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The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

Episode aired Jan 17, 1964
TV-PG
25m

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Salvatore Ross can trade physical characteristics with other people and will use this talent to do anything to gain both the love of his former social worker Leah Maitland and the approval o... Read allSalvatore Ross can trade physical characteristics with other people and will use this talent to do anything to gain both the love of his former social worker Leah Maitland and the approval of her disabled father.Salvatore Ross can trade physical characteristics with other people and will use this talent to do anything to gain both the love of his former social worker Leah Maitland and the approval of her disabled father.

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Salvadore Ross

Gail Kobe

Leah Maitland

Vaughn Taylor

Mr. Maitland

J. Pat O'Malley

Old Man

Douglass Dumbrille

Mr. Halpert

Douglas Lambert

Albert
(as Doug Lambert)

Seymour Cassel

Jerry
(uncredited)

Ted Jacques

Bartender
(uncredited)

Kathleen O'Malley

Nurse
(uncredited)

Rod Serling

Narrator
(uncredited)
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Director
- Don Siegel
Writers
- Jerry McNeely
- Henry Slesar
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Trivia
Based upon a short story of the same name, written by Henry Slesar and first published in the May 1961 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction by Mercury Press, Inc.

Goofs
When Salvador switches on the light above his room-mate in the hospital, he pulls out the cord and it lands on the bed. Also, in a brief cutaway to a wider shot it is still attached.

Quotes
Narrator: [opening narration] Confidential personnel file on Salvadore Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly-broken hand, which will require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows great determination toward self-improvement. Estimate of potential success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who - in The Twilight Zone.