The Four of Us Are Dying
- Episode aired Jan 1, 1960
- TV-PG
- 25m
A man who can change his face to look like other people uses his ability to improve his life, regardless of his effect on others.A man who can change his face to look like other people uses his ability to improve his life, regardless of his effect on others.A man who can change his face to look like other people uses his ability to improve his life, regardless of his effect on others.
- Woman on Bench
- (uncredited)
- Man in Bar
- (uncredited)
- Man in Bar
- (uncredited)
- Man in Bar
- (uncredited)
- Hotel Guest
- (uncredited)
- Ramón
- (uncredited)
- Man on Bench
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThough Hammer, Foster, Sterig, and Marshak had been planned to be performed by a sole actor using different makeup, the production crew timed the planned scene and noted his time wearing makeup would exceed that of him in front of the camera, so four actors were used.
- GoofsWhen Arch leaves his hotel room to go to the nightclub as Johnny Foster and walks past the couple on the bench making out, just shortly after he passes them, the camera is angled upwards and the lights and beams of the sound stage ceiling can be seen.
- Quotes
Andy Marshak: How do I know you?
Pop Marshak: How do you know me? A son should know his father. What kind of game are you playing, Andy?
Andy Marshak: I'm your son?
Pop Marshak: You were. You were before you ran out. You were before you broke your mother's heart. Before you did dirt to a sweet decent little girl who would've cut off an arm for you. But now you ain't my son. Now you ain't nothin' to me. You're nothin'. I hate your guts. Do you hear me? I hate your guts.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Four of Us Are Dying (2020)
- SoundtracksOne For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
(uncredited)
Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Beverly Garland
This was a difficult episode to cast, because the script called for four leading male actors who somewhat resembled each other but still were identifiable as individually different. The integrated special effects were well executed, and the whole production was directed with taste and imagination by John Brahm-----whose major cinematic credits include two bona fide horror classics------The Lodger and Hangover Square. The acting is quite fine, as is Jerry Goldsmith's percussive musical score. All in all, TFOUAD is a pretty impressive episode.
Some critics have faulted TFOUAD for some of its apparently unnatural plot assumptions------e.g. How could one man successfully be able to emulate the unique vocal and other personal mannerisms of three others he had never met before? Well, he can! After all, this is the TZ! The element of reality is always checked at the gate before entering!
- malvernp
- Dec 1, 2022
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1