Number 12 Looks Just Like You (24 Jan. 1964)
"The Twilight Zone" Number 12 Looks Just Like You (original title)

In a future society everyone must undergo an operation at age 19 to become beautiful and conform to society. One young woman desperately wants to hold onto her own identity.

Director:

Abner Biberman

Writers:

Charles Beaumont, John Tomerlin,

Stars:

Collin Wilcox Paxton, Richard Long, Pamela Austin

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Collin Wilcox Paxton	...	Marilyn Cuberle (as Collin Wilcox)
Richard Long	...	Uncle Rick / Dr. Rex / Professor Sigmund Friend
Pamela Austin	...	Valerie / Marilyn (as Pam Austin)
Suzy Parker	...	Lana Cuberle / Simmons / Grace / Doe / Jane / #12

Storyline

In a future society everyone must undergo an operation at age 19 to become beautiful and conform to society. One young woman desperately wants to hold onto her own identity.

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Plot Keywords:

young woman | physical appearance | based on short story | conformity | individuality | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 1964 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cayuga Productions, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Marilyn Cuberle: Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

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Connections

Featured in American Masters: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)

User Reviews

just as relevant now as ever

I just saw this episode for the first time since I first saw it back in the 1980s. I remember loving it back then, but now, probably 25 years later, and more than 40 years after it originally aired, I'm completely floored by it. I even teared up. It is probably more relevant now than ever before. Society -- and not "the state", as another commenter said but, rather, our consumer, corporate-profit-driven society -- pressures people, particularly girls, through their friends, media images, products, even their own families, to look and act a certain way. Now, young people don't read Shakespeare and Keats, and it's not because the works have been banned -- they don't read them because society tells them it's incredibly uncool and completely unnecessary. Collin Wilcox gives a subtle, convincing performance of a girl who is certainly, very, very beautiful on the inside. This is the Twilight Zone at its very finest.