"Night Gallery" The Academy (1971)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jeff Corey

Writers:

David Ely (short story "The Academy")
Rod Serling (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Night Gallery" (1970)

Original Air Date:

6 October 1971 (Season 2, Episode 15)

Genre:

Mystery | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A wealthy businessman is having trouble with his son, a delinquent who's constantly in trouble. He hears...

Plot Keywords:

Painting | Black Comedy | Anthology | Supernatural | Vampire

Cast

Pat Boone	...	Holston
Leif Erickson	...	Director
Larry Linville	...	Sloane
Ed Call	...	Drill Instructor
Stanley Waxman	...	Bradley
Robert Gibbons	...	Gatekeeper Simmons
E.A. Sirianni	...	George, Holston's Chauffeur
John Gruber	...	Cadet
Rod Serling	...	Himself--Host

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Universal TV

routine, but interesting

This is one of the many shorter episodes on season 2's Night Gallery, and isn't particularly memorable or anything special, but it's not terribly boring and it stars Pat Boone as well. Anyway, he plays a wealthy businessman who's looking to enroll his less than perfect son in a special military academy which from the onset looks relatively normal, but there is something else beneath the surface, as is typical for Night Gallery. Leif Erickson also stars as the academy's director, who's reviewing the young man's files to see if he "fits" the school's code, and look for a cameo by Larry Linville(Frank Burns from MASH). I won't spoil the academy's little secret(as I said above, it's not overly exciting), but the businessman finally gets the gist of the situation and needs to make a decision on his son's future at the academy. One nice aspect about this episode is that it's about 15 minutes long, so it'll be over before you get bored.