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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Rod Serling (writer)
TV Series:
Original Air Date:
6 November 1959 (Season 1, Episode 6)
Plot:
A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for one million years of immortality. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Let Go of the Soul! more (5 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Rod Serling | ... | Narrator (voice) |
 | David Wayne | ... | Walter Bedeker |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Cadwallader |
| Virginia Christine | ... | Ethel Bedeker |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Doctor |
| Wendell Holmes | ... | Cooper |
| Dick Wilson | ... | Insurance Adjuster |
| Joe Flynn | ... | Adjuster |
| Nesdon Booth | ... | Guard (as Nesden Booth) |
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Runtime:
25 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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The title refers to a legal term, condition or clause in a contract that allows a party to that contract to avoid having to perform the contract. The validity of the clause is usually limited by a time-frame (i.e 30 days or 72 hours) or subject to the the satisfaction of the customer for delivered goods or services. more
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Plot holes: Given Bedeker's immortality and invulnerability, prison should not have scared him - he could have escaped without fear of being harmed. more
Quotes:
Walter Bedeker:
Who are you?
Cadwallader:
Cadwallader's my name. At least the name I'm using this month. It has a nice feeling on the tongue. "Cad-wall-ah-der."
Walter Bedeker:
[checks to see if the bedroom window is locked] How did you get in here?
Cadwallader:
I've never been gone. I've been here for some time.
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This one is done often. A hypochondriac makes a deal with the devil. He is so afraid he will die, he has never lived. As is so often the case, given what he wants, he squanders it on foolish endeavors, worthless living. The deficiency was in his mind all along, so given eternal life, he has no imagination. He is a sick man. There is some humor in this, but it is pretty bent. He goes about like Bill Murray in Ground Hog Day but he has chosen this road. It may have been a better story if he had really learned anything. To be in prison for life was the logical ending to all this. He could of suspected it. It's also interesting how these characters never stop to think that this is the devil they're dealing with. He ain't a nice guy. The ease with which the deal is made should be a warning. It's certainly worth a look because it is thought provoking.