The Twilight Zone: The Gift (1962)
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Synopsis of The Twilight Zone: The Gift
Released just in time for Easter on April 27, 1962, this Rod Serling-scripted Twilight Zone episode is widely regarded as the series' low point. A ham-handed Christ parable, the story is set in a backward Mexican village, where the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Williams (Geoffrey Horne) brings out the superstitious worst in the local citizenry. Only little Pedro (Edmund Vargas) and the town's doctor (Nico Minardos) refuse to regard Williams as a threat, but they are shouted down by a hostile mob, leading to a painfully obvious climax that wouldn't have gotten past "Creative Writing 101." The sole redeeming virtue of "The Gift" was its classical guitar score by the great Laurindo Almeida. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Twilight Zone: The Gift
- Geoffrey Horne - Williams
- Cliff Osmond - Manuelo
- Vladimir Sokoloff - Guitarist
- Carmen D'Antonio - Woman
- Lea Marmer - Woman #1
- David Fresco - Man #2
- Nico Minardos - Doctor
- Paul Mazursky - Officer
- Vito Scotti - Rudolpho
- Henry Corden - Sanchez
- Joe Perry - Man #1
- Director(s):
- Allen Miner
- Writer(s):
- Rod Serling
- Producer(s):
- Buck Houghton
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