I can agree with other reviewers on this board about how the story has been done before and since. However, I take myself back in time to when I saw this episode as a kid when The Twilight Zone was airing these shows for the first time. Man, this one was truly frightening and it really creeped me out. All those mirror reflection shots with Willie changing position is the stuff of real horror if you let your imagination run away with you. Cliff Robertson balances his character out nicely between the rational ventriloquist trying to make his agent understand, and the unhinged alcoholic who forces his way back to the dressing room to confront Willie for the last time. I wasn't perceptive enough as a kid to figure out the ending those many years ago, but subsequent viewings reveal just what a brilliant finale it was. The classic Serling hook that flips the characters around and provides the twist you were looking for. Very cool.
Review of The Dummy
