Media1960

Twilight Zone airs 'Third from the Sun'

When: 8 Jan 1960
Sources: 1 public source

Joe Maross in Third from the Sun, aired by CBS in January 1960 Bureau of Industrial Service. This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam which was widely..., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CBS aired Rod Serling's adaptation of a Richard Matheson story in which two families steal an experimental saucer-shaped craft to flee a coming nuclear war. The closing twist reveals that the world they are heading for is Earth.

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PressThe Twilight Zone: 'The Four Of Us Are Dying'/'Third From The Sun' (review by Emily St. James) (opens in a new tab)The A.V. Club / 2011-10-22

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