Dead Man's Shoes (The Twilight Zone)

"Dead Man's Shoes"

The Twilight Zone episode

Episode no.

Season 3
Episode 83

Directed by

Montgomery Pittman

Written by

Charles Beaumont

OCee Rich (credited solely to Beaumont)

Produced by

Buck Houghton

Featured music

Stock from "The Fever"

Production code

4824

Original air date

January 19, 1962

Guest actors

Warren Stevens: Nate Bledsoe
Richard Devon: Dagget
Joan Marshall: Wilma
Ben Wright: Chips
Harry Swoger: Sam
Ron Hagerthy: Ben
Florence Marly: Dagget's girlfriend
Joseph Mell: Jimmy

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List of Twilight Zone episodes

“Dead Man’s Shoes” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

This episode was remade in the first revival as “Dead Woman’s Shoes” and in the second revival as “Dead Man’s Eyes”. This makes it the only original episode to be remade in both revival series.

Plot

A homeless man, Nate Bledsoe, snatches a pair of shoes from the target of a mob hit dumped in an alley (the initial item of clothing was to be a hat, but it was felt that shoes would be better symbolically, “as they take you places”). Wearing the shoes infuses him with the personality and memories of the victim; he continues his life as the dead man. Nate stops by the home of the victim’s girlfriend, who recognizes his manner and kiss. Nate then goes to a bar to confront Dagget, the boss who had him killed. Dagget is at first unsettled, but then realizes who Nate is and guns him down. Before he dies, the spirit promises to return until he finishes Dagget off, vowing, “I’ll be back Bernie, and I’ll keep coming back … again and again.” The body (with shoes) is dumped in the same place the original victim was dumped, and another bum finds the corpse and steals the shoes, after putting them on a smile coming over his face …

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References

DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0

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