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The Twilight Zone: The Mirror
A mirror residing in the office for the president of a revolutionary country shows the images of his assassins.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 3x6 Production Number: 4819 Airdate: Friday October 20th, 1961 |
Co-Guest Stars
Uncredited
Recap
Ruler Ramos Clemente steps out onto the balcony of his new manor and waves to the crowd, then returns to his ruling junta to celebrate their recent takeover. The men drink to the revolution and then Clemente drinks to his four lieutenants. He throws his glass at the portrait of the previous ruler, General DeCruz, and has him brought in. He displays him to the people and boasts that he will cover DeCruz with honey and stake him out for the ants. DeCruz refuses to beg or cower and says that they will soon become spoilers just like him. Clemente slaps him but DeCruz is unimpressed and warns that Clemente will discover the fear and paranoia that is the legacy of rulership. A Clemente is taken out, he notes that Clemente has his mirror, which an old woman gave to him. She said it was magic and that looking into it he could see the faces of his assassins. DeCruz tells Clemente to look deep and he will see his assassins, there and everywhere...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Peter Falk is best known as TV's Columbo.
Arthur Batanides is also in "Mr. Denton on Doomsday."
Dave Armstrong was a stunt double who was also used in "The Rip Van Winkle Caper."
Jim Turley is also in "Long Distance Call."
Richard Karlan was also in "Execution."
Robert L. McCord also appears in "Long Distance Call," "A Hundred Yards over the Rim," "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" and "The New Exhibit."
Vladimir Sokoloff is also in "Dust" and "The Gift."
Will Kuluva is also in "The New Exhibit."
Episode Quotes
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.
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.
Ramos Clemente: Murderers can never be murdered. Murders can only be executed!
Father Tomas: This is the story of all tyrants, General. They have but one real enemy, and this is the one they never recognize until too late.
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.
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.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Rod Serling |
| • Executive Producer | Rod Serling |
| • Producer | Buck Houghton |
| • Set Decorator | H. Web Arrowsmith | Henry Grace |
| • Director of Photography | George T. Clemens |
| • Art Director | Philip Barber |
| • Production Manager | Ralph Nelson |
| • Sound Editor | Franklin Milton | Bill Edmondson |
| • Main Title Theme | Marius Constant |
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