Cast
- Steel Kelly: Lee Marvin
- Pole: Joe Mantell
- Maynard Flash: Chuck Hicks
Synopsis
Set in a future where any boxing involving human fighters has been criminalized—the sport is now dominated by fighting robots. Former boxer Steel Kelly manages a B2 model robot that breaks down right before a fight. In order to collect the money necessary for repairs, Steel enters the fight disguised as a robot. Steel is almost killed in the ring by the B7 robot he was fighting against, but he manages to survive and collects half the prize money.Trivia
Reportedly Richard Matheson's favorite Twilight Zone episode.Themes
An update of the legend of John Henry. The stories of both John Henry and Steel Kelly tell of an exceptional human being who attempts—and fails—to prove man’s superiority to the machines that seek to replace him but succeed in showing man’s ability to rise to all challenges with “blind animal courage”. Similar themes are revisited in “The Brain Center at Whipple’s”.[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Steel (The Twilight Zone) ]
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