Person or Persons Unknown

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"Person or Persons Unknown" is an episode of the classic science fiction television series The Twilight Zone, known for its exploration of identity and reality through a man who awakens to find that no one recognizes him.

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instanceOf television episode
airedAs season 3 episode of The Twilight Zone
basedOnWork original teleplay
blackAndWhite true
castMember Barney Phillips
Frank Silvera
James Doohan
Julie Cobb
Raymond Bailey
Richard Long
Shirley Ballard
closingNarrationBy Rod Serling
countryOfOrigin United States
creatorOfSeries Rod Serling
director John Brahm
exploresConcept erasure of personal identity
unreliable reality
followedByEpisode The Gift
genre anthology television
fantasy television
science fiction television
hasAnthologyFormat true
leadActor Richard Long
leadCharacter David Andrew Gurney
narrator Rod Serling
openingNarrationBy Rod Serling
originalAirDate 1962-03-23
originalLanguage English
originalMedium television
originalNetwork CBS
partOfSeries The Twilight Zone
plotSummary A man awakens to find that no one, including his wife and coworkers, recognizes him and that all records of his identity have vanished.
precededByEpisode The Little People
producer Buck Houghton
productionCompany CBS Television Network
linked to: CBS

Cayuga Productions
protagonistOccupation bank employee
runtimeMinutes 25
seriesCreator Rod Serling
seriesSeason The Twilight Zone (season 3)
setting contemporary American town
theme alienation
identity
reality
writer Charles Beaumont

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To Serve Man precededByEpisode Person or Persons Unknown
The Little People precededByEpisode Person or Persons Unknown
Charles Beaumont wrote “Person or Persons Unknown” (The Twilight Zone episode)
linked to: Person or Persons Unknown