False Face (26 May 1961)

Stage actor who is playing Quasimodo in a play of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" pays a homeless man with a deformed face to model for him... See full synopsis »

Director:

Paul Bogart

Writer:

Larry Cohen

Stars:

Roald Dahl, Martin E. Brooks, Dana Elcar

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Roald Dahl	...	Host
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin E. Brooks	...	The Man (as Martin Brooks)
Dana Elcar
Gerry Jedd	...	Rita Singer
Lester Rawlins
Alfred Ryder	...	Michael Drake

Storyline

Stage actor who is playing Quasimodo in a play of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" pays a homeless man with a deformed face to model for him... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 1961 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Talent Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Way out indeed

Anyone born prior to 1955 should remember this short-lived series, assuming you or your parents owned a TV and you were allowed to stay up late enough to catch the show, which ran late Friday evenings. The show only ran a dozen or so episode before being canceled, and I only caught a few of the episodes. Written by folks like Larry "It's Alive" Cohen and hosted tongue-in-cheek by famed author Roald Dahl (remember the story about the woman who kills her husband with a frozen turkey and then cooks it to dispose of the evidence?), the show was actually scarier than THE OUTER LIMITS. This episode is the only one I remember even faintly. A man dons horror face makeup (Lon Chaney's Quasimodo, to be exact), commits a dastardly deed, and then cannot remove the makeup. Master makeup artist Dick Smith of "The Exorcist" fame did the makeup for this and all other episodes. For a small cost, you can see all of the show's episodes in NYC (see elsewhere for details). I plan on doing so someday, assuming this never goes to DVD.