The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.24

Long Live Walter Jameson

starring Kevin McCarthy, Edgar Stehli, Estelle Winwood

written by Charles Beaumont

directed by Anton Leader

Professor Sam Kittridge (Edgar Stehli) suspects that his colleague Professor Walter Jameson (Kevin McCarthy) is older than he claims to be. Jameson is engaged to Susanna Kittridge, his colleague's daughter. Walter confesses to the truth, he is more than 2,000 years old once Sam presents him with the evidence he has amassed.

Sam doesn't want Walter to marry Susanna now that Walter has confirmed his suspicions. Walter refuses to break things off with Susanna but after returning home he discovers that he isn't the only one who has a say in the matter. Laurette (Estelle Winwood), one of his former wives, is waiting for him when he gets home. She insists that he break things off with Susanna.

Thoughts

I enjoyed watching this story evolve. It is a decent episode. It's middle tier in my mind. It has a good premise but it lacks a great performance or character moment to elevate it to the upper tier.

Notes

This is the only episode of this show in which Kevin McCarthy appeared. He appeared in one episode each of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Invaders. I have seen him in a few movies including Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).

This is the only episode of this show in which Edgar Stehli appeared. He also appeared in one episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).

This is the only episode of this show in which Estelle Winwood appeared. I saw her fairly recently in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), 1.25 There Was an Old Woman.

Dodie Heath played the part of Susanna. This is the only episode of this show in which she appeared. She also appeared in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

This is the third of 22 episodes written by Charles Beaumont. The previous one he wrote was 1.20 Elegy.

This is the first of two episodes of this show that Anton Leader directed. He also directed episodes of Four Star Playhouse and Star Trek (1966).