Episode no. Season 4
Episode 17 Featured music Rene Garriguenc Original air date May 9, 1963 | Directed by Lamont Johnson Production code 4869 | |
Written by Charles Beaumont
(from his short story "Song for a Lady") | ||
"Passage on the Lady Anne" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Plot
Six years into a troubled marriage, a young couple hopefully embark on a second honeymoon and their last chance at reconciliation. They board an old ocean liner, the Lady Anne, for a 13-day crossing from New York City to Southampton, England.
The couple, Eileen and Alan Ransome, soon realize that all the other passengers are elderly, at least 75 years old, and their vessel seems to be following a meandering course. In fact, they had sailed on the ship before, when young. Quarreling aboard the ship, the Ransomes decide to divorce when they return home. Then Eileen disappears.
When her husband finds her again, Eileen is wearing the nightgown that one of their fellow passengers wore on her honeymoon. The Ransomes find their love rekindled and are dancing in the ship's ballroom when the Lady Anne's engines suddenly stop. The captain enters and informs the young couple that he is putting them off the ship, telling them that there isn't time for lengthy explanations.
Despite their objections, the captain and the other passengers are adamant that the Ransomes cannot continue on the ship. The Ransomes are forced, at gunpoint, into a lifeboat, stocked with provisions and set adrift in mid-ocean while the Lady Anne speeds away, never to be seen again. The captain assures them that their position has been radioed and they'd be picked up soon. The Ransomes are picked up by a cutter after a few hours, but they can find no report of the Lady Anne docking in England or anywhere else.