The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place (19 Jan. 1972)
"Night Gallery" The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place (original title)

Instead of spending his insurance settlement on a medical solution to his paralyzed legs, he visits a Mexican Shrine and looks for a miracle.

Director:

Ralph Senensky

Writers:

C.B. Gilford (short story "The Miracle at Campofeo"), Russell Kirk (short story "Sorworth Place"),

Stars:

Harry Guardino, Richard Kiley, Julie Adams

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Harry Guardino	...	Charlie Rogan (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
Richard Kiley	...	Ralph Burke (segment "The Ghost of Sorworth Place")
Julie Adams	...	Gay Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
Jill Ireland	...	Ann Loring (segment "The Ghost of Sorworth Place")
Ray Danton	...	Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
Mavis Neal Palmer	...	Mrs. Ducker (segment "The Ghost of Sorworth Place") (as Mavis Neal)
Patrick O'Moore	...	Mr. MacLeod (segment "The Ghost of Sorworth Place")
Richard Yniguez	...	Priest (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo") (as Richard Yñiguez)
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.	...	Bartender (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo") (as Rodolfo Hoyos)
John D. Schofield	...	Alistair Loring (segment "The Ghost of Sorworth Place")
Margarita García	...	Woman (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
Tomas Trujillo	...	Blind Boy (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo") (as Thomas Trujillo)

Storyline

An insurance claims investigator follows a con-man to a shrine in the village of Camafeo, where the man plans to be miraculously "healed" of injuries which are nonexistent. / An American traveler stumbles upon a mansion in Scotland which houses a widow and the ghost of her former husband, who vowed to return to her one year after his death.

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Genres:

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

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 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

User Reviews

The Miracle at Camafeo

In this segment, adapted from the C.B. Gilford short story by Serling, insurance investigator Charlie Rogan (Harry Guardino) trails insurance swindler Joe Melcor (Ray Danton) and Melcor's wife Gay (Julie Adams, Danton's wife) to the Mexican shrine city of Camafeo. Melcor, after faking paralysis to win a half-million dollar claim against the insurer of a city transit company, has come to Camafeo to get "healed" in order to get Rogan off his back, and Rogan tells the bartender that when Melcor swindled the company that Rogan worked for, it's stealing, but when Melcor is conning God, it's sacrilege. In their hotel room, when Gay tells Joe her concerns about the morality of the scheme, he warns her, "If you start acting like a fallen woman on the way to confession, then my first act as a whole man will be to play handball with you against the wall. And you'll be up at that shrine asking to have the blue marks removed. You dig?" The next day, Rogan comes across a blind boy and his mother, saying a quiet prayer asking God to restore the boy's sight. On his stretcher, Joe Melcor goads Rogan by saying that he's on the way to "pick up a little miracle", which disgusts Rogan. Gay tells Rogan that she's leaving Joe, but refuses to testify against him, adding that while she won't hurt Joe, she's not going to help him either. The blind boy has his sight restored, which amazes the crowd of worshipers at the shrine, and Melcor's "miracle" happens at the same time. He presents the priest with a tip, cracking, "Don't look so surprised, you'll give the place a bad name." He exits the shrine, shading his eyes from the sun, and utters a pained cry. Rogan and Gay turn to Melcor's direction, to witness him walking carefully down the steps of the shrine and moaning, "Help me, someone. Someone please help me" as he does so. He removes his sunglasses to reveal his eyes, now milky white and sightless-a judgment from a less merciful God. I enjoyed viewing this segment because I was intrigued by how the con man, Joe Melcor, ended up being punished by God simply by exchanging his fake paralysis for the real blindness that the boy was cured of.