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The Twilight Zone: Jess-Belle

Jess-Belle enlists the help of a local witch to cast a spell on Billy-Ben Turner to fall in love with her and forget his fiancé Ellwynn. But the spell does have a drawback that strikes at midnight.


Episode Info


Episode number: 4x7
Production Number: 4855
Airdate: Thursday February 14th, 1963

Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.


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Recap

Jess-Belle is determined that Billy-Ben Turner and Ellwyn Glover not marry. She enlists the aid of a local witch who casts a spell that makes Billy-Bob completely forget Ellwyn, and fall madly in love with Jess-Belle. The price paid by Jess-Belle shows up at midnight when she turns into a leopard until dawn. A hunting party sees the leopard and shoots it, and it disappears in a cloud of smoke. A year later, Billy-Bob again is set to marry Ellwyn, but Jess-Belle reappears. Billy-Bob learns from the witch that to kill Jess-Belle he must stab one of her dresses with a silver object. He returns home to find Ellwyn possessed by Jess-Belle. He grabs one of her dresses and stabs it. Jess-Belle appears in that dress then disapears for good...

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