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"Night Gallery" The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost (1972)



Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   67 votes
Writers:
Oscar Cook (short story "Boomerang")
Rod Serling (teleplay)
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Original Air Date:
1 March 1972 (Season 2, Episode 22)
Plot:
The government plays up to a genius' illusion that his dead daughter still lives so that he can finish his energy experiments even though his mind is still clouded. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)
Ed Nelson ... Tom Burke
William Windom ... Professor Putman
Ivor Francis ... Dr. Charles Cottrell
John Lasell ... Colonel Hawes
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Laurence Harvey ... Steven Macy
Tom Helmore ... John Warwick
Don Knight ... Tommy Robinson
Joanna Pettet ... Rhona Warwick

Rod Serling ... Himself-- Host
John Williams ... Doctor
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tom Helmore's final acting performance. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The earwig is so named because people believe it behaves as depicted. However, this belief is completely untrue and has absolutely no basis in reality. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) more

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better than average, 31 August 2009
Author: bushwood80 from Jupiter

This was the final episode in Night Gallery's season 2 DVD, and I finally viewed it the other night to complete the entire season's run. William Windom shines as the father of a little girl named Ginny who was killed in a hit and run car accident, along with his wife. There's an interesting twist, as he's having tremendous difficulty letting go of Ginny, while working with the government on something very important for the welfare of the United States. While the government is aware of the delusional scientist/physicist, they know keeping him happy is of the utmost importance and they decide to play along with him regarding his deceased little girl, whom we never get to see, but only in a photograph. I was especially touched how Burke was sympathetic towards the man's plight and tried to ease him along, and this is where the episode took a different turn than what I expected, and this worked for me. I thought perhaps the little girl would appear only to Burke for some reason as an apparition, but she never did. It turns out the father is suicidal and he has unexpected plans for the government, who is hoping for something else than what they'll bargain for.

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