The Purple Testament
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Template:Infobox TTW season one The Purple Testament is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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Details
Episode number: 19
Season:1
Production code: 173-3619
Original air date: February 12, 1960
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Richard L. Bare
Music: stock
Cast
Lt. Fitzgerald: William Reynolds
Captain Riker: Dick York
Captain Gunther: Barney Phillips
Jeep Driver: Warren Oates
Synopsis
William Fitzgerald, a lieutenant serving in World War II, suddenly gains the mysterious ability to discover who is about to die via a strange flash of light across their face. After correctly predicting several deaths, he eventually sees the light flash across his own face. On the way back to headquarters, his jeep drives over a landmine.
Trivia
- Serling's closing narration reads: "From William Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a small excerpt. The line reads, 'He has come to open the purple testament of bleeding war.' And for Lieutenant William Fitzgerald, A Company, First Platoon, the testament is closed. Lieutenant Fitzgerald has found the Twilight Zone. " However, this is a passage from Richard the Second.
- Originally cast as Lt. Fitzgerald was Dean Stockwell, who was unable to appear but would later star in the similarly themed episode A Quality of Mercy.
Themes
One of several Twilight Zones with an anti-war message. Others include Judgement Night, Two and A Quality of Mercy.
External link
- TV Tome episode page (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-237/epid-12594)
References
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)
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