SPOILERS with Robert Redford in them...
Season 3 : Episode 16 - Nothing in the Dark : Gladys Cooper stars here as an old lady who really doesn't want to die, existing in one of those fabled worlds where Death comes to the front door - or at least he does in her reckoning. It's her fear of death that makes her reluctant to save a dying policeman who has been shot and needs help. He's just outside her front door - and he's Robert Redford, who had been appearing on television here and there for a couple of years now. She helps in him in the end, swayed by his pleas. When they've talked for a while, and she's conveyed just how determined she is not to let Death in the door, I thought I had this episode pegged. I thought that Death would indeed make his way in, but instead of taking the old lady (Wanda, sorry, that's rude) he'd take the policeman and let her keep living. If somebody could have told me I was wrong right away I'm sure my second guess would have been that Robert Redford is Death. Anyway, somebody comes to tell her she's being evicted, and that they're about to tear her apartment building down. He's meant to be Death, but he comes and goes without even noticing Mr. Sundance Kid and that's when the surprise is unfurled. Anyway, it's a nice ending, because the old la...Wanda seems quite happy once she's pacified and shown that she's already dead and holding hands with Robert Redford.
They really cast Death well on The Twilight Zone - during this Hall of Fame we've had Murray Hamilton and Robert Redford doing the duties, and I enjoyed seeing them both. I'm hoping when it comes my turn I get perhaps late 1970s Jessica Harper to ease the shock, but I'm sure once Death gets you to the processing center he/she dumps you there quick and that's the last you see of him/her. Around 2 people die every second worldwide, and to tell you the truth, I thought that number would be higher. This is the kind of Twilight Zone (or Alfred Hitchcock Presents) episode that lights up because a young talented name shows up and really makes it worth watching. I saw Robert Redford in an episode of the latter recently, as well as Robert Duvall in a really great episode. I hope we get an Alfred Hitchcock Presents Hall of Fame one day.
Season 3 : Episode 16 - Nothing in the Dark : Gladys Cooper stars here as an old lady who really doesn't want to die, existing in one of those fabled worlds where Death comes to the front door - or at least he does in her reckoning. It's her fear of death that makes her reluctant to save a dying policeman who has been shot and needs help. He's just outside her front door - and he's Robert Redford, who had been appearing on television here and there for a couple of years now. She helps in him in the end, swayed by his pleas. When they've talked for a while, and she's conveyed just how determined she is not to let Death in the door, I thought I had this episode pegged. I thought that Death would indeed make his way in, but instead of taking the old lady (Wanda, sorry, that's rude) he'd take the policeman and let her keep living. If somebody could have told me I was wrong right away I'm sure my second guess would have been that Robert Redford is Death. Anyway, somebody comes to tell her she's being evicted, and that they're about to tear her apartment building down. He's meant to be Death, but he comes and goes without even noticing Mr. Sundance Kid and that's when the surprise is unfurled. Anyway, it's a nice ending, because the old la...Wanda seems quite happy once she's pacified and shown that she's already dead and holding hands with Robert Redford.
They really cast Death well on The Twilight Zone - during this Hall of Fame we've had Murray Hamilton and Robert Redford doing the duties, and I enjoyed seeing them both. I'm hoping when it comes my turn I get perhaps late 1970s Jessica Harper to ease the shock, but I'm sure once Death gets you to the processing center he/she dumps you there quick and that's the last you see of him/her. Around 2 people die every second worldwide, and to tell you the truth, I thought that number would be higher. This is the kind of Twilight Zone (or Alfred Hitchcock Presents) episode that lights up because a young talented name shows up and really makes it worth watching. I saw Robert Redford in an episode of the latter recently, as well as Robert Duvall in a really great episode. I hope we get an Alfred Hitchcock Presents Hall of Fame one day.
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