Episode
The Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last
Overview
A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1959-11-20
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Time Enough at Last is Episode 8 in Season 1 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 1959-11-20. The runtime is 26 min.
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