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The Midnight Sun

1961 episode of The Twilight Zone
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Summary

The Midnight Sun is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of television series episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,851 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Anton Leader[3]
  • Screenwriter: Rod Serling[4]
  • Composer: Van Cleave[5]
  • Follows: Deaths-Head Revisited[6]
  • Followed by: Still Valley[7]
  • Cast member: Lois Nettleton[8], Betty Garde[9], Tom Reese[10], William Keene[11], Jason Wingreen[12]
  • Part of the series: The Twilight Zone[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Color: black-and-white[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: November 17, 1961[17]
  • Title: The Midnight Sun[18]
  • Production code: 4818[19]
  • Season: The Twilight Zone, season 3[20]

Why It Matters

The Midnight Sun is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze episode id → 69589
    Color → black-and-white
    Composer → Van Cleave
    Cast member → Lois Nettleton, Betty Garde, Tom Reese +2
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  2. 20w ago · Walden69 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1961-11-17T00:00:00Z
    Imdb id → tt0734660
    Trakt.tv id → shows/the-twilight-zone-1959/seasons/3/episodes/10
    Freebase id → /m/015vm3
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country of origin: United States"
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