| "Steel" | |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Don Weis |
| Written by | Richard Matheson |
| Based on | "Steel" by Richard Matheson |
| Featured music | Van Cleave |
| Production code | 2602 |
| Original air date | October 4, 1963 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Lee Marvin: Tim "Steel" Kelly Joe Mantell: Pole Chuck Hicks Merritt Bohn Frank London | |
"Steel" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Set in the near future, its premise is that human professional boxing has been banned and replaced by android boxing. The story follows a once-famous human boxer who works as a manager for an antiquated android while struggling to come to grips with his career having been taken over by machines.
The episode is based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson first published in the May 1956 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.