Mr. Denton on Doomsday
- Episode aired Oct 16, 1959
- TV-PG
- 25m
The town drunk in the old-west faces his past when Fate lends a hand.The town drunk in the old-west faces his past when Fate lends a hand.The town drunk in the old-west faces his past when Fate lends a hand.
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- Director
- Writer
- Rod Serling(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn his 1959 promotional film shown to potential sponsors, Rod Serling summarized an earlier version of this week's plot under its original title, "Death, Destry, and Mr. Dingle." As told by Serling, the basic premise is similar, but the earlier version seems to have been more comedic in tone, involving a meek schoolteacher who quite unintentionally gains notoriety as a top gunslinger. The name "Mr. Dingle" (originally intended for the Dan Duryea character) would be used by Serling for a future episode, Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961) with Burgess Meredith playing the eponymous character.
- GoofsTV antennas can be spotted in the distance.
- Quotes
Al Denton: I was good. I was real good. I was so good that once a day, someone would ride into town to make me prove it. And every morning, I'd start my drinkin' a few minutes earlier. Until one morning, the guy who asked me to prove it turned out to be sixteen years old. I left him there on his face. Right there in front of the saloon. I left him there bleedin' to death with my bullet in him. I guess it'll start all over again, now. Every fast and fancy man who owns a gun will come riding in down that street. Only this time it'll be me face down, bleedin' to death. I think I'll go in and get a shave. I wanna look proper on the day I die.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Mr. Denton On Doomsday (2020)
- SoundtracksStenka Razin
(uncredited)
Russian folk tune
played throughout
- b_kite
- Jul 12, 2019
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1