Demon with a Glass Hand

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"Demon with a Glass Hand" is a highly acclaimed 1964 science fiction television episode, written by Harlan Ellison, about a man with a mysterious computerized glass hand who discovers his role in the survival of humanity.

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instanceOf The Outer Limits episode
television episode
antagonistSpecies Kyben NERFINISHED
awarded Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Script for a Television Anthology NERFINISHED
basedOn unproduced script by Harlan Ellison
cinematographyBy Kenneth Peach NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
director Byron Haskin NERFINISHED
episodeNumberInSeason 5
executiveProducer Joseph Stefano NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Trent NERFINISHED
filmingCity Los Angeles NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
television drama
hasCopyrightDispute Harlan Ellison vs. ABC and Daystar Productions
hasProp computerized glass hand
influenced later science fiction dealing with cyborg identity
musicBy Harry Lubin NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice voice-over introduction
notableFor use of Bradbury Building as primary setting
originalAirDate 1964-10-17
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
plotElement computer stored in glass hand
man without memory of his past
missing fingers contain data
time displacement to the past
war between humans and aliens
productionCompany Daystar Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistName Trent NERFINISHED
recognizedAs classic episode of The Outer Limits
landmark of 1960s television science fiction
runtimeMinutes 51
screenwriter Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED
seasonNumber 2
series The Outer Limits NERFINISHED
settingLocation Bradbury Building NERFINISHED
starring Robert Culp NERFINISHED
televisionSeries The Outer Limits NERFINISHED
theme identity
memory
post-apocalyptic future
survival of humanity
time travel
title Demon with a Glass Hand NERFINISHED
writer Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED

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The Outer Limits (TV series) notableEpisode Demon with a Glass Hand
subject surface form: The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)