Rod Serling's Night Gallery: Season 3, Episode 4 Rare Objects
(22 Oct. 1972)
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Rod Serling's Night Gallery: Season 3, Episode 4 Rare Objects
(22 Oct. 1972)
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August Kolodney
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| Raymond Massey | ... |
Dr. Glendon
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| Fay Spain | ... |
Molly Mitchell
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David Fresco | ... |
Blockman
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Regis Cordic | ... |
Doctor
(as Regis J. Cordic)
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Victor Sen Yung | ... |
Joseph the Butler
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Ralph Adano | ... |
Tony
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| Rod Serling | ... |
Himself - Host
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Marked for extinction, mobster August Kolodney visits a man who offers him safe sanctuary.
The opening shot of Mickey Rooney eating pasta is rather disgusting, otherwise he portrays a wanted gangster solidly, and may overact a bit at that, but he is both engaging and interesting. He is the scene stealer easily as a paranoid gangster who knows his time may be short, as rivals are out to get him. After a visit to the doctor(after getting shot in the arm), he is informed of his ill health and told there's a way to escape his physical and mental anguish, and is given a piece of paper with a man's name on it. Even though he's skeptical at first, he meets this collector of "rare objects", played by Raymond Massey. The gangster is promised a long life, devoid of worry, for a price of selling everything to the collector. Soon after this meeting, the episode takes a downturn, as the hood is drugged and we meet famous people including Adolf Hitler and Amelia Earhart imprisoned in a strange hallway in this man's house. Guess where the gangster's heading? Underwhelming conclusion in my book.