There are a couple interesting actors in this episode of "The Twilight Zone". Vladimir Sokoloff plays a very typical role for himself as a Mexican--even though he was Russian by birth. He is one of those familiar faces from TV whose name you don't know. Another interesting one is the police officer. This is Paul Mazursky--who, though an actor with many credits, is more famous as a director of such moves as HARRY AND TONTO and MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON.
The episode is a minimalistic episode to say the least. Although it's about an alien landing on the Earth, you never see a space ship and he looks like a normal person. However, because the folks in this Mexican village are people, they are scared and stupid--and respond to the alien with anger and fear. Despite being attacked, he gives a gift to a little boy that he wants to give the world--but, given that people are REALLLLY stupid, the gift is destroyed.
All in all, the episode does a good job of illustrating how stupid mankind is and how a real alien landing might occur. It's pretty cynical but I can definitely see the point! The only problem is that the episode is good but not one of the better ones--just pretty ordinary for the show.
The episode is a minimalistic episode to say the least. Although it's about an alien landing on the Earth, you never see a space ship and he looks like a normal person. However, because the folks in this Mexican village are people, they are scared and stupid--and respond to the alien with anger and fear. Despite being attacked, he gives a gift to a little boy that he wants to give the world--but, given that people are REALLLLY stupid, the gift is destroyed.
All in all, the episode does a good job of illustrating how stupid mankind is and how a real alien landing might occur. It's pretty cynical but I can definitely see the point! The only problem is that the episode is good but not one of the better ones--just pretty ordinary for the show.