Valley of the Shadow
- Episode aired Jan 17, 1963
- TV-PG
- 51m
A reporter stumbles into a peaceful town where miracles seem to occur due to technology and the townsfolk won't let him leave.A reporter stumbles into a peaceful town where miracles seem to occur due to technology and the townsfolk won't let him leave.A reporter stumbles into a peaceful town where miracles seem to occur due to technology and the townsfolk won't let him leave.
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- TriviaIn May 1963, several months after this program aired, Natalie Trundy (Ellen Marshall) suffered a ruptured disc in a car accident, which required a year's recovery in a back brace. This event broke the momentum of Trundy's promising return to acting.
- GoofsWhen Philip Redfield first pulls into the gas station, he gets out and opens the radiator cap to check the water level. Opening the cap on a car that has just been driven causes hot water to rush out, but this didn't happen. Also the cap itself would have been burning hot.
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[opening narration]
Narrator: You've seen them. Little towns, tucked away far from the main roads. You've seen them, but have you thought about them? What do the people in these places do? Why do they stay? Philip Redfield never thought about them. If his dog hadn't gone after that cat, he would have driven through Peaceful Valley and put it out of his mind forever. But he can't do that now, because whether he knows it or not, his friend's shortcut has led him right into the capital of the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: Valley of the Shadow (2023)
I like this entry a lot because of the position of choice it puts Redfield in. The case for not sharing the technology with the wider world is put well by the town's mayor. Some very good questions are raised by this story. What would be the worth of a Redfield's novel in a perfect world? Can you live in denial of compassion for suffering humans when you have the answers? Can man ever be trusted with extreme power?
However, these questions are often overshadowed by the ambiguity of the ending. Some call it one way. Some call it another. I will give nothing away, except to say for me it is clear, and for that answer as Shakespeare wrote 'look to the lady'.
- darrenpearce111
- Nov 27, 2013
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- Runtime51 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1