"Stopover in a
Starring: Barry Nelson, Nancy Malone
Director of Photography: Robert Pittack
Production Manager: Ralph W. Nelson
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Wlter Holscher
Film Editor: Thomas W. Scott
Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
Casting: Patricia Rose
Assistant Director: Charles Bonniwell, Jr.
Sound: Franklin Milton, Philip N. Mitchell
Mr. Serling's Wardrobe: Eagle Clothes
Filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
A couple wakes up, and both find that they are fully dressed. They joke each other about being drunk, but most of the joking stops when they realize that they are not in their own apartment room in
They recall the night before and try to figure out their circumstances, but their plotting is interrupted many times by the woman's constant joking about the man's drunkenness the night before. She then recalls that "somewhere about Riverdale", something came over the top of the car (we now know that she was driving because the man was too drunk to drive) and, it, whatever it was, was dark. The woman doesn't remember anything after that. The man suggests that possibly a wreck occurred, but she doesn't believe that to be even possible.
The man finally suggests that "another car" plowed into them and that they had been taken in by the owners of "the other car", and that breakfast would be waiting downstairs for them.
They both walk downstairs only to find an empty kitchen! When the look around, all they can find is fake "stage" food. Surprised by this, they attempt to open the drawers, only to find that they too are fake! Finally, the man tries the phone, but learns that it isn't even wired into the wall! During all of this, they hear a little girl's laugh occasionally in the background.
They exit the house, and hear the same little girl laughing that they heard while they were in the kitchen. It is really starting to bother them now.
They wander around the town in hopes of finding someone (another person) in the area. Finally, without any luck of finding a person, the woman sees a solitary squirrel, and goes over to touch it. But when she does . . . the squirrel falls off the limb! They realize that it is a fake, stuffed squirrel!
The couple finally decides that all the neighbors must be at church since it is Sunday. But when upon arriving at the church, they realize that it is completely empty, just like all the houses in the neighborhood. The man rings the bell, but still, nobody comes. They hear the girl again.
They now begin their search for anything that could be real. The man points out a tree, and explains how it must be real. They both rejoice at finally seeing something that is real and not a prop, until the man pats the tree and it falls over on it's side! It was a prop too!
As they go to sit down and light a cigarette, the cigarette that is thrown onto the ground ignites and sets the grass on fire! When the fire is stopped, it can be seen that all the grass was actually paper mache!
The couple keeps wandering through the streets of the town, finding a car with a mannequin inside it. The man begins to think that it might be some kind of test or joke. But, he gives up that idea eventually.
They both sit down and discuss the events of the previous night. And then, the girl begins to think that possibly, theey are both dead . . . and that they are both in hell. But then, both of them hear a train whistle!
They run to the train station, and hop on the train immediately! Theys ee the sign for the town before the train departs . . . it says, "
But then . . . the train stops at it's next destination. The same sign for '
Desperate, the two decide to walk along the main road until they reach the next town. But while they are walking, a giant shadow comes down out of the sky and moves down towards them!
A giant arm can be seen picking the couple up and holding them in it's hand! The little girl that had been laughing is now visible, and it is now clear that the whole town is actually just a "play town" for the little girl!
A woman comes into the room (we cannot see her face, only hear her voice), and tells the girl to be very careful with the playthings, simply because the girl's father had brought them all the way from Earth!
The girl sets the couple down back in the town, and they run off.
Review By Eric Burke
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