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Episode Guide > Season 1, Episode 35

Tales of Tomorrow: Little Black Bag

 

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Air Date

May 30, 1952

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Episode Summary

A struggling doctor takes his instruments to a pawnshop because his wife complains about their lack of money. Once in the shop, he makes a deal with the pawnbroker for $20.00 and a mysterious medical bag. Later, it is discovered that the instruments in the bag can perform "miracle cures". Upon close inspection of the instruments, a patent date of July 18, 2450 is revealed.

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  • Another adaptation of this story was featured on Rod Serling's Night Gallery and starred Burgess Merideth. []
  • Although the patent date on one of the instruments reads July 18, 2450, the doctor reads it as July 15th. Later in the story, the doctor refers to the instruments as coming from the 21st century. []

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