Dead Man's Shoes (The Twilight Zone)
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 Scene from "Dead Man's Shoes" |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 83 |
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| Written by | Charles Beaumont
OCee Rich (credited solely to Beaumont) |
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| Directed by | Montgomery Pittman | ||||||
| Produced by | Buck Houghton | ||||||
| Featured music | stock | ||||||
| Production no. | 4824 | ||||||
| Original airdate | January 19, 1962 | ||||||
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Warren Stevens: Nate Bledsoe |
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| List of Twilight Zone episodes | |||||||
"Dead Man's Shoes" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
This episode was remade in the first revival as "Dead Woman's Shoes" and in the second revival as "Dead Man's Eyes". This makes it the only original episode to be remade in both revival series.
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[edit] Opening narration
| “ | Nathan Edward Bledsoe, of the Bowery Bledsoes, a man once, a spectre now. One of those myriad modern-day ghosts that haunt the reeking nights of the city in search of a flop, a handout, a glass of forgetfulness. Nate doesn't know it, but his search is about to end, because those shiny new shoes are going to carry him into the capital of the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Synopsis
A bum, Nate Bledsoe, snatches a pair of nifty shoes from the target of a mob hit dumped in an alley, and receives a dose of personality. The shoes infuse him with the personality of the victim, and so he decides to pick up where he left off. He stops by the home of the victim's girlfriend, who does not know the face, but recognizes the manner and kiss. He then goes to a bar to deliver a message to Dagget, the boss who had him killed. Dagget is at first unsettled, but gets the drop on Nate and Nate is gunned down. Before he dies, the spirit vows to return until he finishes Dagget off. The body (with shoes) is dumped in the same place the original victim was dumped, and another bum finds the corpse and steals the shoes. As the episode ends, a look of determination slowly appears on his face.
[edit] Closing narration
| “ | There's an old saying that goes, 'If the shoe fits, wear it.' But be careful: If you happen to find a pair of size nine black and gray loafers, made to order in the old country, be very careful: You might walk into the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Preview for next week's story
| “ | Perhaps no character in or out of fiction has had as much notoriety or publicity as the so-called Grim Reaper. Next week on The Twilight Zone, through the good offices of Mr. Earl Hamner, we present a unique story called "The Hunt." It concerns the demise of an old hunter and his dog. And this one we rather urgently recommend to people who have lost their senses of humor and who'd like to recover same. | ” |
Following the preview Rod Serling advertises Chesterfield cigarettes for the first time, saying, "As one of my kids says, there's a trillion-trillion ways of telling a story. But there's really only one way to tell the Chesterfield story, and that's simply to say that great tobaccos make a wonderful smoke. Try Chesterfield's. They satisfy."[citation needed]
[edit] References
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090
