Episode
The Twilight Zone: Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
Overview
Ordered to commit a murder he doesn't want to perform, a smalltime hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he could have been--confident, strong...and determined to get out.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1960-10-14
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room is Episode 3 in Season 2 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 1960-10-14. The runtime is 26 min.
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