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Shadow Play

episode of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
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Summary

Shadow Play is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television series episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (933 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Brahm[3]
  • Screenwriter: Charles Beaumont[4]
  • Follows: The Silence[5]
  • Followed by: The Mind and the Matter[6]
  • Cast member: Dennis Weaver[7], Harry Townes[8], Wright King[9], Bernie Hamilton[10], Anne Barton[11]
  • Part of the series: The Twilight Zone[12]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[13]
  • Color: black-and-white[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Publication date: May 5, 1961[16]
  • Title: Shadow Play[17]
  • Production code: 173-3657[18]
  • Season: The Twilight Zone, season 2[19]

Why It Matters

Shadow Play is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0734618
    Tv maze episode id → 69563
    Instance of → television series episode
    Color → black-and-white
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze episode id: 69563, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270766|batch #270766]]"
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