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The Twilight Zone · S3 · E28

The Little People

  • TV-PG
  • Mar 30, 1962
  • 26 min
  • 7.3

An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

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About this episode

An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

Season 3

37 episodes
  1. 1Two

    26 minSep 15, 19617.0

    A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.

  2. 2The Arrival

    26 minSep 22, 19617.0

    A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing.

  3. 3The Shelter

    26 minSep 29, 19618.4

    When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.

  4. 4The Passersby

    26 minOct 6, 19616.7

    On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.

  5. 5A Game of Pool

    26 minOct 13, 19617.0

    Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.

  6. 6The Mirror

    26 minOct 20, 19616.3

    After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.

  7. 7The Grave

    26 minOct 27, 19616.8

    Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is challenged to visit the grave of Sykes, despite the curse.

  8. 8It's a Good Life

    26 minNov 3, 19618.2

    On an isolated family farm in Peakesville, Ohio, young Anthony Fremont, who has vast mental powers but lacks emotional development, holds his terrified family and neighbors in thrall to his every juvenile wish.

  9. 9Deaths-Head Revisited

    26 minNov 10, 19617.0

    A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.

  10. 10The Midnight Sun

    26 minNov 17, 19617.9

    The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.

  11. 11Still Valley

    26 minNov 24, 19616.1

    Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.

  12. 12The Jungle

    26 minDec 1, 19616.6

    Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.

  13. 13Once Upon a Time

    26 minDec 15, 19617.2

    Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962.

  14. 14Five Characters in Search of an Exit

    26 minDec 22, 19617.9

    A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.

  15. 15A Quality of Mercy

    26 minDec 29, 19617.1

    A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying to stop his superior from leading a charge against American forces.

  16. 16Nothing in the Dark

    26 minJan 5, 19627.8

    A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."

  17. 17One More Pallbearer

    26 minJan 12, 19626.6

    Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.

  18. 18Dead Man's Shoes

    26 minJan 19, 19626.7

    A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.

  19. 19The Hunt

    26 minJan 26, 19626.8

    On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.

  20. 20Showdown with Rance McGrew

    26 minFeb 2, 19626.7

    The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.

  21. 21Kick the Can

    26 minFeb 9, 19627.3

    A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".

  22. 22A Piano in the House

    26 minFeb 16, 19627.1

    Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.

  23. 23The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

    26 minFeb 23, 19626.7

    Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...

  24. 24To Serve Man

    26 minMar 2, 19628.5

    An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A team of linguists sets out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."

  25. 25The Fugitive

    26 minMar 9, 19626.7

    Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.

  26. 26Little Girl Lost

    26 minMar 16, 19627.1

    Awakened by the cries of their daughter Bettina, Chris and Ruth Miller enter her room to find that she has vanished, even though they still hear her crying for help. Chris' physicist friend Bill thinks she moved into another dimension.

  27. 27Person or Persons Unknown

    26 minMar 23, 19627.5

    David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.

  28. 28The Little People

    26 minMar 30, 19627.3Now viewing

    An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

  29. 29Four O'Clock

    26 minApr 6, 19625.9

    Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.

  30. 30Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

    26 minApr 13, 19626.8

    A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.

  31. 31The Trade-Ins

    26 minApr 20, 19626.9

    An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.

  32. 32The Gift

    26 minApr 27, 19626.2

    An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fears and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.

  33. 33The Dummy

    26 minMay 4, 19626.8

    A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy: plans that Willie doesn't support!

  34. 34Young Man's Fancy

    26 minMay 11, 19625.9

    When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.

  35. 35I Sing the Body Electric

    26 minMay 18, 19626.7

    A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

  36. 36Cavender is Coming

    25 minMay 25, 19626.3

    Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.

  37. 37The Changing of the Guard

    25 minJun 1, 19626.9

    An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve and is reminded by former students that he has, indeed, made an effect on the lives of his students over the years.

Guest stars

Claude AkinsSteve Brand
Joe MarossJerry Riden
Michael FordSpaceman
Robert EatonSpaceman