Dead Man's Shoes (The Twilight Zone)
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 Scene from "Dead Man's Shoes" |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 83 |
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| Written by | Charles Beaumont
OCee Rich (credited solely to Beaumont) |
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| Directed by | Montgomery Pittman | ||||||
| Guest stars | Warren Stevens : Nate Bledsoe Richard Devon : Dagget Joan Marshall : Wilma Ben Wright : Chips Harry Swoger : Sam Ron Hagerthy : Ben Florence Marly : Dagget's girlfriend Joseph Mell : Jimmy |
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| Production no. | 4824 | ||||||
| Original airdate | January 19, 1962 | ||||||
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"Dead Man's Shoes" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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[edit] Opening Narration
| “ | Nathan Edward Bledsoe, of the Bowery Bledsoes, a man once, a spectre now. One of those myriad modern-day ghosts that haunt the reeking nights of the city in search of a flop, a handout, a glass of forgetfulness. Nate doesn't know it, but his search is about to end, because those shiny new shoes are going to carry him into the capital of the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Synopsis
A bum, Nate Bledsoe, snatches a pair of nifty shoes from the target of a mob hit dumped in an alley, and receives a dose of personality. The shoes infuse him with the personality of the victim, and so he decides to pick up where he left off. He stops by the home of the victim's girlfriend, who doesn't know the face, but recognizes the manner and kiss. He then goes to a bar to deliver a message to Dagget, the boss who had him killed. Dagget is at first unsettled, but gets the drop on Nate and Nate is gunned down. Before he dies, the spirit vows to return until he finishes Dagget off. The body (with shoes) is dumped in the same place the original victim was dumped, and another bum finds the corpse and steals the shoes. As the episode ends, a look of determination slowly appears on his face.
[edit] Closing Narration
| “ | There's an old saying that goes, 'If the shoe fits, wear it.' But be careful: If you happen to find a pair of size nine black and gray loafers, made to order in the old country, be very careful: You might walk into the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Trivia
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Following the preview for next week's episode (The Hunt) Rod Serling advertises Chesterfield cigarettes for the first time, saying, "As one of my kids says, there's a trillion-trillion ways of telling a story. But there's really only one way to tell the Chesterfield story, and that's simply to say that great tobaccos make a wonderful smoke. Try Chesterfield's. They satisfy."
This episode was remade in the first revival as Dead Woman's Shoes and in the second revival as Dead Man's Eyes. This makes it the only original episode to be remade in both revival series.
