The Passersby

The Passersby

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Passersby
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Lavinia meets the spirit of the recently-assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Season = 3
Episode = 69
Airdate =October 6, 1961
Production =4817
Writer =Rod Serling
Director =Elliot Silverstein
Guests =James Gregory
Joanne Linville
Music=Fred Steiner
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = The Shelter
Next = A Game of Pool

"The Passersby" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

Opening Narration

Part One

Part Two

ynopsis

A Civil War Confederate soldier (Gregory), walking home after the end of the war, rests at a house. He talks to the woman living there, while soldiers pass by, Union and Confederate. Her husband finally returns, but tells her that they are all dead. The widow refuses to believe him and he leaves, telling her that he will be waiting for her at the end of the road. She finally accepts her fate when she is greeted by the last passerby, Abraham Lincoln, the last casualty of the Civil War.

Closing narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

Episode notes

The traditional folk song 'Black Is The Color (Of My True Love's Hair)' is featured prominently throughout this episode. The song is sung both by Gregory and the Widow and it's explained that the widow's husband also once sung the song.

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

*imdb title|id=0734671|title=The Passerby
* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/the-passersby/episode/12779/summary.html TV.com episode page]
* [http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/video.php?cid=649562032&pid=CCSFjKz9NpTZWU6Bp_Uqo2pHKd54v6xw&play=true&cc=2 Full video of the episode at CBS.com]

Twilight Zone links

*The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 3


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