The Twilight Zone - Season 3, Episode 17: One More Pallbearer

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Hoping to get even with several old enemies, millionaire Paul Radin (Joseph Wiseman) stages an elaborate hoax in the bomb shelter of his own office building. Inviting three people -- the teacher who flunked him (Katherine Squire), the military officer who courtmartialed him (Trevor Bardette), the minister who condemned him from the pulpit (Gage Clarke) -- to the shelter, Radin calmly informs them that he has 'inside information' that a nuclear war is about to commence, and backs up this assertion with a carefully orchestrated series of radio bulletins and air-raid sirens. Sharkishly adopting a 'no hard feelings' pose, Radin offers to allow his visitors to remain in his shelter during the bombing -- but only if they will drop to their knees and 'beg his pardon.' The ending of the episode is one of Twilight Zone's trickiest...but also one of the most logical. Written by Rod Serling, 'One More Pallbearer' was originally telecast January 12, 1962.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Fantasy