Decent episode, very predictable but the points are delivered loud and clear. Even though the episode is in part about voodoo it\'s also a commentary on Capitalism the pros and cons.
Mr. Richards in his defending of the buliding of the dam says that the Africans will see the benefits of it. That\'s been a typical American excuse for anything capitalistic for a long time. However how many people actually benefit from it especially in a poor country is debatable. The Africans lose their homes and some will be homeless. A dam itself actually might make the their lives worse.
Anyhow a decent episode a lot of the superstitution come to life to Richards. We anticipate he might change his mind about building the dam but in the end he\'s just happy to be home alive. The last scene with the lion in his bedroom about to tear him apart was hilarious but fitting.
One of those the bad guy always gets what\'s coming to him in the end type of scene. Really great acting from the lead.
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Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's witch doctor puts a curse on him.
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Rod Serling
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John Dehner
Alan Richards
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Walter Brooke
Chad Cooper
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ADD TRIVIA- When Alan Richards first gets into his car, the driver's side window is rolled up. After a quick cutaway, the car is shown again and the window is down. Edit
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ADD NOTES- Included on volume 19 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. Edit
- This episode is based on the short story "The Jungle" by Charles Beaumont. The story was first published in If (December, 1954). Edit
- A sequence where Richards takes a cab, but his cab driver silently drops dead at a red light, is absent from the syndicated version. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- (Opening Narration) Narrator: The carcass of a goat, a dead finger, a few bits of broken glass and stone, and Mr. Alan Richards, a modern man of a modern age, hating with all his heart something in which he cannot believe and preparing, although he doesn't know it, to take the longest walk of his life, right down to the center of the Twilight Zone. Edit
- Alan: Chad, tell me something. If you wanted to get hold of a dead goat on a hour's notice, where would you go? Chad:: To a psychiatrist. Edit
- Alan:: This is a lion's tooth. I gather I'm being protected from lions. Chad: In... New York City? Alan:: Yep. Chad: Well, you have to admit, it's doing a fine job. Edit
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