Twilight Zone Episode...

December 4, 2007 10:33 PM

I'm trying to identify an episode of The Twilight Zone (B&W original series, though I suppose it could have been an Alfred Hitchcock Presents ep?)...

This is what I (think I) remember: A boy (8-12) and his father board a train. His father begins a conversation with one or two men and hands the boy a half-dollar/shiny quarter/silver dime and tells him that he can keep it if he stays quiet for a certain amount of time. The boy is happy and wants the gift, but he sees a man struggling (homeless? being beaten?) outside a window. When he tries to alert them he is shushed and told if he does indeed speak he will not keep his prize...

posted by maya to grab bag (4 comments total)

I would bet money that that isn't a Twilight Zone episode. I've seen most of them so I'm paging through the Wikipedia list of episodes to see if there might be one I haven't seen that fits this description, but most Twilight Zones from the original series contain supernatural elements.

I'll report back if I find one, though.
posted by crinklebat at 10:47 PM on December 4, 2007

found it!

Alfred Hitchcock Presents; 12 October 1958 - Season 4, Episode 2; "Don't Interrupt"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508155/
http://www.tv.com/alfred-hitchcock-presents/dont-interrupt/episode/42826/summary.html

Thanks!
posted by maya at 11:11 PM on December 4, 2007

You may have thought it was a Twilight Zone episode by confusing the story with this episode which has some similar elements.
posted by Aznable at 3:12 AM on December 5, 2007

That unempowered little boy thing wreaks of Hitchcock- he was often left alone at home while his parents went out on the town when he was little. His constant fear was that they would never return. You see that kind of theme played out in his work quite often.
posted by Doohickie at 6:31 AM on December 5, 2007