The Last Night of a Jockey

"The Last Night of a Jockey"
The Twilight Zone episode
Mickey Rooney in "The Last Night of a Jockey"
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 5
Directed byJoseph M. Newman
Written byRod Serling
Featured musicStock from "The Big Tall Wish" (by Jerry Goldsmith) and cues from "The Lonely" by Bernard Herrmann
Production code2616
Original air dateOctober 25, 1963 (1963-10-25)
Guest appearance
Mickey Rooney
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"The Last Night of a Jockey" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a diminutive jockey's wish to be a big man is granted. Rod Serling wrote the episode specifically for Mickey Rooney, who is the only actor to appear in it.