 Segment 4: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was originally a  _"Twilight Zone, The" (1959)_ (qv) TV episode that first aired 11  October 1963 featuring William Shatner (qv) in the role recreated  here by John Lithgow (qv). Nick Cravat (qv), a former circus  acrobat who used to perform with acrobat Burt Lancaster (qv)  before he became an actor, played the gremlin on the planes wing in  the original. Richard Donner (qv) directed the original and  Frank Marshall (I) (qv), producer of the latter version, plays one  of the ground crew members checking the planes wing for damage.  Donna Dixon (qv) (the junior stewardess) married fellow actor  Dan Aykroyd (qv) just prior to the films release.