The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

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“The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms”

The Twilight Zone episode

Scene from "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms"

Episode no.

Season 5
Episode 130

Written by

Rod Serling

Directed by

Alan Crosland Jr.

Guest stars

Ron Foster : Sgt. Connors
Randy Boone : Pfc. McCluskey
Warren Oates : Cpl. Langsford
Greg Morris : Lieutenant Woodard
Jeffrey Morris : Finnigan
Wayne Mallory : Scout
Robert Bray : Captain Dennet
Lew Brown : Sergeant
Jacque Shelton : Corporal

Featured music

Stock

Production no.

2606

Original airdate

December 6, 1963

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"The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

1 Opening narration
2 Synopsis
3 Closing narration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Opening narration

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June 25th, 1964 - or, if you prefer, June 25th, 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.

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[edit] Synopsis

Three United States Army National Guard soldiers (MSgt. William Connors, Pvt. Michael McCluskey, Cpl. Richard Langsford) are a tank crew participating in a wargame being conducted near the Battle of Little Bighorn site of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's last stand. Their orders coincide with the route of Custer and his men. As they follow the route, they find more and more proof that they’ve somehow gone back in time. They report to their commanding officer what had occurred and are reprimanded. The following day they again begin to experience the same strange occurrences. Their commanding officer contacts them via radio and orders them to return to base when they try to explain what is happening. They break contact, and the commanding officer sends out MP's to search for them. The three men, however, abandon their tank and continue along on foot with their side arms and rifles. They find a group of tepees and one of the soldiers goes to investigate; he soon returns, with an arrow protruding from his back. The troops climb up a ridge where they find the battle. They join it and are never seen again. Later, the commanding officer finds the Custer Battlefield National Monument and the graveyard of the soldiers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn. An MP reports back that all they found was the abandoned tank. The officers then notice the names of the missing soldiers on the monument with the names of the men killed in the battle. The commanding officer states that it was a pity that the missing soldiers couldn't have taken the tank back with them to the battle.

[edit] 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.

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