19th episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone
"The Purple Testament"
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.
Season 1 Episode 19
Directed by
Richard L. Bare
Written by
Rod Serling
Featured music
Lucien Moraweck, conducted by Lud Gluskin
Production code
173-3619
Original air date
February 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)
Guest appearances
William Reynolds as Lt. Fitzgerald
Dick York as Captain Phil Riker
Barney Phillips as Captain E.L. Gunther
Warren Oates as Jeep Driver
Paul Mazursky as Orderly
Ron Masak as Harmonica Man
William Phipps as Sergeant
S. John Launer as Colonel
Marc Cavell as Freeman
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"The Purple Testament" is the nineteenth episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is "the story of a man who can forecast death".[1] It originally aired on February 12, 1960, on CBS.
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