Nothing in the Dark
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“Nothing in the Dark” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
[edit] Details
- Episode number: 81
- Season: 3
- Production code: 3662
- Original air date: January 5, 1962
- Writer: George Clayton Johnson
- Director: Lamont Johnson
- Producer: Buck Houghton
[edit] Cast
- Wanda Dunn: Gladys Cooper
- Harold Beldon: Robert Redford
- Contractor: R.G. Armstrong
[edit] Synopsis
A lonely old woman, called Wanda Dunn, will not leave her apartment because she’s afraid Death is waiting for her outside. There is a scuffle outside and Wanda investigates. There is a young man at the door lying on the ground saying he is a policeman (Officer Harold Beldon) and that he has been shot. After much convincing Wanda finally opens the door and brings Harold in. He talks to her about her fear. When there is a knock at the door, Officer Harold convinces her to open it. A contractor barges in and tells Wanda her house is condemned and she must leave. She asks Harold for help but the contractor can't see him. After looking in the mirror and seeing only the bed itself, Wanda realizes Officer Harold is in fact Death coming to claim her. When she finally touches him but before she even realizes it, she is beside her dead body and Death explains to her that death is painless. He leads her soul out the door, where we see Wanda as a young woman again through the window.
[edit] Trivia
- At the end of the episode, Wanda turns from an old woman to a young woman again as she is escorted by Beldon.
