It’s a Good Life

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The Twilight Zone episode television episode

"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.

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It's a Good Life 2
It’s a Good Life canonical 2
It's Still a Good Life 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
airDateYear 1961 ⓘ
basedOn It's a Good Life (short story) ⓘ
linked to: It’s a Good Life
basedOnAuthor Jerome Bixby ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
centralTheme abuse of power ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
omnipotence and fear ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
character Agnes Fremont ⓘ
Anthony Fremont ⓘ
Dan Hollis ⓘ
Mr. Fremont ⓘ
linked to: Anthony Fremont
cinematographyBy George T. Clemens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
director James Sheldon ⓘ
editor Bill Mosher ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 8 ⓘ
featuredActor Alice Frost ⓘ
Billy Mumy ⓘ
Cloris Leachman ⓘ
John Larch ⓘ
Tommy Kirk ⓘ
followedBy The Twilight Zone episode Deaths-Head Revisited ⓘ
linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
genre fantasy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasSpinOffOrSequel It's Still a Good Life ⓘ
linked to: It’s a Good Life
leadCharacter Anthony Fremont ⓘ
mainAntagonist Anthony Fremont ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrator Rod Serling ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most famous and disturbing episodes of The Twilight Zone ⓘ
depiction of a child with godlike powers controlling an entire town ⓘ
originalAirDate 1961-11-03 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalSeriesRun The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ
linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
plotSummary A small town is cut off from the outside world and lives in terror of a six-year-old boy with godlike psychic powers who punishes anyone he dislikes. ⓘ
precededBy The Twilight Zone episode The Mirror ⓘ
linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
producer Buck Houghton ⓘ
protagonist Anthony Fremont ⓘ
ranking frequently listed among the greatest The Twilight Zone episodes ⓘ
season 3 ⓘ
sequelAppearsIn The Twilight Zone (2002 series) episode It's Still a Good Life ⓘ
linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
series The Twilight Zone ⓘ
linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
settingPlace Peaksville, Ohio ⓘ
settingType small rural town ⓘ
storyBy Jerome Bixby ⓘ
teleplayBy Rod Serling ⓘ
title It's a Good Life ⓘ
linked to: It’s a Good Life
writer Rod Serling ⓘ

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The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes) → hasNotableEpisode → It’s a Good Life ⓘ
It's a Good Life → title → It's a Good Life ⓘ
subject linked to: It’s a Good Life
linked to: It’s a Good Life
It's a Good Life → basedOn → It's a Good Life (short story) ⓘ
subject linked to: It’s a Good Life
linked to: It’s a Good Life
It's a Good Life → hasSpinOffOrSequel → It's Still a Good Life ⓘ
subject linked to: It’s a Good Life
linked to: It’s a Good Life
The Grave → followedByEpisode → It's a Good Life ⓘ
linked to: It’s a Good Life
The Twilight Zone: The Movie → segment → It’s a Good Life ⓘ