Mr. Garrity and the Graves

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“Mr. Garrity and the Graves”

The Twilight Zone episode

Scene from Mr.Garrity and the Graves

Episode no.

Season 5
Episode 152

Written by

Rod Serling
(From a story by Mike Korologos)

Directed by

Ted Post

Guest stars

John Dehner : Jared Garrity
J. Pat O'Malley : Gooberman
Stanley Adams : Jensen
John Mitchum : Ace
Percy Helton : Lapham
Kate Murtagh : Zelda

Featured music

Tommy Morgan

Production no.

2637

Original airdate

May 8, 1964

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"Mr. Garrity and the Graves" is an episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone.

1 Opening narration
2 Synopsis
3 Closing narration
4 Twilight Zone links
5 External links

[edit] Opening narration

“

Introducing Mr. Jared Garrity, a gentleman of commerce, who in the latter half of the nineteenth century plied his trade in the wild and woolly hinterlands of the American West. And Mr. Garrity, if one can believe him, is a resurrector of the dead--which, on the face of it, certainly sounds like the bull is off the nickel. But to the scoffers amongst you, and ladies and gentlemen from Missouri, don't laugh this one off entirely, at least until you've seen a sample of his wares and an example of his services. The place is Happiness, Arizona, the time about 1890. And you and I have just entered a saloon where the bar whiskey is brewed, bottled, and delivered from the Twilight Zone.

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[edit] Synopsis

A traveling peddler arrives in the little recently-renamed town of Happiness, Arizona, offering to bring the townsfolk's dead back from Boot Hill. Initially, they don't believe him, but when he appears to resurrect a dead dog, they do believe him. After performing the resurrection ritual, he begins to remind the people about the dead and departed—who died having a score to settle with whom, and so forth. The townsfolk grow uncomfortable at the thought of facing problems they thought buried with the dead, and eventually bribe the peddler to reverse his ritual to revive the people. Later that night, the peddler and his assistant ride away with the money, joking about how they can't actually bring the dead back to life: they had simply performed a few smoke and mirrors tricks to con the townsfolk, and used a dog that was alive the whole time but simply knew how to play dead. After they have left the town, the last scene reveals that the dead really are rising from the grave, with one commenting that the peddler underestimates his own ability.

[edit] Closing narration

“

Exit Mr. Garrity, a would-be charlatan, a make-believe con man and a sad misjudger of his own talents. Respectfully submitted from an empty cemetery on a dark hillside that is one of the slopes leading to the Twilight Zone.

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