This is really bad. Eddie Albert and his wife are going to start up a farm (except Ava Gabor isn't around). The travel on a deserted road and run into a rock. The car isn't damaged but won't start. The wife, in getting out of the vehicle, slips and falls down a ravine and while she will recover, she sprains her ankle making it impossible to get back up the hill. While they are contemplating what to do, they are attacked by carnivorous tumbleweeds. Well, that's stupid enough. Arthur Hunnicutt, the grizzled old character actor, comes along. When the weeds are set on fire they explode. A path is cleared and they head for the old guy's house. His chickens, pigs, cows, and wife seem to be victims of all this. Not long after this the tumbleweeds go away and they are attacked by enormous bullfrogs. I could go on. Hunnicutt seems to be turning into a zombie and is little help. He does, however, keep a journal that sounds like it was written by a Harvard scholar. Eddie tries to figure things out and there are efforts to escape. The conclusion is totally unsatisfying and almost embarrassing. This followed the Glass Hand episode. What a drop in quality.
Review of Cry of Silence
