Caesar and Me
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“Caesar and Me” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
[edit] Details
- Episode number: 148
- Season: 5
- Production code: 2636
- Original air date: April 10, 1964
- Writer: Adele T. Strassfield
- Director: Robert Butler
- Producer: William Froug
- Director of photography: George T. Clemens
- Music: Richard Shores
[edit] Cast
- Jonathan West: Jackie Cooper
- Susan: Morgan Brittany
- Mrs. Cudahy: Sarah Selby
- Pawnbroker: Stafford Repp
[edit] Synopsis
Jonathan West, an unsuccessful ventriloquist, starts to commit robberies based on the advice of his dummy, Little Caesar. The landlady’s niece learns about his crimes and decides to call the police. Unable to defend himself, Jonathan is taken to jail and the dummy gets away with it. He then plans to run away with the landlady’s niece.
[edit] Trivia
- Strassfield was the secretary of William Froug, the producer of the second half of the final season of The Twilight Zone. According to Froug, they worked out this episode together.
[edit] Themes
[edit] References
- Zircee, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)