Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (9 Feb. 1972)
"Night Gallery" Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (original title)

Anatomy teacher John Fletcher learns a lesson about the sanctity of human life. / A panicking woman goes to the police to report her husband for attempted murder. / Bank robber Landau doubts the credentials of aging exporter Bullivant.

Directors:

Jeff Corey, Timothy Galfas,

Writers:

Hal Dresner (short story "Stop Killing Me"), Jack Laird (teleplay),

Stars:

Jack Albertson, Geraldine Page, Cornel Wilde

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Albertson	...	Bullivant (segment "Dead Weight")
Geraldine Page	...	Frances Turchin (segment "Stop Killing Me")
Cornel Wilde	...	Dr. John Fletcher (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Bobby Darin	...	Landau (segment "Dead Weight")
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Barbara Bennett (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
James Gregory	...	Police Sgt. Stanley Beverlow
James Metropole	...	Delivery Boy (segment "Dead Weight")
Rod Serling	...	Himself - Host
Peter Whitney	...	First Grave Robber (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Larry D. Mann	...	Hannify (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Walter Burke	...	Jamie (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Peter Brocco	...	Dr. Shockman (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Ian Wolfe	...	Dillingham (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
Marjorie Bennett	...	Old Woman (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") (as Marjorie E. Bennett)
John Maddison	...	Second Grave Robber (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")

Storyline

Anatomy teacher John Fletcher learns a lesson about the sanctity of human life. / A panicking woman goes to the police to report her husband for attempted murder. / Bank robber Landau doubts the credentials of aging exporter Bullivant.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 1972 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The corpse's Adam's apple moves from time to time.

User Reviews

Surprise delivery

This episode was an absolute winner for the controversial Night Gallery series, and it appears on what I consider the best season, which is the second. It has that great, yet disturbing ending this show can be known for, and this one was a doozy; I'll get to the conclusion at the(ah-em)conclusion of this review. On a personal note, I recognized Larry D. Mann and Rosemary Forsyth from different Columbo episodes, and it was odd seeing them in the same episode from this series, but I digress. The eerie setting appears to be from foggy and dreary England, and we see a doctor teaching surgery to a group of students, while he dissects a corpse, but where does he get those corpses? We meet a couple of real slimy individuals who fetch the bodies for the good doctor at a price, no questions asked. A few folks, including an old, haggard woman screaming, "ya got me Charlie!" to the doctor about her recently deceased husband; suspicion is starting to mount on just exactly where the bodies come from, and doubt is being cast on the doctor. He and his little helper(and he is little)are slick enough to elude the police for now and other people too; he gets out of a jam because his newest corpse is a female, not the old man he was accused of stealing, and the police are satisfied for now, and he is off the hook. The next scene has the confident doctor lecturing his students about the art of surgery once again, and then he loses his mind as he turns back the cover of the sheet covering the body only to discover that it's his very own fiancé who was murdered by the men who were ordered to get a female body by any means. There's hardly any boring moments right to the very end of this fine episode, which wasn't too long.