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The Twilight Zone· Season 3 · Episode 21

Kick the Can

S03E21·8.1·February 9, 1962·30m·CBS

The dispirited residents of a nursing home are urged by one of their number to believe that they can recapture their youth by playing a children's game.Note: Steven Spielberg remade this as Segment II of Twilight Zone: The Movie, showing the nursing-home residents being offered a second chance at youth by their new arrival, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers).

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#6In Season 3of 37 rated episodes
#19All-timeof 156 rated episodes
+0.7vs season avgSeason 3 averages 7.4
1962First airedFebruary 9, 1962

Guest stars

Hank PattersonHank Pattersonas Freitag
Earle HodginsEarle Hodginsas Agee
John MarleyJohn Marleyas Sunnyvale Superintendant Cox
Marjorie BennettMarjorie Bennettas Mrs. Summers
Russell CollinsRussell Collinsas Ben Conroy
Burt MustinBurt Mustinas Carlson
Ernest TruexErnest Truexas Charles Whitley
Lenore Shanewiseas Mrs. Densley
Anne O'Nealas Mrs. Wister
Eve McVeaghEve McVeaghas Nurse
Scott Seatonas Resident
Barry Truexas David Whitley
Gregory McCabeas Boy #1

Crew

Lamont JohnsonDirector
George Clayton JohnsonGeorge Clayton JohnsonWriter

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