Episode notes This was the first episode aired that was written by Charles Beaumont (and also the first that was not written by Rod Serling). "Throughout the TV filming, Florey strove for quality. It might have been the most expensive MGM feature. He rooted out the meanings of certain lines, frequently surprising me with symbols and shadings I'd neither planned nor suspected. The set was truly impressionistic, recalling the days of Caligari and Liliom. The costumes were generally perfect. And in the starring role, Richard Conte gave a performance which displays both intensity and subtlety." ―Charles Beaumont writing in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1959. This is one of several episodes from season one to have its opening title sequence plastered over with the opening for season two. This was done during the Summer of 1961 in order to give the re-running episodes of season one the new look that the show would take in the upcoming second season.
Episode notes This was the first episode aired that was written by Charles Beaumont (and also the first that was not written by Rod Serling). "Throughout the TV filming, Florey strove for quality It might have been the most expensive MGM feature. He rooted out the meanings of certain lines, frequently surpri.sing me with symbols and shadings I'd neither planned nor suspected The set was truly impressionistic, recall.ing the days of Caligari and Liliom. The costumes were generally. perfect. And in the starring role, Richard Conte gave a perfor,mance which displays both intensity and subtlety." ―Charles Beaumont writing in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1959 This is one of several episodes from season one to have its opening title sequence plastered over with the opening for season two. This was done during the Summer of 1961 in order to give the re-running episodes of season one the new look that the show would take in the upcoming second season.