ThisRod Serling-penned classic starts as aWestern, complete with all the usual trappings about migrants headed west.

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It’s only then that he crosses over a rim into the Twilight Zone.

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With the penicillin in hand,Horn returns to 1847, leaving his gun behind in the sand.

Well, at least the last 100-plus years at the time this episode aired in April 1961.

“Says director of photographyGeorge Clemens, ‘Do you remember he wore a big stovepipe hat?

Charlie (John Astin) and Chris Horn (Cliff Robertson) look westward in ‘The Twilight Zone’ episode “A Hundred Yards Over the Rim”

Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.

Cliff Robertson’s performance is no doubt why, and his commitment to authenticity in the role is admirable.

Well, it’s really the California skyline, but hey, this is Hollywood.

As usual,Rod Serling was a man well ahead of his time.

Chris Horn (Cliff Robertson) in ‘The Twilight Zone’ episode “A Hundred Yards Over the Rim”

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He was also a man who loved the Western, albeit his own brand of the genre.

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