Five Characters in Search of an Exit

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"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.

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Five Characters in Search of an Exit canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
airDateYear 1961 ⓘ
basedOn an idea by Marvin Petal ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
centralTheme existentialism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
the search for meaning ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Lamont Johnson ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 14 ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bagpiper ⓘ
Ballerina ⓘ
Clown ⓘ
Hobo ⓘ
Major ⓘ
filmingFormat black-and-white television ⓘ
followedByEpisode A Quality of Mercy ⓘ
franchise The Twilight Zone franchise ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
hasGuestStar Clark Allen ⓘ
Kelton Garwood ⓘ
Murray Matheson ⓘ
Susan Harrison ⓘ
William Windom ⓘ
narrator Rod Serling ⓘ
notableFor ensemble cast of archetypal figures ⓘ
minimalist set design ⓘ
originalAirDate 1961-12-22 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalSeriesRun The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ
partOfSeries The Twilight Zone ⓘ
plotTwist the characters are toys in a charity collection barrel ⓘ
precededByEpisode Once Upon a Time ⓘ
producer Buck Houghton ⓘ
productionCode 4821 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
season 3 ⓘ
seriesCreator Rod Serling ⓘ
seriesSeasonCountAtTime 3 ⓘ
settingDescription a mysterious, featureless cylindrical space ⓘ
title Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
writer Rod Serling ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes) → hasNotableEpisode → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Five Characters in Search of an Exit → title → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Hobo → appearsInEpisode → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Bagpiper → appearsInEpisode → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Bagpiper → firstBroadcastInEpisode → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Clark Allen → notableWork → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ
Susan Harrison → notableWork → Five Characters in Search of an Exit ⓘ