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"The Twilight Zone" Living Doll (1963)



Overview

User Rating:
8.8/10   342 votes
Writers:
Charles Beaumont (written by)
Rod Serling (creator)
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Original Air Date:
1 November 1963 (Season 5, Episode 6)
Plot:
A frustrated father does battle with his stepdaughter's talking doll, whose vocabulary includes such phrases as "I hate you" and "I'm going to kill you". | full synopsis
User Reviews:
You'd Better Be Nice to Me! more (11 total)

Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)

Telly Savalas ... Erich Streator
Mary LaRoche ... Annabelle Streator
Tracy Stratford ... Christie Streator
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Additional Details

Runtime:
26 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tina and Christie are both nicknames for Christina. The doll and the child share a name, so among many other interpretations it could be argued that the doll is a proxy through which Christie expresses hostility toward her stepfather and protects her shy, frightened mother. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Eric pulls Tina from the trash can after he agrees to return her to Christie, he unwraps the cord from around her neck twice. more
Quotes:
Talky Tina: My Name is Talky Tina and I am going to kill you. more
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
You'd Better Be Nice to Me!, 11 December 2008
9/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

This entry has stayed with me my entire life. I think it's the cute little doll face, expressing venom without a change in expression. Telly Savales is a mean man who has married a woman with a little girl. They make the girl so darned cute that when Telly goes ballistic, it seems even more cruel. The doll has some great lines and the expressions on Savales's face are priceless. No kindly, old lady loving Kojak here. We just know that this doll has an agenda and she's not going to stop. When Telly can't cut the things head off with his table saw, he knows that something just isn't right. The die has been cast and there's no going back. The concluding line is great and it sets up all kinds of possibilities.

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