The Twilight Zone
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The MirrorEpisode Number: 71 Season Num: 3 First Aired: October 20, 1961 Prod Code: 4819 |
After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.
| Writer: | Rod Serling |
| Director: | Don Medford |
| Star: | Rod Serling (Narrator/Host), Peter Falk (Ramos Clemente) |
| Guest Star: | Antony Carbone (Cristo), Vladimir Sokoloff (Priest), Dave Armstrong (Stunt Double), Val Ruffino (Guard), Jim Turley (Offstage Voice), Richard Karlan (D'Allesandro), Arthur Batanides (Tabal), Will Kuluva (General DeCruz), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Garcia), Robert L. McCord (Offstage Voice) |
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Priest: This is the general story of tyrants. They have one real enemy, and one that they never recognize until it is too late!
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Opening Narration
Narrator: "This is the face of Ramos Clemente, a year ago a beardless, nameless worker of the dirt who plodded behind a mule, furrowing someone else's land. And he looked up at a hot Central American sun and he pledged the impossible. He made a vow that he would lead an avenging army against the tyranny that put the ache in his back and the anguish in his eyes, and now one year later the dream of the impossible has become a fact. In just a moment we will look deep into this mirror and see the aftermath of a rebellion...in the Twilight Zone." (edit) Closing Narration
Narrator: "Ramos Clemente, a would-be god in dungarees, strangled by an illusion, that will-o-'the-wisp mirage that dangles from the sky in front of the eyes of all ambitious men, all tyrants--and any resemblance to tyrants living or dead is hardly coincidental, whether it be here or in the Twilight Zone." (edit)
Narrator: "This is the face of Ramos Clemente, a year ago a beardless, nameless worker of the dirt who plodded behind a mule, furrowing someone else's land. And he looked up at a hot Central American sun and he pledged the impossible. He made a vow that he would lead an avenging army against the tyranny that put the ache in his back and the anguish in his eyes, and now one year later the dream of the impossible has become a fact. In just a moment we will look deep into this mirror and see the aftermath of a rebellion...in the Twilight Zone." (edit) Closing Narration
Narrator: "Ramos Clemente, a would-be god in dungarees, strangled by an illusion, that will-o-'the-wisp mirage that dangles from the sky in front of the eyes of all ambitious men, all tyrants--and any resemblance to tyrants living or dead is hardly coincidental, whether it be here or in the Twilight Zone." (edit)
The character of Ramos Clemente is a thinly veiled version of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
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The MirrorSuperb "Well written" If we could read the twisted, frightened mind of Castro, this is what it might reveal. Continue » Posted Jul 4, 2008 7:12 pm PST |
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