND YOU
OUT HERE ON AN EXPEDITION.

THEN YOU CAN RUN AROUND
AND PICK UP SOME ANTIQUES.

I THOUGHT THIS
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

A MOTORIZED PATROL, SARGE,

AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE

SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED
IN SOME WAR GAMES.

NOW, PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE.

I'D JUST AS SOON BE
OUT RECONNOITERING

IN SOME DARK SALOON SOMEPLACE

OR, UH, MAYBE HANGING
AROUND THE Y.W.C.A.

IN A PINCH, I'D SETTLE FOR
SOMETHING TALL AND COLD AND...

( wind howling)

D-DON'T YOU THINK
WE'D BETTER GET BACK

AND FIND THE C.P.?

SHOOT, WHAT'S THE
MATTER, McCLUSKEY?

DON'T YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND

AND WAIT FOR THE
UNION CAVALRY, HUH?

SO, THIS IS WHERE THEY
FOUGHT, HUH, SARGE?

RIGHT AROUND HERE?

YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS
AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID,

I READ ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT WAS EVER WRITTEN ON IT.

CUSTER AND THE 7TH

WERE AN ADVANCE GUARD
FOR A GENERAL NAMED TERRY.

LAST THING ANYBODY EVER HEARD
FROM CUSTER WAS THAT HE WAS

DIVIDING HIS REGIMENT
INTO THREE PARTIES.

HE WAS PLANNING ON SURROUNDING

WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A
SMALL BUNCH OF INDIANS.

AND, UH, SEE,
CAPTAIN BENTEEN TOOK

THREE TROOPS AND HE WENT SOUTH;

AND MAJOR RENO, HE
CROSSED THE RIVER

AND HE FOLLOWED AN INDIAN TRAIL;

AND CUSTER WENT
RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE

AND RODE RIGHT INTO 'EM,
AND HE WAS SLAUGHTERED.

1876.

THAT WAS THE YEAR.

AH, NOW, COME ON, NOW, SARGE.

SOMEBODY PLANTED THIS
THING AROUND HERE FOR A GAG.

THAT CANTEEN'S NOT 80 YEARS OLD.

WELL, SHOOT, IT'S
PRACTICALLY NEW.

EITHER THAT, OR,
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME...

( wind resumes howling)

COME ON, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

COME ON, YOU GUYS. LET'S
GET BACK TO THE TANK.

( Indian war cry)

WHAT WAS THAT?

THAT WAS THE WIND.

YEAH... THE WIND.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT
IT WAS, THE WIND.

JUNE 25, 1964.

OR IF YOU PREFER, JUNE 25, 1876.

THE CAST OF CHARACTERS IN
ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE:

A PATROL OF GENERAL
CUSTER'S CAVALRY

AND A PATROL OF NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN ON A MANEUVER.

PAST AND PRESENT ARE
ABOUT TO COLLIDE HEAD-ON

AS THEY ARE WONT TO DO IN
A VERY SPECIAL BIVOUAC AREA

KNOWN AS... THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

ALL UNITS REPORTED
IN NOW, FINNEGAN?

YES, LIEUTENANT.

GOOD.

BLUEBIRD 7, COME IN, OVER.

BLUEBIRD...

CONNORS, THE CAPTAIN
WANTS TO SEE YOU

IN HIS TENT RIGHT AWAY,

AND IT SOUNDED LIKE TO ME

IT WAS A LITTLE MORE
THAN AN INVITATION.

CAPTAIN?

HOW NICE OF YOU TO COME BACK.

DID YOU HAPPEN TO
BRING THE TANK WITH YOU?

SIR? YOU WERE GONE SO LONG,

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU
DROVE IT OUT TO A LOT

AND TRADED IT FOR A CONVERTIBLE.

WELL, SIR, WE GOT A
LITTLE, UH, HUNG UP

DOWN BY THE RIVERBED THERE.

HUNG UP BY WHAT?

THE BLUE TEAM WENT NORTH OF US,

YOU WENT SOUTH.

FOR A GUY WITH AS MUCH
REGULAR ARMY AS YOU'VE GOT,

YOU'VE PLAYED THIS ONE
BONEHEAD FROM START TO FINISH.

IF THERE'D BEEN
AN UMPIRE AROUND,

YOU'D HAVE YOUR TANK
CROSSED OFF AND YOUR MEN.

I'M SORRY, SIR,

BUT WE, UH, HEARD SOME
RIFLE FIRE DOWN THERE

AND WE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT.

RIFLE FIRE?

ACCORDING TO THE LIEUTENANT,

YOU WERE DOWN AT
THE LITTLE BIGHORN...

40 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.

HOW'D YOU HEAR RIFLE FIRE?

THAT'S JUST IT, SIR.

WE NEVER FOUND OUT WHERE IT
CAME FROM OR WHO IT CAME FROM.

I THINK YOU GUYS MUST HAVE
HAD A BOTTLE IN THAT TANK.

TOMORROW, YOU'LL TAKE
YOUR TANK AND HEAD UP HERE...

ROSEBUD CREEK.

FOLLOW THE CREEK
FOR ABOUT 15 MILES.

WE FIGURE THE BLUE TEAM
MUST'VE MOVED ACROSS TO...

WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU, CONNORS?

ARE YOU HUNG OVER?

NO, SIR. NO, SIR, NOTHING
LIKE THAT AT ALL, SIR.

BUT THAT ROSEBUD CREEK...

THAT'S CUSTER'S ROUTE.

WHEN HE LEFT THE
YELLOWSTONE RIVER,

HE WENT WITH A MAJOR RENO,

AND RENO FOLLOWED A
TRAIL ALONG THAT CREEK.

SERGEANT, LET'S
SYNCHRONIZE, SHALL WE?

MY WATCH SAYS 23:20 HOURS.

MY CALENDAR SAYS 1964.

IF YOU'VE GOT A BIG
THING FOR THESE INDIANS,

YOU GOT HERE A
LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY.

CAPTAIN, I WANT TO
TELL YOU WE HEARD 'EM!

HEARD WHAT? INDIANS!
THEIR WAR CRIES!

WHERE? WHEN?

THIS AFTERNOON,
SIR, AT THE JUNCTION

OF THE BIGHORN AND
THE LITTLE BIGHORN.

CAPTAIN, NOW, I KNOW
THIS SOUNDS CRAZY...

BELIEVE ME, I KNOW IT...
BUT WE FOUND A CANTEEN...

WELL, I MUST HAVE
LEFT IT IN THE TANK, SIR.

THAT CANTEEN IS
MARKED 7TH CAVALRY.

AND WE FOUND A TEPEE
CLOSE TO THE RIVER.

A TEPEE?

ARE YOU BUCKING FOR
A SECTION 8, SERGEANT?

THAT'S THE SAME TEPEE
THAT RENO'S SCOUTS FOUND

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE!

RENO'S SCOUTS, HUH?

RENO BEING...?

MAJOR RENO.

WHEN CUSTER SPLIT HIS
FORCE INTO THREE COLUMNS,

AND SENT RENO'S TO THE NORTH...

ALL RIGHT, CONNORS, THAT'LL DO.

LINE UP YOUR PATROL AND HEAD
OUT AT 0600 TOMORROW MORNING.

AND IF YOU MEET ANY INDIANS...

IF YOU MEET INDIANS, WILL
YOU TAKE IT VERY SLOW?

BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL
COLLEGE GRADUATES

AND THEY'RE PROBABLY
RUNNING TESTS ON THE SOIL.

WHERE TO NOW, SARGE?

WELL, WE'LL, UH...
WE'LL FOLLOW THIS TRAIL

ABOUT TWO, THREE MORE MILES.

THAT'S RENO'S ROUTE.

YEAH.

AW, FOR PETE'S SAKES.

ARE YOU GUYS STILL ON THAT?

IT'S RENO THIS, BENTEEN
THAT, CUSTER SOMETHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
THE MATTER WITH YOU.

YOU TALK ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT.

HEY!

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

HOLD ON, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S AN INCINERATOR,

OR IT'S SOMEBODY COOKING
A STEAK OR SOMETHING,

OR IT'S SOME TOURISTS THAT
DON'T DIG SMOKEY THE BEAR.

WILL YOU GUYS KNOCK IT OFF, HUH?

( drumbeats in distance)

IT FIGURES. IT HAS TO.

RENO'S SCOUTS FOUND THE TEPEE
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE,

AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING,
THE COLUMN SAW SMOKE SIGNALS.

AND LATE THAT MORNING,
THEY GOT THEIR FIRST INDIAN.

WHEN THE WAR PARTY WENT BY,

ONE OF THEIR TROOPERS
SHOT THE LAST RIDER.

AW, WILL YOU STOP IT?

COME ON, NOW, I CAN TAKE A JOKE

JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE,

BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH, MAN.

I'M TELLING YOU,
THIS IS TOO MUCH.

YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME

THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT BEND,

WE'RE GOING TO RUN
INTO A WAR PARTY OF SIOUX!

WELL, LOOK, I'M TELLING
YOU, MAN, IF THAT HAPPENS,

I'M CHECKING MYSELF
IN WITH THE MEDICS, MAN,

FOR THE RUBBER ROOM.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT A
RESERVATION FOR THREE,

YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

( hoofbeats, Indian war cries)

McCLUSKEY, YOU MORON!

KID, WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTING AT?

GIVE ME THAT... McCLUSKEY, LOOK!

OH, MY DEAR GOD.

AN INDIAN HORSE WITHOUT A RIDER.

I KILLED HIM.

SERGEANT, I JUST FIRED BLIND
INTO THAT DUST CLOUD, BUT...

ALL RIGHT, LANGSFORD, YOU,
UH, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY,

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT?

NO, SARGE.

I GOT SOMETHING TO ASK.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON AROUND HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

BUT I GOT AN IDEA.

SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, WE'RE...

FOLLOWING THE SAME
TRAIL THAT CUSTER DID.

LOOK, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

NOW FIRST, THE TEPEE.

NOW, WHEN DID WE FIND IT,
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, RIGHT?

JUST LIKE THE SCOUT DID BEFORE.

AND THE SMOKE SIGNALS...

JUST LIKE RENO'S COLUMN
SAW THE NEXT MORNING.

McCLUSKEY...

HE GETS HIMSELF
AN INDIAN, JUST...

JUST LIKE ON THE
DAY OF THE BATTLE.

ALL RIGHT, CONNORS.

OKAY, LET'S SAY... LET'S
SAY THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

LET'S SAY THAT THIS
THING IS HAPPENING,

JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT IS.

LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE GOING
TO FOLLOW THIS TRAIL JUST LIKE

( shouting): WELL, JUST
LIKE THEY DID IT, HUH?

NOW, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?

WE'RE GOING TO WIND
UP AT A MASSACRE.

THAT'S WHAT.

YOU GONNA STOP IT?

YEAH, STOP IT, OR... JOIN IT.

( whistles)

( tank creaking)

FINNEGAN?

HAS CONNORS REPORTED IN?

NOT YET, SIR.

GET HIM.

YES, SIR.

BLUEBIRD 9?

( over radio):
Bluebird 9, this is C.P.

Bluebird 9, Bluebird 9, over.

THIS IS BLUEBIRD
9, GO AHEAD, C.P.

THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING, SIR.

CONNORS? THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

IT'S McCLUSKEY, SIR.

McCLUSKEY?

DO YOU THINK YOU GUYS
MIGHT EXTEND YOURSELVES A BIT

AND GIVE ME YOUR POSITION?

WE'RE ABOUT FOUR MILES
DOWN ROSEBUD CREEK.

WE'RE ABOUT TO CROSS OVER.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME
BACK HERE ON THE DOUBLE.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO REPORT
TO ME PERSONALLY.

You're about to do it
within the next half-hour

or you'll be spending the
next three national holidays

in the guardhouse,
do you read me?

YES, SIR, JUST A MINUTE.

HERE'S SERGEANT CONNORS.

CAPTAIN, THIS IS CONNORS.

CONNORS, DO I HAVE TO SEND A
COUPLE OF M.P.s DOWN THERE?

CAPTAIN, LOOK, WE'RE JUST A MILE

FROM WHERE MAJOR
RENO MET THE SIOUX!

LISTEN TO ME, CONNORS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE
THIS TO YOU JUST ONCE.

WHEN THESE MANEUVERS ARE OVER,

YOU CAN COME BACK
HERE ON A VACATION

AND DIG ARROWHEADS,
OR ANYTHING YOU LIKE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANT A
GOVERNMENT-ISSUE TANK

BACK HERE AT THE COMMAND POST

WITH THREE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

NAMED CONNORS, McCLUSKEY
AND LANGSFORD RIGHT ALONGSIDE IT.

NOW, YOU'VE GOT
EXACTLY 30 MINUTES

TO BRING HER BACK HERE.

ACKNOWLEDGE!

( radio clicks)

CONNORS, ACKNOWLEDGE!

CONNORS!

HE'S BROKEN OFF, SIR.

LIEUTENANT!

TAKE A JEEP AND THREE
MEN DOWN ROSEBUD CRICK.

JUST FOLLOW THE TREAD
MARKS, AND BRING 'EM BACK.

WHAT IF THEY RESIST?

I'LL TELL YOU, LIEUTENANT.

FIRST APOLOGIZE, THEN
SHOOT EACH ONE IN THE LEG.

DO YOU READ ME?

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE OUT.

( speaking indistinctly)

♪ ♪

McCluskey: NOTHING.

NOTHING AND NO ONE.

AND RIGHT DOWN THERE IS
WHERE RENO HAD HIS BATTLE.

WELL...

YOU GUYS BETTER MANUFACTURE
A COUPLE OF INDIANS IN A HURRY.

BECAUSE, UH...

I KNOW A NATIONAL GUARDS CAPTAIN

THAT'S PROBABLY ON
HIS WAY HERE WITH A NET!

WHERE ARE THEY, SARGE?

HOW COME WE MISSED OUT?

HOW COME WE MISSED OUT?

YOU WANT AN EXPLANATION?

WE MISSED OUT
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING

FOR DEAD CAVALRY, BURIED INDIANS

AND AN 80-YEAR-OLD BATTLE.

THAT'S WHY WE MISSED OUT.

NOW, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME
THINKING ABOUT THIS THING,

SEE, AND I GOT IT FIGURED OUT.

THIS WHOLE THING IS
STRICTLY AN ILLUSION.

THAT'S THE GOODS...
IT'S AN ILLUSION!

( laughing nervously)

WE'VE TALKED OURSELVES
INTO A STINKING ILLUSION.

NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL.

McCLUSKEY... DO YOU REMEMBER

WHAT IT WAS THAT RENO
FOUND BEFORE THE BATTLE?

HE EVEN SENT A MESSAGE
BACK TO CUSTER ABOUT IT.

SURE, THE VILLAGE.

WHAT VILLAGE?

( shouting): WHAT VILLAGE?

WHAT DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU
GUYS TO STRAIGHTEN YOU OUT, HUH?

TELL ME.

RENO'S SCOUTS FOUND
AN INDIAN VILLAGE,

AND IT WAS AN HOUR AFTER THAT

THAT THE WHOLE
TROOP WENT INTO ACTION.

AW, MAN, MY ACHING BACK.

I SWEAR, I GIVE UP.

I GIVE UP!

THIS IS WHERE THE MEN
SEPARATE FROM THE NUTSIES.

WHERE'RE YOU GOING?

I'M GOING TO CUT BACK
TO C.P., IF I CAN FIND IT.

BUT DON'T WORRY, BOYS.

I'M GOING TO SEND YOU
A PADDED AMBULANCE.

ARRIVEDERCI... YOU ALL!

( whistles)

( whistles again)

( whistling)

IT'S THE VILLAGE.

( panting)

THAT'S A MIRAGE,
IS IT, LANGSFORD?

IT'S NOT REALLY THERE, IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW, MAN,
DON'T ASK ME ANYTHING.

DON'T-DON'T ASK ME NOTHING, I...

I'LL GO DOWN AND SCOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, AN HOUR
AGO IF HE'D SAID THAT,

I'D HAVE LAUGHED AT
HIM OR SHUT HIM UP,

BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW.

( softly): JUST BE
CAREFUL, McCLUSKEY.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT
HAPPENS NOW, SERGEANT?

I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

BEYOND THE VILLAGE IS
WHERE BENTEEN ENGAGES.

WELL, I MEAN, UH,
WHAT ABOUT CUSTER?

HE LOSES A RIGHT ARM.

AND AS OF THE MOMENT
RENO GOT CUT OFF BACK THERE,

CUSTER'S COLUMN WAS DOOMED.

MAN, THIS IS WILD.

I MEAN, THIS IS
REALLY WILD... IT'S, UH...

IT'S LIKE CHASING HISTORY.

IT'S LIKE CHASING HISTORY
AND TRYING TO CHANGE IT.

YEAH.

CONNORS?

LANGSFORD?

IF IT'S A MIRAGE IT
SURE WENT THE ROUTE.

KID, YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I JUST SEEN THE
GRANDDADDY OF ALL MIRAGES.

THIS ONE'S STICKING
OUT OF MY BACK.

BLUEBIRD 9, BLUEBIRD 9.

THIS IS C.P. COME
IN, BLUEBIRD 9.

CAPTAIN.

YOU'D BETTER TELL ME

THEY'RE JUST A FEW
HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND YOU.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT, SIR.

THEN YOU'D BETTER BE
TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE...

LIKE THE WHEREABOUTS
OF AN M-4 TANK.

WE FOUND THE TANK, SIR.

AND THIS WAS ON IT.

"CROSSING ROSEBUD CREEK.

"TRYING TO REACH 7TH CAVALRY.

HAVE TO."

I DON'T GET IT.

I SWEAR I DON'T GET IT.

WHAT'S HE MEAN BY THE
7TH CAVALRY, CAPTAIN?

WHO'S THE 7TH CAVALRY?

IT'S A VERY HOT OUTFIT

HEADED UP BY A TIGER BY
THE NAME OF GEORGE CUSTER.

DON'T ASK ME ANY MORE.

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU.

COME ON, JUST HANG ON NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT.

JUST HANG ON.

I'LL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT.

JUST A FEW HUNDRED
MORE FEET, THAT'S ALL.

RIGHT OVER THAT RIDGE.

COME ON.

( horses neighing)

( Indian war cries)

( gun shots)

ALL RIGHT,
FELLOWS... LET'S DO IT!

( loud gunfire)

THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE
MEN ON EITHER SIDE, CAPTAIN.

THE TANK'S UP
THERE ON THE RIDGE,

BUT THERE'S NO
SIGN OF THE MEN...

NO SIGN AT ALL.

KEEP LOOKING.

YES, SIR.

PUT THEM ON REPORT, SIR?

PUT 'EM ON REPORT.

CAPTAIN!

"WILLIAM CONNORS...
"MICHAEL McCLUSKEY...

RICHARD LANGSFORD."

KIND OF A COINCIDENCE, SIR?

QUITE A COINCIDENCE.

TOO BAD THEY COULDN'T
HAVE BROUGHT THE TANK UP.

IT WOULD HAVE HELPED.

BEG PARDON, SIR?

NOTHING, LIEUTENANT.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

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.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

NO ONE LIKES TO AGE, BUT
IT'S A NATURAL PROCESS

LIKE DEATH AND TAXES
AND THE WEATHER.

BUT NEXT TIME ON TWILIGHT
ZONE, WE TELL THE STORY

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
A CERTAIN MAN DOESN'T AGE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
HE GROWS YOUNGER.

PATRICK O'NEAL STARS IN

"A SHORT DRINK FROM
A CERTAIN FOUNTAIN."

NOW IF THIS ONE DOESN'T
PULL YOU UP BY THE SHOULDERS,

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WILL.

I HOPE WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME.