| "A Quality of Mercy" | |
|---|---|
| Series The Twilight Zone Season 3, Episode 13 | |
| |
| Air date | December 29th, 1961 |
| Writers | Rod Serling; Sam Rolfe |
| Director | Buzz Kulik |
| Producers | Rod Serling; Buck Houghton |
| Starring | Rod Serling |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" |
Next "Nothing in the Dark" |
"A Quality of Mercy" is the thirteenth episode of season three of the American science fiction television series The Twilight Zone, and the eightieth episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Buzz Kulik with a teleplay written by Rod Serling based on a story treatment by Sam Rolfe. It first aired on CBS on Friday, December 29th, 1961.
Cast[]
Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rod Serling | Host |
Guest Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dean Stockwell | Lieutenant Katell/Yamuri |
| Albert Salmi | Sergeant Causarano |
| Rayford Barnes | Andrew Watkins |
| Ralph Votrian | Hanacheck |
| Leonard Nimoy | Hansen |
Co-Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dale Ishimoto | Sergeant Yamazaki |
| J.H. Fujikawa | Japanese captain |
Notes & Trivia[]
There are no notations or trivia available for this episode at this time. Be the first to add some! Just click on the edit tab under the section heading and start typing. This may include all out-of-universe as well as in-universe information relating to the episode. Acceptable notations may include:
- The production code number for the episode.
- Home video availability for the episode (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, etc.), as well as which services provide digital download copies and/or streaming video services.
- The rating for the episode (TV-14, TV-MA, etc.)
- How many episodes in this series the director may have worked on.
- How many episodes in this series the writer may have worked on.
- Unique spelling or mis-spelling of selected cast and crew member, which may differ from how they are identified in other works.
- Character appearances and other annotations.
Allusions[]
- There are no allusions available for this episode at this time. Be the first to add some! Just click on the edit tab under the section heading and start typing. An allusion is an incidental reference made to a character, person, event or other miscellaneous piece of media that can be found somewhere in the episode itself. In most cases, this refers to characters or events from previous episodes.
Quotes[]
- There are no quotes available for this episode at this time. Be the first to add some! Just click on the edit tab under the section heading and start typing. The preferred format for quotes is an asterisk, followed by the character's name (bold and hyper-linked), semi-colon then the quote itself (without quotation marks. Quotes should be separated by four elipses (....) unless multiple quotes are used between characters as part of a conversation.