The Last Night of a Jockey
- Episode aired Oct 25, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.9K
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A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWith exactly one performer appearing--either in image or voice, not counting Rod Serling's routine turn as host--this episode features the smallest cast of any in the series. Close runner-ups include Where Is Everybody? (1959), King Nine Will Not Return (1960), Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room (1960), The Invaders (1961) and Two (1961).
- GoofsTowards the end of the show, when Grady starts throwing furniture around his room, he tosses his dresser drawers from his left to his right. When the dresser lands you can see it from the back and see that there are no drawers in it - it is obviously a stage prop and not a real piece of furniture.
- Quotes
Narrator: [closing narration] The name is Grady, ten feet tall, a slightly distorted offshoot of a good breed of humans who race horses. Unfortunately for Mr. Grady, he learned too late that you don't measure size with a ruler, you don't figure height with a yardstick, and you never judge a man by how tall he looks in a mirror. The giant is as he does. You can make a pari-mutuel bet on this, win, place, or show, in or out of The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in American Masters: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
Featured review
A Big Man
The jockey Grady has been banned from the races after doping his horse. He claims that he is innocent to the board. Alone in his apartment, he overhears a voice that identifies as his alter-ego. The voice questions what Grady would like to be, and he says "a bigger man"; but not in the sense of a better man. He just wants to be taller. Soon he sees that his wish was granted.
"The Last Night of a Jockey" is an episode of "The Twilight Zone" with only one actor, Mickey Rooney. He performs a man with no (or poor) ambition that has the chance to fix his life for good and become a better man, but wastes the chance with a stupid wish. The episode is slow and a little boring, but worthwhile watching. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Quem Tudo Quer, Tudo Perde" ("Grasp All, Loose All")
"The Last Night of a Jockey" is an episode of "The Twilight Zone" with only one actor, Mickey Rooney. He performs a man with no (or poor) ambition that has the chance to fix his life for good and become a better man, but wastes the chance with a stupid wish. The episode is slow and a little boring, but worthwhile watching. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Quem Tudo Quer, Tudo Perde" ("Grasp All, Loose All")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Oct 17, 2023
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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