SPOILERS!: HIGHLIGHTED SOUND BITES contain spoilers! Watch the classic episode below, then listen to clips from Archive interviews with lead actress Maxine Stuart and associate producer Del Reisman on the making this classic episode.

    Aired on November 11, 1960, "Eye of the Beholder" appeared in season two of The Twilight Zone. As Del Reisman says in his Archive interview: "It was really Rod's take on the McCarthy era: the demand for a conformity... it had come about through... the general political climate that we were in at that time."

    Credits:

    Written by: Rod Serling

    Directed by: Douglas Heyes

    Produced by: Buck Houghton

    Cast: Maxine Stuart, Donna Douglas, William D. Gordon, Jennifer Howard, George Keymas, Jonnna Heyes, Edson Stroll

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    Maxine Stuart on [SPOILER ALERT!] The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity

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    Maxine Stuart on performing under the bandages in The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

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    Maxine Stuart on working with director Douglas Heyes on The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

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    Maxine Stuart on the impact of The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

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    Del Reisman

    Del Reisman on being on set for the filming of The Twilight Zone episodes "The Invaders" and "Eye of the Beholder"

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    Maxine Stuart

    Maxine Stuart on getting cast in The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and [SPOILER ALERT!] the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity

    03:19

    Maxine Stuart on performing under the bandages in The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

    01:33

    Maxine Stuart on working with director Douglas Heyes on The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

    00:42

    Maxine Stuart on the impact of The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"

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    Maxine Stuart on not getting recognized from appearing in The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"; on getting asked to go to Twilight Zone conventions

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