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The Big Tall Wish

"The Big Tall Wish"
The Twilight Zone episode
Ivan Dixon, Steven Perry and Kim Hamilton in a specially posed publicity shot for "The Big Tall Wish"
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 27
Directed byRon Winston
Written byRod Serling
Featured musicJerry Goldsmith with harmonica solos
Production code173-3630
Original air dateApril 8, 1960 (1960-04-08)
Guest appearances
  • Ivan Dixon as Bolie Jackson
  • Stephen Perry as Henry Temple
  • Kim Hamilton as Frances Temple
  • Walter Burke as Joe Mizell
  • Charles Horvath as Joey Consiglio
  • Carl McIntire as Announcer
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"The Big Tall Wish" is episode twenty-seven of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, with an original score by Jerry Goldsmith. It originally aired on April 8, 1960, on CBS. This was one of a few Twilight Zone episodes to feature black actors in lead roles, a rarity for American television of the era.


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