The Prime Mover
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- For the physical term, see Prime mover. For the theological term, see cosmological argument.
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |||||||
 Dane Clark and Buddy Ebsen in "The Prime Mover" |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 57 |
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| Written by | Charles Beaumont (based on an uncredited and unpublished story by George Clayton Johnson) | ||||||
| Directed by | Richard L. Bare | ||||||
| Guest stars | Dane Clark : Ace Larsen Buddy Ebsen : Jimbo Cobb Jane Burgess : Sheila Christine White : Kitty Cavanaugh William Keene : Desk clerk |
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| Production no. | 173-3647 | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 24, 1961 | ||||||
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| List of Twilight Zone episodes | |||||||
"The Prime Mover" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
The term "prime mover" originates in the works of Aristotle, referring to "the being outside the universe." Later, St. Thomas Aquinas, when he reconciled the views of the ancient Greeks and the Roman Catholic Church, capitalized the term as a reference to God.
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[edit] Opening narration
| “ | Portrait of a man who thinks and thereby gets things done. Mr. Jimbo Cobb might be called a prime mover, a talent which has to be seen to be believed. In just a moment, he'll show his friends and you how he keeps both feet on the ground and his head in the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Synopsis
Ace Larsen discovers his partner, Jimbo Cobb, has telekinetic powers after a car crashes outside their cafe. Ace plans to use those powers to win big in Vegas, and he takes his girlfriend Kitty with them. Ace wins many jackpots, but Kitty is repulsed and leaves, so he picks up a cigarette girl and bets the pile in a game of craps, just when Jimbo's telekinesis "runs out," so he claims. They go home and a saddened Ace asks Kitty if she will marry him if his quarter flip ends with "heads." Much to his surprise, the coin does end up landing on heads and Kitty accepts his proposal. Jimbo drops his broom, and quietly picks it up again telekinetically.
[edit] Closing narration
| “ | Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, the talent becomes a curse. Jimbo Cobb knew, right from the beginning. But before Ace Larsen learned that simple truth, he had to take a short trip through the Twilight Zone. | ” |
