Third from the Sun

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"Third from the Sun"
The Twilight Zone episode
Joe Maross in "Third from the Sun"
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 14
Directed by	Richard L. Bare
Teleplay by	Rod Serling
Based on	"Third from the Sun" by Richard Matheson
Production code	173-3615
Original air date	January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)
Guest appearances
Fritz Weaver as Will Sturka Edward Andrews as Carling Joe Maross as Jerry Riden Denise Alexander as Jody Sturka Lori March as Eve Sturka Jeanne Evans as Ann Riden
Episode chronology
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1)
List of episodes

"Third from the Sun" is the fourteenth episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is based on a short story of the same name by Richard Matheson which first appeared in the first issue of the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction in October 1950.