Mr. Garrity and the Graves (8 May 1964)
"The Twilight Zone" Mr. Garrity and the Graves (original title)

Mr. Garrity comes into town offering to resurrect the dead and reunite the townsfolk with their departed loved ones out of the goodness of his heart. Do the town-folks want these miracles to occur?

Director:

Ted Post

Writers:

Mike Korologos (story), Rod Serling (teleplay),

Stars:

John Dehner, Stanley Adams, J. Pat O'Malley

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
John Dehner	...	Jared Garrity
Stanley Adams	...	Jensen
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Gooberman - Town Drunk
Norman Leavitt	...	Sheriff Gilchrist
Percy Helton	...	Lapham
John Mitchum	...	Ace
Edgar Dearing	...	First Resurrected Man
Patrick O'Moore	...	Man

Storyline

Mr. Garrity comes into town offering to resurrect the dead and reunite the townsfolk with their departed loved ones out of the goodness of his heart. Do the town-folks want these miracles to occur?

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Plot Keywords:

loss of friend | loss of boyfriend | con man | loss of husband | trickery | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1964 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cayuga Productions, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[closing narration]
Narrator: Exit Mr. Garrity, a would-be charlatan, a make-believe con man and a sad misjudger of his own talents. Respectfully submitted from an empty cemetery on a dark hillside that is one of the slopes leading to the Twilight Zone.

User Reviews

Resurrection Day, TZ Style

How many folks would like their dearly beloved dead to return to life. That's the premise of this clever little half-hour, played strictly for laughs. Not the most promising comedic material you might think. However, the light touch avoids tricky matters of taste. John Dehner turns up in an Arizona backwater town circa 1890, claiming supernatural powers to raise the dead. Nonetheless, skeptics turn believers when he resurrects a road-kill dog before their very eyes. The town, of course, is filled with humorous types, such as J. Pat O'Malley whose dear departed 240lb. wife entertained herself by breaking his arm, "six times, total". Guess how eager he is for her return.

Dehner is so good at portraying eloquent scalawags. Here you can just about see him twirling his moustache as he counts the money. Story really plays out like an old Jim Garner episode from the Maverick series and is almost as satisfying. My one complaint-- they could have left off the occult after-thought. But then this is the Twilight Zone, not Maverick.