One for the Angels

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"One for the Angels" is a classic early episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, featuring a kindly sidewalk salesman who makes a deal with Death to deliver the greatest sales pitch of his life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Lou Bookman ⓘ
Maggie ⓘ
Mr. Death ⓘ
closingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Robert Parrish ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 2 ⓘ
followedByEpisode Mr. Denton on Doomsday ⓘ
franchise The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ
genre anthology television ⓘ
fantasy television ⓘ
guestStar Dana Dillaway ⓘ
Ed Wynn ⓘ
Murray Hamilton ⓘ
hasMoral True greatness can come from a selfless act made for another’s sake. ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrator Rod Serling ⓘ
openingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
originalAirDate 1959-10-09 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium broadcast television ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
plotSummary A kindly sidewalk salesman named Lou Bookman makes a deal with Death to postpone his own demise until he can deliver the greatest sales pitch of his life. ⓘ
portrays Dana Dillaway as Maggie ⓘ
Ed Wynn as Lou Bookman ⓘ
Murray Hamilton as Mr. Death ⓘ
precededByEpisode Where Is Everybody? ⓘ
producer Buck Houghton ⓘ
productionCode 173-3602 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
season Season 1 ⓘ
series The Twilight Zone ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
theme bargain with Death ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
self‑sacrifice ⓘ
writer Rod Serling ⓘ

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Where Is Everybody? → followedByEpisode → One for the Angels ⓘ
Walking Distance → precededBy → One for the Angels ⓘ