Passage on the Lady Anne
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“Passage on the Lady Anne” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
[edit] Details
- Episode number: 119
- Season: 4
- Original air date: May 9, 1963
- Writer: Charles Beaumont, from his short story, "Song for a Lady"
- Director: Lamont Johnson
- Producer: Bert Granet
- Director of photography: George T. Clemens
- Music: Rene Garriguenc
[edit] Cast
- Allen Ransome: Lee Philips
- Eileen Ransome: Joyce Van Patten
- McKenzie: Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Mrs. McKenzie: Gladys Cooper
- Burgess: Cecil Kellaway
- Captain Prothero: Alan Napier
- Officer: Cyril Delevanti
[edit] Synopsis
Six years into a troubled marriage, a young couple hopefully embark on a second honeymoon and their last chance at reconciliation. They board an old ocean liner, the Lady Anne, for a 14-day crossing from New York to Portsmouth, England.
The couple, Eileen and Allan Ransome, soon realize that all the other passengers are elderly and their vessel seems to be following a meandering course. Quarrelling aboard the ship, they decide to divorce when they return home. Then Eileen disappears.
When her husband finds her again, Eileen is wearing the nightgown that one of their fellow passengers wore on her honeymoon. The Ransomes find their love rekindled and are dancing in the ship's ballroom when the Lady Anne's engines suddenly stop. The captain enters and informs the young couple that he is putting them off the ship, telling them that there isn't time for lengthy explanations.
Despite their objections, the captain and the other passengers are adamant that the Ransomes don't belong on the ship. The Ransomes are forced into a lifeboat stocked with provisions and set adrift in mid-ocean while the Lady Anne speeds away.
The Ransomes are soon picked by a passing cutter. They search the papers for stories about the incident and the fate of their ship "But there wasn't any news. The Lady Anne with all her crew and all her passengers vanished without a trace. But the Ransomes knew what had happened. They knew that the ship had sailed off to a better port - a place called the Twilight Zone."
