Dust (The Twilight Zone)

"Dust"
The Twilight Zone episode
Sykes is taunting Gallegos.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 48
Directed by	Douglas Heyes
Written by	Rod Serling
Featured music	Jerry Goldsmith
Production code	173-3653
Original air date	January 6, 1961
Guest stars
Thomas Gomez: Sykes Vladimir Sokoloff: Gallegos John Larch: The Sheriff John Alonzo: Luis Gallegos Paul Genge: John Canfield Dorothy Adams: Mrs. Canfield Duane Grey: Rogers Andrea Darvi: Estrelita Jon Lormer Doug Heyes Jr.: Farmer boy Dan White
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"Dust" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

Plot

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 condemned man had just been found guilty for murdering a child. The dust is nothing more than ordinary dirt collected from the ground, but the peddler insists it will spread good throughout the crowd and have them feel sympathy for the one condemned to death. 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. As both father and son return home, the peddler discovers he's also affected by the "magic" after throwing his gold pieces from the sale of the Magic dust to the poor children of the town, laughing about it afterward.

See also

• List of The Twilight Zone episodes

References

• DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
• Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0

External links

• "Dust" at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com episode page