"Night Gallery" Pamela's Voice/Lone Survivor/The Doll (1971)

Directors:

Richard Benedict
Rudi Dorn

Writers:

Rod Serling (written by) (segments)
Rod Serling (teleplay) (segment)

TV Series:

"Night Gallery" (1970)

Original Air Date:

13 January 1971 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Mystery | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

At his wife's funeral a husband discusses their marriage and his hatred for her and her constant nagging that stopped when he murdered her, but then not all is at it seems./A British Army officer must deal with the murderous doll of his young niece. |

Plot Keywords:

Painting | Black Comedy | Vampire | Witchcraft | Art Gallery

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

John Colicos	...	Survivor
Phyllis Diller	...	Pamela
Shani Wallis	...	Miss Danton - The Governess
John Astin	...	Jonathan
Torin Thatcher	...	Captain - Lusitania
John Williams	...	Colonel Hymber Masters
Hedley Mattingly	...	Doctor - Lusitania
Henry Silva	...	Pandit Chola
Charles Davis	...	Officer of Watch - Lusitania
Than Wyenn	...	Indian
Jewel Blanch	...	Monica
Brendan Dillon	...	Quartermaster - Lusitania
John Barclay	...	Butler
William Beckley	...	Richards - Lusitania
Terence Pushman	...	Helmsman - Lusitania

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono | Mono

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Universal TV

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the credits, Andrea Doria is misspelled as "Andrea Dorea".

I hear that voice again

Peter Gabriel notwithstanding, this is one of the famous Night Gallery vignettes, which are both funny and haunting, although a bit short. This episode stars Phyllis Diller and John Astin as a former married couple, who meet each other once again at a most inopportune time; in this case, it's a funeral parlor. We later find out that he pushed his wife, Pamela, down the stairs and killed her, and therefore, she is at this funeral home haunting him with her voice, which can be a piercing and grating shrill. He is very smug and is glad he killed her, mainly because of her annoying voice, which he compares to a whistle amongst other loud noises. She calls him a "rotter of a husband" and other vile things as well, as they go back and forth with the insults.

Anyway, there is quite a surprise in store for Pamela's husband Jonathon, which I won't spoil here, but it turns out that there is quite a twist in regards to the killer of Pamela, and this makes for a most entertaining conclusion to this short vignette.