It’s a Good Life

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"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.

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It's a Good Life 2
It’s a Good Life canonical 2
It's Still a Good Life 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode
television episode
airDateYear 1961
basedOn It’s a Good Life self-linksurface differs
surface form: It's a Good Life (short story)
basedOnAuthor Jerome Bixby
blackAndWhite true
centralTheme abuse of power
isolation
omnipotence and fear
tyranny
character Agnes Fremont
Anthony Fremont
Dan Hollis
Anthony Fremont
surface form: Mr. Fremont
cinematographyBy George T. Clemens
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
director James Sheldon
editor Bill Mosher
episodeNumberInSeason 8
featuredActor Alice Frost
Billy Mumy
Cloris Leachman
John Larch
Tommy Kirk
followedBy The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
surface form: The Twilight Zone episode Deaths-Head Revisited
genre fantasy
horror
psychological thriller
science fiction
hasSpinOffOrSequel It’s a Good Life self-linksurface differs
surface form: It's Still a Good Life
leadCharacter Anthony Fremont
mainAntagonist Anthony Fremont
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith
narrator Rod Serling
notableFor being one of the most famous and disturbing episodes of The Twilight Zone
depiction of a child with godlike powers controlling an entire town
originalAirDate 1961-11-03
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
originalSeriesRun The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
plotSummary A small town is cut off from the outside world and lives in terror of a six-year-old boy with godlike psychic powers who punishes anyone he dislikes.
precededBy The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
surface form: The Twilight Zone episode The Mirror
producer Buck Houghton
protagonist Anthony Fremont
ranking frequently listed among the greatest The Twilight Zone episodes
season 3
sequelAppearsIn The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone (2002 series) episode It's Still a Good Life
series The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone
settingPlace Peaksville, Ohio
settingType small rural town
storyBy Jerome Bixby
teleplayBy Rod Serling
title It’s a Good Life self-link
surface form: It's a Good Life
writer Rod Serling

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It’s a Good Life title It’s a Good Life self-link
subject surface form: It's a Good Life
this entity surface form: It's a Good Life
It’s a Good Life basedOn It’s a Good Life self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: It's a Good Life
this entity surface form: It's a Good Life (short story)
It’s a Good Life hasSpinOffOrSequel It’s a Good Life self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: It's a Good Life
this entity surface form: It's Still a Good Life
The Grave followedByEpisode It’s a Good Life
this entity surface form: It's a Good Life
The Twilight Zone: The Movie segment It’s a Good Life