The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Howling Man - full transcript
Seeking refuge from a storm, a traveler comes upon a bizarre abbey of monks, who have imprisoned a man who begs for his help. When he confronts the head monk, he is told that the man is the Devil, and he must decide whom to believe.
( eerie music)
YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH
ANOTHER DIMENSION,
A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND
A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND
WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.
THAT'S THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( thunder)
I KNOW IT'S... IT'S AN
INCREDIBLE STORY.
I, OF ALL PEOPLE, KNOW THIS,
THAT YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME
NO, NOT AT FIRST.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU THE WHOLE THING.
THEN YOU WILL BELIEVE,
BECAUSE YOU MUST.
YOU MUST BELIEVE!
IT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO,
AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
I WAS ON A WALKING TRIP
THROUGH CENTRAL EUROPE.
BUT ONE NIGHT I... ONE
NIGHT I GOT LOST IN A STORM.
( thunder)
Man: YES? WHAT IS IT?
PLEASE... PLEASE, LET ME IN.
I'M LOST.
I'M SORRY, WE DON'T
ALLOW VISITORS
IN THE HERMITAGE.
OH, I'M NOT A VISITOR.
I'M... I'M A STRANGER HERE.
I'M... I'M LOST.
NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M LOST.
( thunder)
( thunder)
( coughing)
( wheezing)
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT
ONCE I DRY OUT.
WAIT HERE.
I HAVE TO SPEAK TO
BROTHER JEROME.
( howling)
( thunder)
BROTHER JEROME WILL SEE YOU NOW.
( howling)
WHAT WAS THAT?
THE WIND.
COME.
( thunder)
WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE?
MY... MY NAME IS ELLINGTON.
I'M ON A WALKING TRIP,
BUT GOT LOST IN THE STORM.
( coughing)
EXCUSE ME.
I SAW LIGHT HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?
SHELTER AND MAYBE SOME FOOD.
WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE.
NOW, MR. ELLINGTON... NOW.
THE PROSTRATE FORM
OF MR. DAVID ELLINGTON...
SCHOLAR, SEEKER OF TRUTH, AND
REGRETTABLY, FINDER OF TRUTH...
A MAN WHO WILL SHORTLY
ARISE FROM HIS EXHAUSTION
TO CONFRONT A PROBLEM
THAT HAS TORMENTED MANKIND
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME...
A MAN WHO KNOCKED ON A
DOOR SEEKING SANCTUARY
AND FOUND INSTEAD THE OUTER
EDGES OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( thunder)
( howling)
( howling)
HELP ME!
NO, PLEASE, IN THE
NAME OF MERCY, HELP ME.
YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM.
NO, MY NAME IS ELLINGTON.
I'M AN AMERICAN.
SHH!
WE HAVE ONLY MOMENTS.
COME CLOSER... COME.
THEY'RE MAD, MR. ELLINGTON...
ALL OF THEM, RAVING MAD.
LISTEN, I WAS IN THE
VILLAGE IN SCHWARTZWALD.
I WAS WALKING IN THE
STREET WITH MY WOMAN.
WE PAUSED TO REST BY
A TREE AND WE KISSED.
IS IT WRONG TO KISS?
TELL ME.
I... I DON'T THINK SO.
OF COURSE YOU DON'T.
YOU DON'T THINK
SO, I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT JEROME... THE
LECHEROUS OLD FOOL.
WE LOOKED UP... AND I
SAW HIM STANDING CLOSE BY.
I TRIED TO OPEN
MY MOUTH TO SPEAK,
BUT BEFORE I COULD
UTTER A SOUND,
HE RAISED THAT HEAVY
STAFF HE CARRIES.
YOU'VE SEEN IT?
AND HE HIT ME AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHY?
FOR REVENGE.
BECAUSE SHE
REFUSED HIS ADVANCES.
HE TOOK HIS FURY OUT ON ME.
I... I'M SORRY, I... I FIND
THIS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE.
OF COURSE YOU DO, MR. ELLINGTON.
THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE MAN.
HE MAKES HIS MADNESS
SEEM A HARMLESS THING.
THE... THE MADNESS
OF A RELIGIOUS ZEALOT.
THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS
ORDER, MR. ELLINGTON.
THESE SO-CALLED
BROTHERS OF TRUTH,
THEY'RE OUTCASTS, MISFITS,
CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD
BECAUSE THE WORLD
WON'T HAVE THEM.
MR. ELLINGTON, PLEASE.
YOU MUST BELIEVE ME.
I DON'T SAY THEY'RE EVIL.
I SAY THEY'RE MAD.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I'LL SPEAK TO JEROME.
NO! HE'S THE GREATEST
MANIAC OF THEM ALL.
BUT THEN HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
Jerome: MR. ELLINGTON!
I DID NOT KNOW
THAT YOU WERE WELL
ENOUGH TO WALK.
COME WITH ME, PLEASE.
I MUST TALK WITH YOU.
THIS WAY.
( thunder)
I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE
THE HERMITAGE, MR. ELLINGTON.
WE HAVE NO FACILITIES
FOR THE CARE OF THE ILL.
ARRANGEMENTS CAN
MADE AT SCHWARTZWALD.
JUST A MINUTE.
NO, NOT A MINUTE, NOT ANOTHER
SECOND, MR. ELLINGTON... NOW!
WHY?
I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT.
NO, YOU'VE EXPLAINED NOTHING.
( thunder)
NO ONE ASKED ME TO
COME HERE, I REALIZE THAT,
BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE
FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR.
MY SON... I'M NOT YOUR SON.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S RIGHT, I DON'T.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?
WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A
HURRY FOR ME TO LEAVE?
WHAT ARE YOU
AFRAID I'LL FIND OUT?
IT'S THE MAN YOU HAVE
LOCKED UP IN THE CELL,
ISN'T IT, BROTHER?
WELL, THAT ISN'T A
SECRET ANYMORE.
I KNOW ABOUT HIM.
WHAT MAN IS THIS, MR. ELLINGTON?
THE ONE WE JUST LEFT.
THE ONE WHO'S BEEN
SCREAMING HIS HEAD OFF.
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
LOOK, BROTHER,
I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT THIS CULT OF YOURS...
WHAT'S PERMITTED,
WHAT ISN'T PERMITTED...
BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IF
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO IMPRISON A MAN
AGAINST HIS WILL.
THAT IS QUITE TRUE.
WE HAVE NO SUCH AUTHORITY.
THEN WHY HAVE YOU DONE IT?
NO MAN HAS EVER BEEN IMPRISONED
IN THE HERMITAGE, MR. ELLINGTON.
I WAS JUST TALKING WITH HIM.
YOU TALKED TO NO MAN.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY
ILL, MR. ELLINGTON.
YOU'VE SUFFERED DELIRIUM.
( howling)
OH, NOW DON'T TELL ME
YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
HONEST MEN MAKE
UNCONVINCING LIARS.
( thunder)
I'LL FIND OUT
EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
JUST WHAT I SAY.
THE POLICE WILL BE VERY
INTERESTED TO LEARN
THAT YOU PEOPLE ARE
KEEPING A MAN IN PRISON HERE.
I TELL YOU, THERE IS NO MAN!
ALL RIGHT, JUST FORGET IT.
MR. ELLINGTON... YES?
WOULD YOU REALLY
GO TO THE POLICE?
WOULD YOU?
( thunder)
VERY WELL.
I HAVE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH
BUT ONLY A PART OF IT.
NOW I SEE I SHALL
HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE WHOLE TRUTH.
SHUT THE DOOR, MR. ELLINGTON.
( howling)
THEN YOU DO HEAR IT?
AS I HAVE HEARD IT
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS.
WHY DID YOU LIE?
I DIDN'T.
WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT NO
MAN HOWLED AT THE HERMITAGE,
I WAS BEING PERFECTLY HONEST.
WHAT YOU SAW IS NOT A MAN.
IT IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF.
( thunder)
YES, THE DEVIL HIMSELF.
WHAT YOU SAW IN
THE CELL IS SATAN.
OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE DARK ANGEL,
AHRIMAN, ASMODEUS,
BELIAL, DIABOLUS, THE DEVIL.
YOU ASKED FOR THE TRUTH.
NOW YOU HAVE IT.
YOU DO BELIEVE ME, DON'T YOU?
UH... SURE, OF COURSE.
NO, NOW IT IS YOU WHO
ARE LYING, MR. ELLINGTON.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME AT ALL.
QUITE TO THE CONTRARY.
YOU'RE NOW QUITE CERTAIN
OF WHAT YOU SUSPECTED...
THAT I AM MAD.
SIT DOWN, MR. ELLINGTON
AND WE'LL SEE.
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY
AND WE'LL SEE HOW CERTAIN
YOU ARE THAT I AM MAD...
HOW CERTAIN YOU ARE OF ANYTHING.
I SUPPOSE YOU FANCY
YOURSELF A SOPHISTICATED MAN.
YOU CONSIDER US TO BE PRIMITIVE
BECAUSE WE LIVE
HERE IN SOLITUDE,
AWAY FROM THE
SO-CALLED "REAL WORLD."
WE ARE MISFITS.
NO, NO... OH, PLEASE.
I KNOW ALL THE THEORIES.
I ASSURE YOU, BROTHER, THAT...
NO, MR. ELLINGTON.
IT IS I WHO AM ASSURING YOU.
I AM NOT THE IGNORANT
FANATIC I WOULD APPEAR.
OH, I COPED WITH YOUR
WORLD FOR 40 YEARS...
AND RATHER SUCCESSFULLY AT THAT.
THE BEST SCHOOLS, A
DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY,
A JOB THAT TOOK ME TO
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
THIS BEARD... THIS STAFF...
AND THIS FAITH...
ARE MERELY THE RESULTS
OF A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THAT,
YOU COULD LISTEN
TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
WITH AN OPEN MIND.
( howling)
FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE
NO HOWLS IN THE HERMITAGE.
THERE WAS SIMPLY
THE BOMBED-OUT RUIN
OF AN OLD CASTLE BELONGING
TO THE FAMILY WOLFEN.
BARON WOLFEN GAVE IT TO
THE BROTHERHOOD OF TRUTH
AS A GESTURE OF CHARITY.
OUR JOB WAS TO
TEND THE VINEYARDS
AND SAVE WHAT SOULS WE
COULD BY CONSTANT PRAYER.
BUT THIS ISN'T A RELIGIOUS
ORDER, IS IT, BROTHER?
WE FEEL THAT WE ARE
RECOGNIZED BY GOD.
TRUTH IS OUR DOGMA.
WE BELIEVE IT TO BE
MAN'S GREATEST WEAPON
AGAINST THE DEVIL, WHO
IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES.
ALL RIGHT, GO ON
WITH YOUR STORY.
YOU WERE TENDING THE VINEYARDS.
AT THAT TIME, SHORTLY
AFTER THE GREAT WAR,
THE WORLD WAS IN CHAOS.
EVERYWHERE WAS UNHAPPINESS
EXCEPT IN THIS
LITTLE VILLAGE BELOW.
FOR SOME REASON, THE
PEOPLE OF SCHWARTZWALD
REFUSED TO YIELD TO DESPAIR.
THEY LOST NONE OF THEIR FAITH.
THEY CONTINUED AS THEY
HAD BEEN FOR CENTURIES...
HONEST, GOD-FEARING AND HAPPY.
THIS VILLAGE WAS A PLUM TO SATAN
ONE HE COULD NOT
RESIST, SO HE CAME HERE
AND EMBARKED UPON A
PROGRAM OF CORRUPTION.
BUT YOU STOPPED HIM.
YES!
YOU SEE, MR. ELLINGTON,
HE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE
THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
HE UNDERESTIMATED ME.
HE THOUGHT HE WOULD
HAVE NO DIFFICULTY
IN TEMPTING THE OLD FOOL.
BUT I HAD HIM IN A CELL BEFORE
HE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT IF HE'S THE DEVIL, HOW
DO YOU KEEP HIM LOCKED UP?
WITH THE STAFF OF TRUTH...
THE ONE BARRIER HE CANNOT PASS.
TELL ME, HOW DID
YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
HE DOESN'T LOOK EVIL.
THE DEVIL HATH POWER TO
ASSUME A PLEASING SHAPE.
I HAD SEEN HIM BEFORE IN
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
IN ALL FORMS AND GUISES,
WHEREVER THERE WAS SIN
WHEREVER THERE WAS STRIFE
WHEREVER THERE WAS
CORRUPTION, PERSECUTION
THERE HE WAS ALSO.
SOMETIMES HE WAS ONLY A
SPECTATOR, A FACE IN THE CROWD,
BUT ALWAYS HE WAS THERE.
NOW...
YOU SEE, I HOPE, WHY
YOU MUST SAY NOTHING
OF WHAT YOU'VE
SEEN AND HEARD HERE.
BROTHER, IT'S NOT
THAT I DOUBT YOU
YOU UNDERSTAND,
ONLY ISN'T IT POSSIBLE
YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE?
NO! THINK, MR. ELLINGTON.
THINK OF THE PEACE OF THE WORLD
THESE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THINK OF THIS COUNTRY NOW.
IS THERE ANOTHER LIKE IT?
YOU HAVEN'T PUT AN
END TO SUFFERING.
THERE'S STILL
MURDERS, ROBBERIES.
EVEN NOW WHILE WE'RE TALKING,
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
THE SUFFERING MAN
WAS MEANT TO ENDURE.
WE CAUSE MOST OF OUR OWN GRIEFS.
WE NEED NO HELP FROM HIM.
IT IS THE UNNATURAL
CATASTROPHES,
THE GREAT WARS, THE
OVERWHELMING PESTILENCES
THE WHOLESALE SINNING
THAT WE HAVE STOPPED.
I BELIEVE YOU, BROTHER.
DO YOU TRULY?
YES.
I ADMIT, I WAS
DOUBTFUL AT FIRST,
BUT YOU'VE CONVINCED
ME, ABSOLUTELY.
I PROMISE TO KEEP YOUR SECRET.
GOOD, MY SON.
TOMORROW, IF YOU
FEEL WELL ENOUGH,
YOU MAY LEAVE.
IN THE MEANTIME,
BROTHER CHRISTOPHORUS
WILL LOOK AFTER YOU.
PLEASE, GO DIRECTLY TO HIS ROOM.
GOOD NIGHT, BROTHER.
( thunder)
HE LIED TO YOU, DIDN'T HE?
I CAN SEE THAT.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
HE SAID YOU WERE THE DEVIL.
( chuckling bitterly):
THE DEVIL...
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WHAT A DREAM FOR AN OLD DEVIL...
TO CATCH THE DEVIL
AND LOCK HIM UP.
( scoffs)
YOU DON'T BELIEVE HIM, DO YOU?
NO, OF COURSE NOT.
THEN HELP ME.
LOOK, HERE, WHY DON'T I
JUST GO GET THE AUTHORITIES?
IT WOULD BE MY DEATH WARRANT.
THE AUTHORITIES WOULD
RETURN AND FIND NOTHING.
JEROME IS MAD... BUT
HE'S SHREWD, TOO.
BROTHER JEROME WAS FEARFUL
YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR WAY.
COME.
WHY ARE YOU LOCKING THE DOOR?
TO PROTECT YOU.
REST NOW, MR. ELLINGTON.
REMEMBER YOU'RE
STILL A VERY SICK MAN.
( thunder)
YOU'VE COME.
GOOD!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
LIFT OFF THE WOODEN BOLT.
IS THIS ALL THAT HOLDS YOU IN?
YES, LIFT IT OFF.
WELL, WHY HAVEN'T
YOU DONE IT YOURSELF?
PLEASE, THERE'S
NO TIME FOR TALK.
MR. ELLINGTON, IN
THE NAME OF MERCY.
IF YOU FAIL NOW,
THEY'LL KILL BOTH OF US.
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
HURRY, HURRY!
STOP! STOP!
STOP! STOP!
( pounding on door)
PUT THIS ON... THE STORM.
( pounding on door)
( thunder)
( thunder)
I'M SORRY FOR YOU, MY SON.
ALL YOUR LIFE YOU WILL
REMEMBER THIS NIGHT
AND YOU'LL KNOW, MR. ELLINGTON
WHOM YOU HAVE TURNED
LOOSE UPON THE WORLD.
I... I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU.
I... I SAW HIM AND
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM.
THAT IS MAN'S WEAKNESS
AND SATAN'S STRENGTH.
Ellington: IN THAT MOMENT
I DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE TRACKING HIM DOWN
TO RECAPTURE THE
EVIL I'D RELEASED
THE EVIL THAT SOON TOOK THE
SHAPE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE KOREAN WAR, THE
HIDEOUS NEW WEAPONS OF WAR.
I SWORE I'D FIND HIM AGAIN
AS BROTHER JEROME HAD DONE.
IT TOOK MANY
YEARS, BUT I DID IT.
SEE, I HAVE HIM IN THERE NOW.
( thunder)
SO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MUST NOT
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
GO NEAR THAT DOOR.
YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
THAT HE STAY LOCKED UP.
GOOD.
I AM SENDING HIM BACK
TO BROTHER JEROME.
HE'LL DO A BIT OF HOWLING,
BUT PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT.
IT'S A TRICK, I KNOW.
YES, I MUST GO NOW.
I MUST GO, I...
I HAVE PREPARATIONS TO MAKE.
I'LL BE BACK IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
( thunder)
REMEMBER... REMEMBER...
KEEP THAT DOOR LOCKED.
( howling)
Serling: ANCIENT FOLK SAYING:
YOU CAN CATCH THE DEVIL,
BUT YOU CAN'T HOLD HIM LONG.
ASK BROTHER JEROME,
ASK DAVID ELLINGTON.
THEY KNOW, AND
THEY'LL GO ON KNOWING
TILL THE END OF THEIR DAYS,
AND BEYOND, IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Announcer: ROD SERLING,
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS WORD FROM
OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL SEE
THESE BANDAGES UNWRAPPED,
AND YOU'LL GET A GOOD, CLOSE
LOOK AT THE FACE BENEATH THEM.
IT'S AN EXCURSION INTO THE ODD
AND INTO THE VERY,
VERY DIFFERENT.
OUR PLAY IS CALLED "THE
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER,"
AND IT COMES RECOMMENDED.
I HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT
WEEK ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
Announcer: BE SURE AND SEE THE
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY'S
NEW COMEDY SHOW,
MY SISTER EILEEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON MANY
OF THESE SAME STATIONS.
YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH
ANOTHER DIMENSION,
A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND
A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND
WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.
THAT'S THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( thunder)
I KNOW IT'S... IT'S AN
INCREDIBLE STORY.
I, OF ALL PEOPLE, KNOW THIS,
THAT YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME
NO, NOT AT FIRST.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU THE WHOLE THING.
THEN YOU WILL BELIEVE,
BECAUSE YOU MUST.
YOU MUST BELIEVE!
IT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO,
AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
I WAS ON A WALKING TRIP
THROUGH CENTRAL EUROPE.
BUT ONE NIGHT I... ONE
NIGHT I GOT LOST IN A STORM.
( thunder)
Man: YES? WHAT IS IT?
PLEASE... PLEASE, LET ME IN.
I'M LOST.
I'M SORRY, WE DON'T
ALLOW VISITORS
IN THE HERMITAGE.
OH, I'M NOT A VISITOR.
I'M... I'M A STRANGER HERE.
I'M... I'M LOST.
NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M LOST.
( thunder)
( thunder)
( coughing)
( wheezing)
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT
ONCE I DRY OUT.
WAIT HERE.
I HAVE TO SPEAK TO
BROTHER JEROME.
( howling)
( thunder)
BROTHER JEROME WILL SEE YOU NOW.
( howling)
WHAT WAS THAT?
THE WIND.
COME.
( thunder)
WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE?
MY... MY NAME IS ELLINGTON.
I'M ON A WALKING TRIP,
BUT GOT LOST IN THE STORM.
( coughing)
EXCUSE ME.
I SAW LIGHT HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?
SHELTER AND MAYBE SOME FOOD.
WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE.
NOW, MR. ELLINGTON... NOW.
THE PROSTRATE FORM
OF MR. DAVID ELLINGTON...
SCHOLAR, SEEKER OF TRUTH, AND
REGRETTABLY, FINDER OF TRUTH...
A MAN WHO WILL SHORTLY
ARISE FROM HIS EXHAUSTION
TO CONFRONT A PROBLEM
THAT HAS TORMENTED MANKIND
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME...
A MAN WHO KNOCKED ON A
DOOR SEEKING SANCTUARY
AND FOUND INSTEAD THE OUTER
EDGES OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( thunder)
( howling)
( howling)
HELP ME!
NO, PLEASE, IN THE
NAME OF MERCY, HELP ME.
YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM.
NO, MY NAME IS ELLINGTON.
I'M AN AMERICAN.
SHH!
WE HAVE ONLY MOMENTS.
COME CLOSER... COME.
THEY'RE MAD, MR. ELLINGTON...
ALL OF THEM, RAVING MAD.
LISTEN, I WAS IN THE
VILLAGE IN SCHWARTZWALD.
I WAS WALKING IN THE
STREET WITH MY WOMAN.
WE PAUSED TO REST BY
A TREE AND WE KISSED.
IS IT WRONG TO KISS?
TELL ME.
I... I DON'T THINK SO.
OF COURSE YOU DON'T.
YOU DON'T THINK
SO, I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT JEROME... THE
LECHEROUS OLD FOOL.
WE LOOKED UP... AND I
SAW HIM STANDING CLOSE BY.
I TRIED TO OPEN
MY MOUTH TO SPEAK,
BUT BEFORE I COULD
UTTER A SOUND,
HE RAISED THAT HEAVY
STAFF HE CARRIES.
YOU'VE SEEN IT?
AND HE HIT ME AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHY?
FOR REVENGE.
BECAUSE SHE
REFUSED HIS ADVANCES.
HE TOOK HIS FURY OUT ON ME.
I... I'M SORRY, I... I FIND
THIS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE.
OF COURSE YOU DO, MR. ELLINGTON.
THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE MAN.
HE MAKES HIS MADNESS
SEEM A HARMLESS THING.
THE... THE MADNESS
OF A RELIGIOUS ZEALOT.
THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS
ORDER, MR. ELLINGTON.
THESE SO-CALLED
BROTHERS OF TRUTH,
THEY'RE OUTCASTS, MISFITS,
CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD
BECAUSE THE WORLD
WON'T HAVE THEM.
MR. ELLINGTON, PLEASE.
YOU MUST BELIEVE ME.
I DON'T SAY THEY'RE EVIL.
I SAY THEY'RE MAD.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I'LL SPEAK TO JEROME.
NO! HE'S THE GREATEST
MANIAC OF THEM ALL.
BUT THEN HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
Jerome: MR. ELLINGTON!
I DID NOT KNOW
THAT YOU WERE WELL
ENOUGH TO WALK.
COME WITH ME, PLEASE.
I MUST TALK WITH YOU.
THIS WAY.
( thunder)
I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE
THE HERMITAGE, MR. ELLINGTON.
WE HAVE NO FACILITIES
FOR THE CARE OF THE ILL.
ARRANGEMENTS CAN
MADE AT SCHWARTZWALD.
JUST A MINUTE.
NO, NOT A MINUTE, NOT ANOTHER
SECOND, MR. ELLINGTON... NOW!
WHY?
I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT.
NO, YOU'VE EXPLAINED NOTHING.
( thunder)
NO ONE ASKED ME TO
COME HERE, I REALIZE THAT,
BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE
FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR.
MY SON... I'M NOT YOUR SON.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S RIGHT, I DON'T.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?
WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A
HURRY FOR ME TO LEAVE?
WHAT ARE YOU
AFRAID I'LL FIND OUT?
IT'S THE MAN YOU HAVE
LOCKED UP IN THE CELL,
ISN'T IT, BROTHER?
WELL, THAT ISN'T A
SECRET ANYMORE.
I KNOW ABOUT HIM.
WHAT MAN IS THIS, MR. ELLINGTON?
THE ONE WE JUST LEFT.
THE ONE WHO'S BEEN
SCREAMING HIS HEAD OFF.
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
LOOK, BROTHER,
I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT THIS CULT OF YOURS...
WHAT'S PERMITTED,
WHAT ISN'T PERMITTED...
BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IF
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO IMPRISON A MAN
AGAINST HIS WILL.
THAT IS QUITE TRUE.
WE HAVE NO SUCH AUTHORITY.
THEN WHY HAVE YOU DONE IT?
NO MAN HAS EVER BEEN IMPRISONED
IN THE HERMITAGE, MR. ELLINGTON.
I WAS JUST TALKING WITH HIM.
YOU TALKED TO NO MAN.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY
ILL, MR. ELLINGTON.
YOU'VE SUFFERED DELIRIUM.
( howling)
OH, NOW DON'T TELL ME
YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
HONEST MEN MAKE
UNCONVINCING LIARS.
( thunder)
I'LL FIND OUT
EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
JUST WHAT I SAY.
THE POLICE WILL BE VERY
INTERESTED TO LEARN
THAT YOU PEOPLE ARE
KEEPING A MAN IN PRISON HERE.
I TELL YOU, THERE IS NO MAN!
ALL RIGHT, JUST FORGET IT.
MR. ELLINGTON... YES?
WOULD YOU REALLY
GO TO THE POLICE?
WOULD YOU?
( thunder)
VERY WELL.
I HAVE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH
BUT ONLY A PART OF IT.
NOW I SEE I SHALL
HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE WHOLE TRUTH.
SHUT THE DOOR, MR. ELLINGTON.
( howling)
THEN YOU DO HEAR IT?
AS I HAVE HEARD IT
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS.
WHY DID YOU LIE?
I DIDN'T.
WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT NO
MAN HOWLED AT THE HERMITAGE,
I WAS BEING PERFECTLY HONEST.
WHAT YOU SAW IS NOT A MAN.
IT IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF.
( thunder)
YES, THE DEVIL HIMSELF.
WHAT YOU SAW IN
THE CELL IS SATAN.
OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE DARK ANGEL,
AHRIMAN, ASMODEUS,
BELIAL, DIABOLUS, THE DEVIL.
YOU ASKED FOR THE TRUTH.
NOW YOU HAVE IT.
YOU DO BELIEVE ME, DON'T YOU?
UH... SURE, OF COURSE.
NO, NOW IT IS YOU WHO
ARE LYING, MR. ELLINGTON.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME AT ALL.
QUITE TO THE CONTRARY.
YOU'RE NOW QUITE CERTAIN
OF WHAT YOU SUSPECTED...
THAT I AM MAD.
SIT DOWN, MR. ELLINGTON
AND WE'LL SEE.
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY
AND WE'LL SEE HOW CERTAIN
YOU ARE THAT I AM MAD...
HOW CERTAIN YOU ARE OF ANYTHING.
I SUPPOSE YOU FANCY
YOURSELF A SOPHISTICATED MAN.
YOU CONSIDER US TO BE PRIMITIVE
BECAUSE WE LIVE
HERE IN SOLITUDE,
AWAY FROM THE
SO-CALLED "REAL WORLD."
WE ARE MISFITS.
NO, NO... OH, PLEASE.
I KNOW ALL THE THEORIES.
I ASSURE YOU, BROTHER, THAT...
NO, MR. ELLINGTON.
IT IS I WHO AM ASSURING YOU.
I AM NOT THE IGNORANT
FANATIC I WOULD APPEAR.
OH, I COPED WITH YOUR
WORLD FOR 40 YEARS...
AND RATHER SUCCESSFULLY AT THAT.
THE BEST SCHOOLS, A
DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY,
A JOB THAT TOOK ME TO
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
THIS BEARD... THIS STAFF...
AND THIS FAITH...
ARE MERELY THE RESULTS
OF A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THAT,
YOU COULD LISTEN
TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
WITH AN OPEN MIND.
( howling)
FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE
NO HOWLS IN THE HERMITAGE.
THERE WAS SIMPLY
THE BOMBED-OUT RUIN
OF AN OLD CASTLE BELONGING
TO THE FAMILY WOLFEN.
BARON WOLFEN GAVE IT TO
THE BROTHERHOOD OF TRUTH
AS A GESTURE OF CHARITY.
OUR JOB WAS TO
TEND THE VINEYARDS
AND SAVE WHAT SOULS WE
COULD BY CONSTANT PRAYER.
BUT THIS ISN'T A RELIGIOUS
ORDER, IS IT, BROTHER?
WE FEEL THAT WE ARE
RECOGNIZED BY GOD.
TRUTH IS OUR DOGMA.
WE BELIEVE IT TO BE
MAN'S GREATEST WEAPON
AGAINST THE DEVIL, WHO
IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES.
ALL RIGHT, GO ON
WITH YOUR STORY.
YOU WERE TENDING THE VINEYARDS.
AT THAT TIME, SHORTLY
AFTER THE GREAT WAR,
THE WORLD WAS IN CHAOS.
EVERYWHERE WAS UNHAPPINESS
EXCEPT IN THIS
LITTLE VILLAGE BELOW.
FOR SOME REASON, THE
PEOPLE OF SCHWARTZWALD
REFUSED TO YIELD TO DESPAIR.
THEY LOST NONE OF THEIR FAITH.
THEY CONTINUED AS THEY
HAD BEEN FOR CENTURIES...
HONEST, GOD-FEARING AND HAPPY.
THIS VILLAGE WAS A PLUM TO SATAN
ONE HE COULD NOT
RESIST, SO HE CAME HERE
AND EMBARKED UPON A
PROGRAM OF CORRUPTION.
BUT YOU STOPPED HIM.
YES!
YOU SEE, MR. ELLINGTON,
HE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE
THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
HE UNDERESTIMATED ME.
HE THOUGHT HE WOULD
HAVE NO DIFFICULTY
IN TEMPTING THE OLD FOOL.
BUT I HAD HIM IN A CELL BEFORE
HE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT IF HE'S THE DEVIL, HOW
DO YOU KEEP HIM LOCKED UP?
WITH THE STAFF OF TRUTH...
THE ONE BARRIER HE CANNOT PASS.
TELL ME, HOW DID
YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
HE DOESN'T LOOK EVIL.
THE DEVIL HATH POWER TO
ASSUME A PLEASING SHAPE.
I HAD SEEN HIM BEFORE IN
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
IN ALL FORMS AND GUISES,
WHEREVER THERE WAS SIN
WHEREVER THERE WAS STRIFE
WHEREVER THERE WAS
CORRUPTION, PERSECUTION
THERE HE WAS ALSO.
SOMETIMES HE WAS ONLY A
SPECTATOR, A FACE IN THE CROWD,
BUT ALWAYS HE WAS THERE.
NOW...
YOU SEE, I HOPE, WHY
YOU MUST SAY NOTHING
OF WHAT YOU'VE
SEEN AND HEARD HERE.
BROTHER, IT'S NOT
THAT I DOUBT YOU
YOU UNDERSTAND,
ONLY ISN'T IT POSSIBLE
YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE?
NO! THINK, MR. ELLINGTON.
THINK OF THE PEACE OF THE WORLD
THESE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THINK OF THIS COUNTRY NOW.
IS THERE ANOTHER LIKE IT?
YOU HAVEN'T PUT AN
END TO SUFFERING.
THERE'S STILL
MURDERS, ROBBERIES.
EVEN NOW WHILE WE'RE TALKING,
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
THE SUFFERING MAN
WAS MEANT TO ENDURE.
WE CAUSE MOST OF OUR OWN GRIEFS.
WE NEED NO HELP FROM HIM.
IT IS THE UNNATURAL
CATASTROPHES,
THE GREAT WARS, THE
OVERWHELMING PESTILENCES
THE WHOLESALE SINNING
THAT WE HAVE STOPPED.
I BELIEVE YOU, BROTHER.
DO YOU TRULY?
YES.
I ADMIT, I WAS
DOUBTFUL AT FIRST,
BUT YOU'VE CONVINCED
ME, ABSOLUTELY.
I PROMISE TO KEEP YOUR SECRET.
GOOD, MY SON.
TOMORROW, IF YOU
FEEL WELL ENOUGH,
YOU MAY LEAVE.
IN THE MEANTIME,
BROTHER CHRISTOPHORUS
WILL LOOK AFTER YOU.
PLEASE, GO DIRECTLY TO HIS ROOM.
GOOD NIGHT, BROTHER.
( thunder)
HE LIED TO YOU, DIDN'T HE?
I CAN SEE THAT.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
HE SAID YOU WERE THE DEVIL.
( chuckling bitterly):
THE DEVIL...
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WHAT A DREAM FOR AN OLD DEVIL...
TO CATCH THE DEVIL
AND LOCK HIM UP.
( scoffs)
YOU DON'T BELIEVE HIM, DO YOU?
NO, OF COURSE NOT.
THEN HELP ME.
LOOK, HERE, WHY DON'T I
JUST GO GET THE AUTHORITIES?
IT WOULD BE MY DEATH WARRANT.
THE AUTHORITIES WOULD
RETURN AND FIND NOTHING.
JEROME IS MAD... BUT
HE'S SHREWD, TOO.
BROTHER JEROME WAS FEARFUL
YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR WAY.
COME.
WHY ARE YOU LOCKING THE DOOR?
TO PROTECT YOU.
REST NOW, MR. ELLINGTON.
REMEMBER YOU'RE
STILL A VERY SICK MAN.
( thunder)
YOU'VE COME.
GOOD!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
LIFT OFF THE WOODEN BOLT.
IS THIS ALL THAT HOLDS YOU IN?
YES, LIFT IT OFF.
WELL, WHY HAVEN'T
YOU DONE IT YOURSELF?
PLEASE, THERE'S
NO TIME FOR TALK.
MR. ELLINGTON, IN
THE NAME OF MERCY.
IF YOU FAIL NOW,
THEY'LL KILL BOTH OF US.
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
HURRY, HURRY!
STOP! STOP!
STOP! STOP!
( pounding on door)
PUT THIS ON... THE STORM.
( pounding on door)
( thunder)
( thunder)
I'M SORRY FOR YOU, MY SON.
ALL YOUR LIFE YOU WILL
REMEMBER THIS NIGHT
AND YOU'LL KNOW, MR. ELLINGTON
WHOM YOU HAVE TURNED
LOOSE UPON THE WORLD.
I... I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU.
I... I SAW HIM AND
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM.
THAT IS MAN'S WEAKNESS
AND SATAN'S STRENGTH.
Ellington: IN THAT MOMENT
I DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE TRACKING HIM DOWN
TO RECAPTURE THE
EVIL I'D RELEASED
THE EVIL THAT SOON TOOK THE
SHAPE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE KOREAN WAR, THE
HIDEOUS NEW WEAPONS OF WAR.
I SWORE I'D FIND HIM AGAIN
AS BROTHER JEROME HAD DONE.
IT TOOK MANY
YEARS, BUT I DID IT.
SEE, I HAVE HIM IN THERE NOW.
( thunder)
SO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MUST NOT
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
GO NEAR THAT DOOR.
YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
THAT HE STAY LOCKED UP.
GOOD.
I AM SENDING HIM BACK
TO BROTHER JEROME.
HE'LL DO A BIT OF HOWLING,
BUT PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT.
IT'S A TRICK, I KNOW.
YES, I MUST GO NOW.
I MUST GO, I...
I HAVE PREPARATIONS TO MAKE.
I'LL BE BACK IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
( thunder)
REMEMBER... REMEMBER...
KEEP THAT DOOR LOCKED.
( howling)
Serling: ANCIENT FOLK SAYING:
YOU CAN CATCH THE DEVIL,
BUT YOU CAN'T HOLD HIM LONG.
ASK BROTHER JEROME,
ASK DAVID ELLINGTON.
THEY KNOW, AND
THEY'LL GO ON KNOWING
TILL THE END OF THEIR DAYS,
AND BEYOND, IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
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CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS WORD FROM
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NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL SEE
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AND YOU'LL GET A GOOD, CLOSE
LOOK AT THE FACE BENEATH THEM.
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VERY DIFFERENT.
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