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The Twilight Zone
EpisodesSeason 1 Episode Guide
36 Episodes 1959 - 1960
A collection of sci-fi, suspense and goose-bump-inducing tales.
Episode 1
Where Is Everybody?
Fri, Oct 2, 1959 30 mins
Earl Holliman stars as an amnesiac in an Air Force jumpsuit who finds himself in a town without a single person in it. General: James Gregory. Written by host Rod Serling.
Episode 2
One for the Angels
Fri, Oct 9, 1959 30 mins
A salesman (Ed Wynn) asks for a reprieve from Death, who then picks a little girl instead. Death: Murray Hamilton. Little Girl: Dana Dillaway. Truck Driver: Merritt Bohn. Doctor: Jay Overholts.
Episode 3
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
Fri, Oct 16, 1959 30 mins
Town drunk Al Denton (Dan Duryea) faces a notorious killer after miraculously regaining his gunfighting skills. Hotaling: Martin Landau. Fate: Malcolm Atterbury. Liz: Jeanne Cooper. Pete: Doug McClure. Doctor: Robert Burton. Leader: Arthur Batanides.
Episode 4
16-mm Shrine
Fri, Oct 23, 1959 30 mins
An aging movie star (Ida Lupino) drifts deeper into a world of old film clips in an attempt to recapture her youth. Weiss: Martin Balsam. Sally: Alice Frost. Jerry: Jerome Cowan. Rod Serling is the host.
Episode 5
Walking Distance
Fri, Oct 30, 1959 30 mins
Job pressures push an ad exec (Gig Young) 30 years into the past. Mr. Sloan: Frank Overton. Mrs. Sloan: Irene Tedrow. Wilcox: Bill Erwin. Young Martin: Michael Montgomery. Attendant: Sheridan Comerate. Teenager: Buzz Martin. Wilcox Boy: Ronny Howard.
Episode 6
Escape Clause
Fri, Nov 6, 1959 30 mins
A middle-aged hypochondriac (David Wayne) sells his soul in exchange for immortality. Cadwallader: Thomas Gomez. Ethel: Virginia Christine. Cooper: Wendell Holmes. Doctor: Raymond Bailey. Guard: Nesdon Booth. First Adjuster: Dick Wilson. Second Adjuster: Joe Flynn. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 7
The Lonely
Fri, Nov 13, 1959 30 mins
A convict (Jack Warden), sentenced to 40 years on an uninhabited planet, is given a robot as a companion. Allenby: John Dehner. Alicia: Jean Marsh. Adams: Ted Knight. Carstairs: James Turley. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 8
Time Enough at Last
Fri, Nov 20, 1959 30 mins
Bookworm Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) is the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust. Helen: Jacqueline de Wit. Carsville: Vaughn Taylor. Woman in Bank: Lela Bliss.
Episode 9
Perchance to Dream
Fri, Nov 27, 1959 30 mins
A psychiatrist's patient (Richard Conte) fears sleep will bring death, since in his last dream, a dancer was trying to kill him. Maya: Suzanne Lloyd. Rathmann: John Larch. Rifle Range Barker: Russell Trent. Stranger: Ted Stanhope.
Episode 10
Judgment Night
Fri, Dec 4, 1959 30 mins
In 1942, a dazed freighter passenger (Nehemiah Persoff) has a premonition that the ship will be sunk at 1:15 A.M. Captain: Ben Wright. First Officer: Patrick Macnee. Potter: Hugh Sanders. Devereaux: Leslie Bradley. Mueller: James Franciscus. Barbara: Deirdre Owen. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 11
And When the Sky Was Opened
Fri, Dec 11, 1959 30 mins
Three astronauts return from the first successful space probe---but are unable to recall what happened. Gart: Jim Hutton. Forbes: Rod Taylor. Harrington: Charles Aidman. Girl: Gloria Pall. Nurse: Sue Randall. Amy: Maxine Cooper. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 12
What You Need
Fri, Dec 25, 1959 30 mins
A thug (Steve Cochran) tries to cash in on a peddler's apparent clairvoyance. Pegott: Ernest Truex. Lefty: Read Morgan. Bartender: William Edmondson. Girl: Arline Sax. Hotel Clerk: Norman Sturgis. Waiter: Frank Allocca. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 13
The Four of Us Are Dying
Fri, Jan 1, 1960 30 mins
A small-time crook (Harry Townes), who can change his appearance at will, assumes the identity of a dead gangster. Foster: Ross Martin. Sterig: Phillip Pine. Maggie: Beverly Garland. Marshak: Don Gordon. Detective: Milton Frome. Pop: Peter Brocco.
Episode 14
Third from the Sun
Fri, Jan 8, 1960 30 mins
Convinced that atomic war is inevitable, a pilot and a scientist plan to steal a spaceship and flee to another planet. Bill: Fritz Weaver. Jerry: Joe Maross. Carling: Edward Andrews. Jody: Denise Alexander. Eve: Lori March. Ann: Jeanne Evans. Guard: Will J. White.
Episode 15
I Shot an Arrow Into the Air
Fri, Jan 15, 1960 30 mins
A limited water supply and a nervous flight officer (Dewey Martin) imperil astronauts on a deserted asteroid. Donlin: Edward Binns. Pierson: Ted Otis. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 16
The Hitchhiker
Fri, Jan 22, 1960 30 mins
A cross-country driver (Inger Stevens) is haunted by a persistent hitchhiker (Leonard Strong) who appears wherever she goes. Sailor: Adam Williams. Mechanic: Lew Gallo. Counterman: Russ Bender. Waitress: Mitzi McCall. Mrs. Whitney: Eleanor Audley. Road Worker: Dwight Townsend. Garage Man: George Mitchell.
Episode 17
The Fever
Fri, Jan 29, 1960 30 mins
A reluctant Vegas vacationer (Everett Sloane) can't stop playing after his first slot-machine pull is a winner. Flora: Vivi Janiss. Publicity Agent: William Kendis. Drunk: Art Lewis. Script by Rod Serling.
Episode 18
The Last Flight
Fri, Feb 5, 1960 30 mins
A British WWI pilot returns from his last mission---landing at a modern-day American air base in France. Decker: Kenneth Haigh. General: Alexander Scourby. Major: Simon Scott. Mackaye: Robert Warwick. Corporal: Harry Raybould. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 19
The Purple Testament
Fri, Feb 12, 1960 30 mins
An infantry lieutenant (William Reynolds) has the ability to predict who will die in battle. Riker: Dick York. Gunther: Barney Phillips. Sergeant: William Phipps. Ambulance Driver: Warren Oates. Freeman: Marc Cavell. Orderly: Paul Mazursky. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 20
Elegy
Fri, Feb 19, 1960 30 mins
Astronauts land on an asteroid with Earth-like scenes and people---but the inhabitants don't move. Wickwire: Cecil Kellaway. Meyer: Jeff Morrow. Webber: Kevin Hagen. Kirby: Don Dubbins. Rod Serling is the host.
Episode 21
Mirror Image
Fri, Feb 26, 1960 30 mins
A traveler is perplexed when people treat her as if they've seen her very recently. Millicent: Vera Miles. Paul: Martin Milner. Ticket Agent: Joe Hamilton. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 22
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Fri, Mar 4, 1960 30 mins
Total power failure in a neighborhood sparks suspicions that it was caused by an alien invasion---and that one walks among them. Steve: Claude Akins. Charlie: Jack Weston. Tommy: Jan Handzlik. Goodman: Barry Atwater. Don: Burt Metcalfe.
Episode 23
A World of Difference
Fri, Mar 11, 1960 30 mins
An actor (Howard Duff) loses himself in his role as a businessman---or is it the other way around? Nora: Eileen Ryan. Sally: Gail Kobe. Marty: Frank Maxwell. Brinkley: David White. Marian: Susan Dorn.
Episode 24
Long Live Walter Jameson
Fri, Mar 18, 1960 30 mins
A professor learns why his future son-in-law is an expert on history---he was there. Jameson: Kevin McCarthy. Kittridge: Edgar Stehli. Susanna: Dody Heath. Laurette: Estelle Winwood.
Episode 25
People Are Alike All Over
Fri, Mar 25, 1960 30 mins
On Mars, an astronaut (Roddy McDowall) is made to feel right at home. Teenya: Susan Oliver. Marcusson: Paul Comi. Written by Rod Serling.
Episode 26
Execution
Fri, Apr 1, 1960 30 mins
An outlaw (Albert Salmi) with a noose around his neck is snatched away by a 20th-century time machine. "Gilligan's Island" "Professor" Russell Johnson plays the machine inventor. Johnson: Than Wyenn. Judge: Fay Roope. Written by Rod Serling.
Episode 27
The Big Tall Wish
Fri, Apr 8, 1960 30 mins
No one is on the side of a boxer (Ivan Dixon) trying to make a comeback except a little boy (Steven Perry) with a big wish. Mother: Kim Hamilton. Thomas: Henry Scott.
Episode 28
A Nice Place to Visit
Fri, Apr 15, 1960 30 mins
A thief leads a heavenly existence after being killed by police. Valentine: Larry Blyden. Mr. Pip: Sebastian Cabot. Dancing Girl: Barbara English.
Episode 29
Nightmare as a Child
Fri, Apr 29, 1960 30 mins
A precocious girl frightens a teacher (Janice Rule) by revealing secrets from the woman's past. Markie: Terry Burnham. Peter Selden: Shepperd Strudwick. Doctor: Michael Fox. Girl: Suzanne Cupito. Policeman: Joe Perry.
Episode 30
A Stop at Willoughby
Fri, May 6, 1960 30 mins
A harried ad exec escapes stress in a dream about a sleepy town of the past. Williams: James Daly (father of actors Tyne and Tim Daly). Jane: Patricia Donahue. Misrell: Howard Smith. Helen: Mavis Neal.
Episode 31
The Chaser
Fri, May 13, 1960 30 mins
A lovesick suitor buys a guaranteed love potion, which works---too well. Based on a story by John Collier. Roger: George Grizzard. Leila: Patricia Barry. Daemon: John McIntire. Man in Homburg: J. Pat O'Malley. Blonde: Barbara Perry. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 32
A Passage for Trumpet
Fri, May 20, 1960 30 mins
Jack Klugman plays a washed-up trumpet player who's offered a second chance after a suicide attempt. Nan: Mary Webster. Gabe: John Anderson. Baron: Frank Wolff. Pawnshop Owner: Ned Glass.
Episode 33
Mr. Bevis
Fri, Jun 3, 1960 30 mins
An angel comes to the aid of a good-natured man (Orson Bean) who's had an unusually bad morning. Hempstead: Henry Jones. Peckinpaugh: Charles Lane. Policeman: William Schallert. Bartender: Horace McMahon. Rod Serling is the host.
Episode 34
The After Hours
Fri, Jun 10, 1960 30 mins
A department-store shopper (Anne Francis) is told that the floor where she bought something doesn't exist. Saleswoman: Elizabeth Allen. Elevator Operator: John Conwell. Armbruster: James Millhollin. Miss Pettigrew: Nancy Rennick. Host: Rod Serling.
Episode 35
The Mighty Casey
Fri, Jun 17, 1960 30 mins
A robot pitcher (Robert Sorrells) is the answer to a baseball manager's dreams. McGarry: Jack Warden. Dr. Stillman: Abraham Sofaer. Monk: Don O'Kelly. Commissioner: Rusty Lane. Written by Rod Serling.
Episode 36
A World of His Own
Fri, Jul 1, 1960 30 mins
A playwright (Keenan Wynn) can conjure up any person or thing by feeding a description into a tape recorder. Victoria: Phyllis Kirk. Mary: Mary La Roche. Host: Rod Serling.
