Number 12 Looks Just Like You
| "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" | |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone episode | |
Marilyn after transformation | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Abner Biberman |
| Written by | John Tomerlin (credited to Charles Beaumont) |
| Based on | "The Beautiful People" by Charles Beaumont |
| Featured music | Stock (from Bernard Herrmann's score for the 1956 CBS Radio Workshop production of "Brave New World", with additional cues by Fred Steiner and Jerry Goldsmith) |
| Cinematography by | Charles Wheeler |
| Production code | 2618 |
| Original air date | January 24, 1964 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Collin Wilcox: Marilyn Cuberle Suzy Parker: Lana Cuberle / Eva / Doe / Grace / Jane / Patient / Number 12 Richard Long: Uncle Rick / Dr. Rex / Sigmund Friend / Dr. Tom / Tad / Jack / Attendant Pam Austin: Valerie / Marilyn (after transformation) / Number 8 | |
"Number 12 Looks Just Like You" is the 17th episode of the fifth season of the American anthology television series The Twilight Zone, first airing on January 24, 1964. The story is set in a dystopian future in which everyone, upon reaching adulthood, has their body surgically altered into one of a set of physically attractive models. American fashion model Suzy Parker portrays seven different characters in the episode.
The script was written and adapted by John Tomerlin from "The Beautiful People" (1952), a short story by Charles Beaumont. The story is often viewed as a thematic companion piece to "Eye of the Beholder" (1960) from the second season. It is one of several episodes within the series that explores the idea of forced conformity in totalitarian systems, but also comments on the limitations of culture in free societies where choices are restricted and commodified.