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The Monsters Are Due on Maple StreetThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone. DetailsEpisode number:22Season: 1 Production code: 173-3620 Original air date: March 4, 1960 Writer: Rod Serling Director: Ronald Winston Music: Original score by Rene Garriguenc, conducted by Lud Gluskin CastSteve Brand:Claude AkinsCharlie: Jack Weston Tommy: Jan Handlik Mr. Goodman: Barry Atwater SynopsisAfter the power goes off on Maple Street, the inhabitants start to believe there is some kind of alien invasion, and keep accusing each other of being an invader. Eventually, one of the inhabitants of Maple Street is shot and the street erupts into violent chaos. It turns out that nobody on Maple Street was an alien, and that the power outage and other strange events were caused by alien invaders watching from outside Maple Street. TriviaFilmed on MGM's Andy Hardy street. ThemesOften cited as Serling's warning against McCarthyism and the mass hysteria it produces. Similar themes are explored in Four O' Clock and The Shelter. ReferencesBack to: The Twilight Zone, Episode List, Season 1
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