"The Night of the Meek" is episode 47 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on December 23, 1960, on CBS. It was one of the six episodes of the second season which were shot on videotape in a short-lived experiment aimed to cut costs.

Personnel with multiple Twilight Zone credits

  • Jack Smight directed three other Twilight Zone episodes: "The Lonely", "The Lateness of the Hour", and "Twenty Two"
  • John Fiedler played a bureaucratic angel in the third season's penultimate episode, "Cavender Is Coming"
  • Burt Mustin plays one of the residents of the old-age home in third season's "Kick the Can"
  • Andrea Margolis' second appearance came the following week, "Dust", in which she portrays Estrelita, a little Mexican girl
  • Nan Peterson's three other appearances are in "Walking Distance", "The Whole Truth", and "From Agnes—With Love"

Remake

  • This episode was remade into an episode of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone called "Night of the Meek", which starred Richard Mulligan as Henry Corwin and William Atherton as Mr. Dundee
  • There was a radio adaptation of The Twilight Zone episode "The Night of the Meek" which starred Christopher McDonald

See also

  • List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes

References

Sources

  • DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media.
  • Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing.
  • The Night of the Meek at the TV.com episode page