Episode
The Twilight Zone: Dead Man's Shoes
Overview
A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1962-01-19
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Dead Man's Shoes is Episode 18 in Season 3 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 1962-01-19. The runtime is 26 min.
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