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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ida Lupino, Alvin Ganzer, Richard Donner, Allen Reisner, John Rich, William F. Claxton, Ralph Nelson, Bernard Girard, David Greene, Don Medford |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 02 October, 1959 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 086162823138 |
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Customer Reviews of The Twilight Zone: The Dummy/ The Lateness of the Hour
Cliff Robertson and Inger Stevens visit The Twilight Zone Sometimes regular people find it hard to put up with things that should not be alive but are, which is pretty much the common denominator to the two episodes of "The Twilight Zone" submitted her for your approval. "The Dummy" features Cliff Robertson as ventriloquist Jerry Etherson, who is convinced his knotty-pine partner "Willie" is not only alive but pretty much evil incarnate. Rod Serling wrote this script, based on an unpublished story by Lee Polk, which features one of the most memorable and chilling final shots in the history of the Zone. The other episode on this tape is "The Lateness of the Hour," where we find Dr. Loren (John Hoyt) enjoying being served by his perfect robots. However, his daughter Jana (Inger Stevens), cannot stand this idyllic life. Unfortunately, the twist for this one is pretty predictable even though Serling does put a nice flip on the twist at the end. This was the first Zone episode to be taped rather than filmed, and Serling made the limitations of this format part of the story in terms of Jana's feelings of confinement. However, the taped episodes of the Zone just never looked right to me.
Scary, twisty gems from Rod Serling.
"The Dummy" is about a ventriloquist who honestly believes that his dummy is alive (though he drinks a lot) and soon gets taken over in way reminiscent of DEAD OF NIGHT (1945). "The Lateness of the Hour" is a bizarre yet original tale of robots as an elderly gentlemen's personal assistants. The first episode is chilling, the second is strange, both are memorable (especially "The Lateness of the Hour," though, since it has the surrealistic visual style also found in "Long Distance Call").
Fair and Worthwile
Two good episodes on this one. One about a talented man who claims his Dummy he performs with is alive, and one about a girl who is afraid that the robot servants in her family's house are being loved more than she is. Pretty good. Definitely will be enjoyed by TZ fans and collectors.