The Prime Mover

The Prime Mover

:"For the physical term, see Prime mover. For the theological term, see cosmological argument."Infobox Television episode
Title = The Prime Mover
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Dane Clark and Buddy Ebsen in "The Prime Mover"
Season = 2
Episode = 57
Airdate =March 24, 1961
Production = 173-3647
Writer =Charles Beaumont (based on an uncredited and unpublished story by George Clayton Johnson)
Director =Richard L. Bare
Guests =Dane Clark : Ace Larsen
Buddy Ebsen : Jimbo Cobb
Jane Burgess : Sheila
Christine White : Kitty Cavanaugh
William Keene : Desk clerk
Music =
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Static
Next = Long Distance Call

"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.

Opening narration

ynopsis

Ace Larsen discovers his partner, Jimbo Cobb, has telekinetic powers after a car crashes outside their café. 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.

Closing narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/the-prime-mover/episode/12641/summary.html TV.com episode page]

Twilight Zone links

*The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 2


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