The Last Night of a Jockey
- Episode aired Oct 25, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWith exactly one performer appearing--either in image or voice, not counting Rod Serling's routine turn as host--this episode features the smallest cast of any in the series. Close runner-ups include Where Is Everybody? (1959), King Nine Will Not Return (1960), Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room (1960), The Invaders (1961) and Two (1961).
- GoofsTowards the end of the show, when Grady starts throwing furniture around his room, he tosses his dresser drawers from his left to his right. When the dresser lands you can see it from the back and see that there are no drawers in it - it is obviously a stage prop and not a real piece of furniture.
- Quotes
Narrator: [closing narration] The name is Grady, ten feet tall, a slightly distorted offshoot of a good breed of humans who race horses. Unfortunately for Mr. Grady, he learned too late that you don't measure size with a ruler, you don't figure height with a yardstick, and you never judge a man by how tall he looks in a mirror. The giant is as he does. You can make a pari-mutuel bet on this, win, place, or show, in or out of The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in American Masters: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
Featured review
Big Man, Yesterday!
Sometimes we forget what a great actor Mickey Rooney was. He was multi-talented, full of energy, and always gave a great show, even when he was twelve years old. In this tour de force, he plays a jockey who has been caught doping horses and throwing races. He has been issued a lifetime ban from racing, basically ending his productive life. Despite this, he still blames everyone else. As he lies in self pity in a crummy room, he begins to hear voices from his subconscious. These are later made visual in mirrors, coffee pots, shards of glass. They taunt him and belittle him. He responds with violence and anger. He always wanted to be a big man, a man people would look up to. Well, Serling throws him that bone. What happens as a result is pure Twilight Zone.
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- Dec 10, 2008
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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