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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Season 1 · Episode 1
IMDb8.5
Released
10/2/1959
Duration
0h 26m
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Country
United States of America
Cast
Rod Serling

Overview

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Episodes

Where Is Everybody?EP 1AvailableNow playing

Where Is Everybody?

26m·10/2/1959·7.6

Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...

One for the AngelsEP 2Available

One for the Angels

26m·10/9/1959·7.4

A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.

Mr. Denton on DoomsdayEP 3Available

Mr. Denton on Doomsday

26m·10/16/1959·7.0

A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.

The Sixteen-Millimeter ShrineEP 4Available

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

26m·10/23/1959·6.8

An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.

Walking DistanceEP 5Available

Walking Distance

26m·10/30/1959·7.7

A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.

Escape ClauseEP 6Available

Escape Clause

26m·11/6/1959·7.2

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

The LonelyEP 7Available

The Lonely

26m·11/13/1959·7.6

In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.

Time Enough at LastEP 8Available

Time Enough at Last

26m·11/20/1959·8.2

A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.

Perchance to DreamEP 9Available

Perchance to Dream

26m·11/27/1959·7.0

A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

Judgment NightEP 10Available

Judgment Night

26m·12/4/1959·7.0

In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.

And When the Sky Was OpenedEP 11Available

And When the Sky Was Opened

26m·12/11/1959·7.8

Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.

What You NeedEP 12Available

What You Need

26m·12/25/1959·7.7

A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.

The Four of Us are DyingEP 13Available

The Four of Us are Dying

26m·1/1/1960·6.9

In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.

Third from the SunEP 14Available

Third from the Sun

26m·1/8/1960·7.6

With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.

I Shot an Arrow into the AirEP 15Available

I Shot an Arrow into the Air

26m·1/15/1960·7.4

Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.

The Hitch-HikerEP 16Available

The Hitch-Hiker

26m·1/22/1960·7.6

Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.

The FeverEP 17Available

The Fever

26m·1/29/1960·6.4

Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.

The Last FlightEP 18Available

The Last Flight

26m·2/5/1960·7.6

A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!

The Purple TestamentEP 19Available

The Purple Testament

26m·2/12/1960·7.0

Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.

ElegyEP 20Available

Elegy

26m·2/19/1960·7.5

Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.

Mirror ImageEP 21Available

Mirror Image

26m·2/26/1960·7.6

In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.

The Monsters are Due on Maple StreetEP 22Available

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

26m·3/4/1960·8.1

Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.

A World of DifferenceEP 23Available

A World of Difference

26m·3/11/1960·7.4

Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.

Long Live Walter JamesonEP 24Available

Long Live Walter Jameson

26m·3/18/1960·7.4

Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.

People are Alike All OverEP 25Available

People are Alike All Over

26m·3/25/1960·7.7

After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.

ExecutionEP 26Available

Execution

26m·4/1/1960·6.6

Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.

The Big Tall WishEP 27Available

The Big Tall Wish

26m·4/8/1960·6.3

Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.

A Nice Place to VisitEP 28Available

A Nice Place to Visit

26m·4/15/1960·7.3

After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.

Nightmare as a ChildEP 29Available

Nightmare as a Child

26m·4/29/1960·7.1

Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.

A Stop at WilloughbyEP 30Available

A Stop at Willoughby

26m·5/6/1960·7.9

Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.

The ChaserEP 31Available

The Chaser

26m·5/13/1960·6.8

A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.

A Passage for TrumpetEP 32Available

A Passage for Trumpet

26m·5/20/1960·6.8

A down-and-out trumpet player who's convinced he'll never amount to anything attempts suicide and finds himself in a world where no one can hear or see him.

Mr. BevisEP 33Available

Mr. Bevis

26m·6/3/1960·6.7

After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.

The After HoursEP 34Available

The After Hours

26m·6/10/1960·7.7

Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.

The Mighty CaseyEP 35Available

The Mighty Casey

26m·6/17/1960·5.8

A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.

A World of His OwnEP 36Available

A World of His Own

26m·7/1/1960·7.5

Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.

Cast

Rod Serling

Self - Host

Rod Serling

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