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Twilight Zone: Season 4, Episode 7 Jess-Belle
(14 Feb. 1963)
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Jess-Belle Stone
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Billy-Ben Turner
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Laura Devon | ... |
Ellwyn Glover
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| Jeanette Nolan | ... |
Granny Hart
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Ossie Stone
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George Mitchell | ... |
Luther Glover
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Helen Kleeb | ... |
Mattie Glover
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Jim Boles | ... |
Obed Miller
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Appalachian beauty Jess-Belle can't bear to lose the object of her passion to the local rich girl, so she turns to the local witch for aid. The results bring unexpected and tragic consequences.
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 February 1963 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.33 : 1
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The only episode to exclude a closing narration (it included a poem instead). See more »Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration] The Twilight Zone has existed in many lands, in many times. It has its roots in history, in something that happened a long, long time ago and got told about and handed down from one generation of folk to the other. In the telling, the story gets added to and embroidered on, so that what might have happened in the time of the Druids is told as if it took place yesterday on a cold winter's night by the fireside- - in the southern hills of the Twilight Zone.See more »
A supernatural romance-novel of an episode, "Jess-Belle" stars the bewitching Anne Francis as the title character, a mountain girl who loses her man and will do whatever she can to get him back. Looking at it objectively, this episode shouldn't work nearly as well as it does - the dialogue is sometimes laughably melodramatic and Billy Ben doesn't seem handsome, intelligent, or charismatic enough to merit the undying devotion of two beautiful women - but the strength of the acting sells it. The fact that this was filmed in black and white does a lot to add to the spookiness of the story; I can't see it working nearly as well in color. Definitely recommend this one. Oh, and I love the fact that this was originally aired on Valentine's Day!