A Passage for Trumpet

Episode aired May 20, 1960
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

Jack Klugman and Ned Glass in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

A suicidally despondent trumpet player finds himself in a bizarre world where he seems to be invisible to everyone, except for one helpful other musician.A suicidally despondent trumpet player finds himself in a bizarre world where he seems to be invisible to everyone, except for one helpful other musician.A suicidally despondent trumpet player finds himself in a bizarre world where he seems to be invisible to everyone, except for one helpful other musician.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The Houghton Construction work site is a tribute to producer Buck Houghton.

Goofs
Several times throughout the episode, when Joey puts the mouthpiece in his trumpet, he bumps it with his hand (causing an audible pop). This is something experienced trumpet players do not do as it can cause the mouthpiece to jam into the lead pipe, which then requires a tool to properly remove.

Quotes
Narrator: [Closing Narration] Joey Crown, who makes music, and who discovered something about life; that it can be rich and rewarding and full of beauty, just like the music he played, if a person would only pause to look and to listen. Joey Crown, who got his clue in the Twilight Zone.

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: A Passage for Trumpet (2021)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
(season 1)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

'Somebody's trying like shake me up'

The first of four TZ's to star Jack Klugman is very much of the mid-twentieth century idiom. This is a dreamy and reflective story about the despair of a has-been trumpet player. The supernatural element, the respect for talented trumpet players, and the emotional qualities here all belong to a by-gone era. I cant help preferring the deeply human essence of TZ to today's drama. A Passage For Trumpet is one of those tales were the value of life is affirmed by showing a life heading for ruin. There were lots of shadowy states of being in the old days in movies like 'It's A Wonderful Life', 'The Devil And Daniel Webster', and 'A Matter Of Life And Death', followed by TZ's like this one.