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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 48 |
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| Written by | Rod Serling | ||||||
| Directed by | Douglas Heyes | ||||||
| Guest stars | Thomas Gomez : Sykes Vladimir Sokoloff : Gallegos John Larch : The Sheriff John Alonzo : Luis Gallegos Paul Genge : John Canfield Dorothy Adams : Mrs. Canfield Andrea Darvi : Estrelita Jon Lormer Dan White |
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| Original airdate | January 6, 1961 | ||||||
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"Dust" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Synopsis
An unscrupulous peddler, after selling the executioner some rope needed for a hanging, sells a bag of “magic dust” to the condemned man’s father. The dust is nothing more than dirt, but the peddler claims that it will stop the execution. At the plot's conclusion, the man's father cries out and starts sprinkling the dust everywhere; surprisingly the noose breaks. The parents of the little girl accidentally killed by the condemned man then decide not to let the hanging continue.
