| “The Grave” | |||||||
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 Scene from "The Grave" |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 72 |
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| Written by | Montgomery Pittman | ||||||
| Directed by | Montgomery Pittman | ||||||
| Guest stars | Lee Marvin : Conny Miller James Best : Johnny Rob Lee Van Cleef : Steinhart Strother Martin : Mothershed Stafford Repp : Ira Broadly Elen Willard : Ione Sykes Richard Geary : Pinto Sykes William Challee : Jason Larry Johns : Townsman |
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| Original airdate | October 27, 1961 | ||||||
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"The Grave" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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Opening Narration
| “ | Normally, the old man would be correct. This would be the end of the story. We've had the traditional shoot-out on the street, and the badman will soon be dead. But some men of legend and folktales have been known to continue having their way even after death. The outlaw and killer, Pinto Sykes, was just such a person. And shortly we'll see how he introduces the town, and a man named Conny Miller in particular, to the Twilight Zone. | ” |
Synopsis
The episode opens with outlaw Pinto Sykes being ambushed and shot by several men in the middle of a street. Later, gun-for-hire Conny Miller visits the town in hopes of finding and killing Sykes. However, he is angry to find that Sykes is already dead. On a dare, Miller visits the grave of Pinto Sykes - who, as he lay dying, had vowed to kill Miller if he ever came near the grave. Miller is told to stick a knife into the ground as proof that he visited the grave. After doing this, something grabs him and pulls him back down.... The next day, the rest of the men visit the cemetery and find out what happened to Miller. They find him dead on top of the grave, with the knife through his coat, stuck in the ground. One of the men suggest that he stuck the knife through his coat unknowingly, and as he stood up the tug scared him, giving him a heart attack. Sykes' sister alone laughs at this, since the previous night the wind was blowing away from the grave. She says that they all know what really happened, but they don't want to admit it.
Closing Narration
| “ | Final comment, you can take this with a grain of salt or a shovel of earth, as shadow or substance, we leave it up to you. And for any further research, check under "G" for ghost, in the Twilight Zone. | ” |
