"The Twilight Zone" Mirror Image (1960)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

John Brahm

Writer:

Rod Serling (writer)

TV Series:

"The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Original Air Date:

26 February 1960 (Season 1, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

While waiting in a bus station, Millicent Barnes has the strange feeling that her doppelganger is trying to take over her life. |

Plot Keywords:

Bus Station | Doppelganger | Narrator | Beautiful Woman | Narration

Cast

Rod Serling	...	Narrator (voice)
Vera Miles	...	Millicent Barnes
Martin Milner	...	Paul Grinstead
Joseph Hamilton	...	Ticket Agent (as Joe Hamilton)
Naomi Stevens	...	Washroom Attendant
Therese Lyon	...	Old Woman (as Terese Lyon)
Ferris Taylor	...	Passenger
Edwin Rand	...	Bus Driver

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Cayuga Productions

Trivia:

Rod Serling claimed one of his real-life experiences inspired this story.

The fragility of identity

Mirror Image concerns a woman who discovers a double of herself during an overnight stay in a bus station. Is she losing her mind, or does the double actually exist? One of the series' earliest dealings with the question of identity - man's (or woman's) struggle to hold onto it and how it can be attacked by natural or supernatural means. That question of identity would be revisited several times in the series' run. This one is particularly notable for the fact that the protagonist is a woman, and she generally keeps herself from degenerating into hysterics despite the circumstances. That's notable for 1959-1960 television. Very good episode.