Escape Clause
- Episode aired Nov 6, 1959
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
4.7K
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A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (voice)
Nesdon Booth
- Guard
- (as Nesden Booth)
George Baxter
- Judge Cummings
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Janitor
- (uncredited)
Allan Lurie
- Subway Guard
- (uncredited)
Robert McCord
- Man in Subway
- (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
- Onlooker in Subway
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Rod Serling(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAt the time this series first aired, it was commonly believed that a frequent cause of hypochondria was a desperate need to find something to occupy one's mind, a combination of boredom and a lack of imagination about how to counter that boredom. Several TV series of the time had episodes involving a one-off character whose hypochondria was cured by finding something else of interest to replace the hypochondria.
- GoofsWhen Mr. Cadwallader first appears, Walter Bedeker looks to the screen's left and he is laying on the left side of the bed from the camera's point of view, with Cadwallder to the left of the bed. In the next shot, Walter is on the right side of the bed and Mr. Cadwallader is standing on the right side of the bed. However, the first shot was shown through a mirror, so this was not actually a continuity error.
- Quotes
Ethel Bedeker: Walter, please come back to the apartment. I'll make you potato pancakes. Remember, you always used to love potato pancakes.
Walter Bedeker: Ethel, *you* are a potato pancake. You're as tasteless as a potato pancake.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Escape Clause (2020)
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Let Go of the Soul!
This one is done often. A hypochondriac makes a deal with the devil. He is so afraid he will die, he has never lived. As is so often the case, given what he wants, he squanders it on foolish endeavors, worthless living. The deficiency was in his mind all along, so given eternal life, he has no imagination. He is a sick man. There is some humor in this, but it is pretty bent. He goes about like Bill Murray in Ground Hog Day but he has chosen this road. It may have been a better story if he had really learned anything. To be in prison for life was the logical ending to all this. He could of suspected it. It's also interesting how these characters never stop to think that this is the devil they're dealing with. He ain't a nice guy. The ease with which the deal is made should be a warning. It's certainly worth a look because it is thought provoking.
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- Hitchcoc
- Sep 24, 2008
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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