The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 32 - The Gift - full transcript
A man from the stars comes with a gift to a small Mexican village whose residents do not welcome this stranger.
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.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Woman: WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Man: WELL, I THINK HE'S DEAD.
I BELIEVE IT'S SALVADOR.
WHERE IS THE TELEGRAPHER?
Woman: PARECE QUE ESTA MUERTO.
QUIEN ES?
Man: ES SALVADOR.
RUDOLFO...
RUDOLFO, I WISH TO
SEND A TELEGRAM.
TELEGRAM NOW?
BUT THIS IS AFTER HOURS.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU, SANCHEZ?
PLEASE, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
I CLOSE AT 4:00.
FOR 23 YEARS, I CLOSE AT 4:00.
BECAUSE YOU ARE A POLICEMAN,
YOU THINK YOU GOT
THE PRIVILEGE TO...?
SALVADOR?
HOW?
I WILL SEND A TELEGRAM;
IT WILL EXPLAIN.
YOU WILL TELL IT TO ME?
I WILL TELL IT TO YOU.
SEND IT AS I TELL IT.
TO THE PREFECT OF
POLICE, STATE CAPITAL.
PREFECT OF POLICE?
SEND IT, RUDOLFO, SEND IT!
DON'T CENSOR IT!
UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT...
OR SOMETHING...
CRASHED INTO THE HILLS NORTH
OF OUR VILLAGE LATE LAST NIGHT.
OBJECT IS METAL AND CIRCULAR.
OFFICER EMMANUEL
SALVADOR AND MYSELF
INVESTIGATED THE
SCENE OF THE CRASH.
FOUND EVIDENCE OF
FOOTPRINTS AND BROKEN BRUSH.
SALVADOR FOLLOWED SAME.
I HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS.
FOUND BODY OF OFFICER SALVADOR.
SAY THAT I FOLLOWED THE
FIGURE OF THE MONSTER
IN THE DARKNESS.
I FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS.
I BELIEVE I WOUNDED
WHOEVER IT...
WHATEVER IT WAS.
THE PLACE IS MEXICO,
JUST ACROSS THE TEXAS BORDER.
A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE HELD
BACK IN TIME BY ITS REMOTENESS,
AND SUDDENLY INTRUDED
UPON BY THE 20th CENTURY.
AND THIS IS PEDRO,
NINE YEARS OLD...
A LONELY, ROOTLESS LITTLE BOY
WHO WILL SOON MAKE
THE ACQUAINTANCE
OF A TRAVELER FROM
A DISTANT PLACE.
WE ARE AT PRESENT 40
MILES FROM THE RIO GRANDE,
BUT ANY PLACE AND ALL PLACES
CAN BE THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
WHO DID IT, SANCHEZ?
PLEASE, DOCTOR, I DO NOT KNOW.
SOME, SOME GIANT THING
ESCAPED IN THE DARKNESS.
I FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS, AND...
LATER, I FOUND SOME BLOODSTAINS.
THEY'RE SENDING SOME ARMY
MEN FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.
THEY WILL TAKE OVER.
SOME "GIANT THING"?
NOT THE DARKNESS,
OR PERHAPS YOUR FEAR?
YOU DOUBT ME, DOCTOR?
NO, YOU'RE THE LAW AND
ORDER IN THIS VILLAGE, SANCHEZ.
BE THE SANITY AS WELL.
YOU HAVE FRIGHTENED
ALL THESE PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE SOURCE OF THE
FEAR IS NOT AN ILLUSION.
THIS, DOCTOR... IS
THIS AN ILLUSION?!
ALL RIGHT, GO TO YOUR
HOMES, EVERYBODY,
AND LOCK YOUR DOORS.
I WANT NO ONE ON
THE STREETS TONIGHT.
WE'RE IN DANGER.
I FOUND ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
TAKE THE BODY TO THE PRIEST NOW.
DRINK UP, DOCTOR; I
WANT TO CLOSE NOW.
I HAVE NO DOUBT.
WHAT STALKS THE NIGHT, MANOLO?
WHAT STALKS THE NIGHT?
WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT
MY PLACE LOCKED...
THANK YOU FOR COMING, STARGAZER.
I AM CURSED IN MY OLD AGE
BY HAVING THIS
ASTRONOMER ON MY PAYROLL.
STILL LOOKING AT
THE STARS, PEDRO?
SO, WHAT DO YOU LEARN
FROM THE STARS, EH?
HAVE THEY EVER TOLD YOU
TO SWEEP THIS PLACE PROPERLY
OR TO CLEAN A GLASS?
IT IS SAID THERE IS
LIFE ON SOME OF THEM.
OH, THIS IS A FACT?
THEN YOU AND THE MAN IN THE MOON
HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON,
BECAUSE YOU AREN'T ALIVE.
HERE, GO GET SOME WATER
AND COME RIGHT BACK.
DOORS SHOULD BE LOCKED TONIGHT.
HE'S A STRANGE LITTLE BOY.
WHERE'D HE COME FROM?
WHO KNOWS?
HE'S SON OF A
BRACERO, IT IS SAID.
THE AUTHORITIES ARE IN
HERE THREE TIMES A WEEK
ASKING ME WHY HE DOES
NOT ATTEND SCHOOL.
THEY ASK ME, HA!
THE BOY IS NOT OF MY FLESH.
I KNOW NOTHING OF HIM.
HE CLEANS THE PLACE
FOR ME AND SERVES TABLE,
AND HE HAS A ROOM IN THE BACK.
HEY, I OVERPAY HIM, BELIEVE ME,
BUT I AM NOT SUCH A RICH MAN
THAT I CAN CERTAINLY AFFORD
TO RUN AN ORPHANAGE
FOR LITTLE STREET URCHINS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY FRIENDS, DOES HE?
HIM? WHY SHOULD HE?
HE HAS A MIND LIKE AN OLD MAN.
HE'S NOT NORMAL.
GO LOOK FOR HIM
OUT IN THE NIGHT,
AND YOU'LL SEE
HIM STANDING THERE
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY.
DID YOU EVER SEE HIM SMILE?
I ASK YOU THIS.
DID YOU EVER SEE HIM SMILE?
WHY WOULD HE SMILE, THE BOY?
WHAT IS THERE TO DELIGHT HIM?
HIS POVERTY?
WHY SHOULD HE SMILE?
PERHAPS, MANOLO...
PERHAPS ON SOME OCCASION,
SOME FESTIVE OCCASION,
INSTEAD OF HANDING
HIM A BROOM OR A TRAY,
EXTEND HIM A HAND.
KEEP THE BOY INSIDE
TONIGHT, MANOLO.
SHALL I SEE YOU HOME, IGNACIO?
NO, THANK YOU, PEDRO.
WITH ME, DARKNESS IS A FRIEND.
BUT YOU STAY INSIDE.
I'M LOCKING UP NOW, DOCTOR.
I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
SO, MANOLO... MY
FRIEND, WEAR A SMILE,
AND YOU'LL DOUBTLESS
LIVE TO SEE THE MORNING.
ARE YOU STILL OPEN?
I THOUGHT PERHAPS I
COULD HAVE SOME WINE.
¿COMO ESTAS?
BIEN.
PLEASE SIT DOWN, SIR.
I WILL GET YOU WINE.
I AM SORRY, SENOR,
BUT THE PLACE IS CLOSED.
WE ARE CLOSED NOW,
AND NO LONGER SERVING.
THERE IS A CURFEW.
IS THIS NOT TRUE, DOCTOR?
IS THERE NOT A CURFEW ON?
I WON'T STAY BUT A MOMENT.
JUST... LONG ENOUGH
FOR A DRINK OF WINE.
I... I'M ILL, I THINK.
BUT I PROMISE YOU I WON'T STAY.
PLEASE.
THAT'S NOT WINE.
THE BOTTLE DIDN'T BREAK,
SO IT COULDN'T BE...
I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIM.
HE GAVE ME NO CHOICE.
I MUST EXPLAIN.
PLEASE...
PLEASE... LISTEN TO
ME FOR A MOMENT.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN BEFORE
TO THAT POLICEMAN OR SOLDIER,
OR WHOEVER IT WAS.
I TRIED TO TELL HIM
THAT I CAME IN PEACE.
HE WANTED TO KILL ME.
I TRIED TO GET THE
GUN AWAY FROM HIM,
AND IT WENT OFF
AGAINST HIS BODY.
AND THEN THE MAN WHO CAME
AFTERWARDS KEPT FIRING AT ME.
PLEASE... PLEASE... PLEASE...
Pedro: YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT SOON.
THE DOCTOR HAS SAID SO.
HE WILL MAKE YOU ALL WELL AGAIN.
IT'S VERY ODD, PEDRO,
VERY ODD, INDEED,
THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON
WHO FEELS NEITHER
FEAR NOR ANGER,
AND THIS IS A BOY.
IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ALIKE.
YOU ARE A STRANGER,
AND IN A WAY, I AM
A STRANGER, TOO.
PEDRO, THE
PONCHO... Pedro: WHAT?
IN THE POCKET.
GET IT.
IT'S A GIFT.
PUT IT AWAY.
I'LL TELL YOU LATER ON.
FOR A BADLY WOUNDED MAN,
YOU HAVE A STRANGELY
WILLFUL PULSE.
I MIGHT GO A STEP FURTHER
AND SAY THAT I WISH MINE
SOUNDED LIKE YOURS DOES.
PEDRO, BRING THE
LAMP CLOSE TO THE BED.
SI, DOCTOR.
ETHER?
I'M GOING TO START
DIGGING IN THERE
FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES.
NO ANESTHETIC, DOCTOR.
PEDRO, I THINK
THIS IS A GOOD TIME
FOR YOU TO GO OUT
AND LOOK AT THE STARS.
YOU HAVE A GOOD FRIEND, SENOR.
DOCTOR, YOU MUST
GIVE HIM SOMETHING.
PEDRO, I WILL TELL
YOU SOMETHING.
I'M A VERY OBLIGING MAN,
BUT YOUR FRIEND DOES NOT
WANT THE PAIN DEADENED.
AND I ALWAYS SAY, EVERY
MAN TO HIS OWN TASTE.
WHISKEY. IF NOT THE BEST,
MAKE IT THE STRONGEST.
THE STRANGER TRAVELS LIGHT.
JUST THE CLOTHES
ON HIS BACK, AND...
AND THESE INSIDE HIS CHEST.
HE WAS VERY BRAVE, DOCTOR.
NOT A SOUND FROM HIM.
NOT SO MUCH AS A
CRY ALL THAT TIME.
YES, VERY BRAVE.
PEDRO, COME HERE.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU
KNOW OF HIM, PEDRO?
I KNOW NOTHING ELSE
EXCEPT THAT HE IS MY FRIEND.
YES, THIS MAY BE TRUE,
BUT IT DOES NOT
EXPLAIN THE MAN, DOES IT?
FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
HOW A MAN CAN HAVE TWO
BULLETS INSIDE HIS BODY
AND HAVE THEM REMOVED
WITHOUT A WHIMPER.
IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
HOW THIS MAN'S PULSE
CAN BE AS STRONG AND AS STEADY
AS IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE
WRONG WITH HIM THAN A COLD.
AND IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
WHY THIS MAN IS ALIVE
WHEN HE SHOULD BE DEAD.
WE GOT TO HIM JUST
IN TIME, DOCTOR.
NO, PEDRO.
WE GOT TO HIM ABOUT
THREE HOURS TOO LATE.
WE GOT TO HIM WHERE BY THE LAWS
OF EVERY BOOK ON COMMON SENSE
HE SHOULD HAVE BLED TO DEATH.
BUT HE DIDN'T.
SO, STAY BY YOUR FRIEND, HUH?
AND LOOK AFTER HIM.
SI, DOCTOR.
MANOLO.
WHEN I WAS IN THERE, I
HEARD THE DOOR UNLOCK.
OH, I... I WENT OUT, DOCTOR.
I WENT OUT TO TELL SANCHEZ
THAT WHEN THE ARMY CAME,
THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE TO GO WALKING
THROUGH THE HILLS AT NIGHT.
THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE TO COME
HERE TO FIND WHAT THEY WANT.
AT YOUR BAPTISM, THEY FORGOT
TO GIVE YOU A PROPER NAME.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE, DOCTOR?
THAT WOULD BE JUDAS, MANOLO.
YOU MUST BE TIRED, PEDRO.
IT DOESN'T MATTER, SENOR.
I CAN SLEEP ANYTIME.
NOW YOU MUST SLEEP.
YOU HAVE A POET, PEDRO.
I READ HIM... ROBERT BURNS.
HE SAID, "THE BEST-LAID
SCHEMES O' MICE AND MEN
GANG AFT A-GLEY..."
LIKE MY PLANS.
I CAME HERE TO GIVE, AND
ALL I'VE DONE IS TO TAKE...
YOUR BED, YOUR ROOM.
EVEN MY CLOTHES... I STOLE THEM.
I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY IT
IS THAT MEN FEAR THE UNKNOWN.
LIKE CHILDREN, THEY'RE
AFRAID OF THE DARK.
THE ONLY PERSON I'VE MET
WHO ISN'T AFRAID OF
THE DARK IS A CHILD.
BECAUSE I AM AN ODD ONE.
WE ARE BOTH ODD
ONES, MR. WILLIAMS.
YOU COME FROM A LONG
WAY OFF, DON'T YOU?
FROM THE STARS?
FROM BEYOND THE STARS, PEDRO.
FOR A REASON?
FOR MANY REASONS.
AND THIS THING
YOU'VE GIVEN ME...
JUST A GIFT.
A GESTURE, REALLY.
A SMALL GIFT TO SHOW THEM
THAT I CAME AS A
VISITOR NOT AN INVADER.
I MUST GET BACK
TO MY SHIP, PEDRO
SEE IF I CAN REPAIR IT.
AND THEN I MUST LEAVE.
FOR GOOD, SENOR?
FOR GOOD AND ALL?
OH, NO, PEDRO,
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS "FOR GOOD AND ALL."
THERE IS ONLY FOREVER.
I WILL COME BACK SOMETIME...
OR OTHERS LIKE ME.
WHERE YOU'RE
FROM, IS THERE A GOD?
THE SAME GOD, PEDRO.
I WONDER... WHAT?
IF GOD WERE TO COME TO EARTH,
WOULD THEY FIND HIM SO STRANGE
THAT THEY WOULD BE AFRAID,
AND WOULD THEY SHOOT HIM?
DID NOT HIS SON
COME ONCE, PEDRO?
AND THEY NAILED HIM TO A CROSS.
AND THEN SPENT 2,000 YEARS
LEARNING TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
ALL THINGS TAKE TIME, PEDRO.
SOON, PEDRO, SOON
YOUR PEOPLE WILL NO
LONGER BE AFRAID OF ME.
THEY WILL NOT BE
AFRAID, AND THEN...
THEN I CAN SHOW THEM THE GIFT.
I AM SANCHEZ, SIR.
I AM THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICER.
AND THE FUGITIVE?
INSIDE THERE, SIR.
IT WAS I, MYSELF WHO SHOT HIM
AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
THE BARTENDER TELLS
ME THAT HE LIES IN A BED
TOO WEAK TO MOVE.
YOU ARE A BRAVE
MAN, OFFICER SANCHEZ.
BUT PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME
IF HE IS ONLY ONE MAN
AND IS TOO WEAK TO MOVE,
WHY DO YOU NEED US?
YOU, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, SIR.
THIS IS NOT A MAN;
THIS IS A CREATURE.
WHO KNOWS WHAT ARE HIS POWERS?
YOU... YOU ARE THE OWNER?
THIS IS MANOLO, SI.
THE PERSON YOU
SEEK IS INSIDE, CAPTAIN.
I HAVE HELD HIM HERE FOR YOU.
OH, I AM IN THE PRESENCE
OF SUCH COURAGE, MR. BARTENDER.
A VILLAGE OF LIONS.
SERGEANT, IN HERE WITH ME.
THE TWO OF YOU, WAIT OUTSIDE.
EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN.
THE MAN IS TOO ILL TO BE MOVED.
OH? AND YOU WOULD BE...?
I AM THE DOCTOR HERE.
I HAVE BEEN TREATING THE MAN.
HE WAS WOUNDED, CAPTAIN,
AFTER KILLING ONE
OF OUR POLICEMAN.
WHY DON'T YOU LET CAPTAIN
DO HIS DUTY, DOCTOR?
I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO
LET THE CAPTAIN DO HIS DUTY,
BUT FIRST, I MUST BE
COGNIZANT OF MY OWN.
THE MAN IS MY PATIENT;
HE'S BEEN BADLY WOUNDED.
HE CAN DO NO ONE ANY HARM.
HMM. UNFORTUNATELY, DOCTOR
MY ORDERS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
WERE TO BRING BACK
A KILLER, NOT A PATIENT.
GET OUT OF THE WAY, PEDRO.
THEY HAVE COME FOR THE MONSTER.
NO! HE MUST LIVE!
THE DOCTOR SAID
HE MUST STAY HERE.
HERE HE IS, CAPTAIN.
HAVE THE MEN SURROUND
THE STREET IMMEDIATELY.
HE CANNOT HAVE GONE VERY FAR.
IF THERE IS EVER A NEED HERE
FOR A TOWN JAILER,
MR. BARTENDER,
I HOPE YOU DO NOT SEE
FIT TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE!
Woman: QUE DIOS NOS PROTEJA!
THE SOLDIERS WILL PROTECT US.
THERE HE IS!
OFFICER, I FOUND HIM! HE'S HERE!
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SENOR!
YOU WILL COME WITH US.
THE CHARGE IS MURDER.
DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT.
I COME IN PEACE.
YOU WILL PUT UP YOUR HANDS
AND WALK TOWARD ME.
Pedro: MR. WILLIAMS!
MR. WILLIAMS!
PEDRO, THE GIFT.
SHOW THEM THE GIFT.
GIVE IT TO THE DOCTOR.
HE WILL EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.
DESTROY IT.
Woman: BURN IT! BURN IT!
IT IS THE DEVIL'S WORK.
Woman: DESTROY IT!
IT'S THE DEVIL'S WORK!
BURN IT! BURN IT!
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
WHY?
Woman: QUE DIOS NOS PROTEJA!
Man: CALM YOURSELF.
PEDRO!
LOOK OUT FOR THE BOY!
Man: SOMEBODY STOP HIM.
HE'S ATTACKING THE BOY.
Woman: HE'S GOING AFTER THE BOY!
SOMEBODY STOP HIM!
HE'S ATTACKING THE BOY!
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF IT.
EVERYBODY, BACK TO YOUR HOMES.
CLEAR THE STREETS.
ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE
TO PICK UP THE BODY.
WHAT WAS IT, DOCTOR?
Man: BLACK MAGIC?
SOMETHING FROM SATAN?
READ IT.
"GREETINGS TO THE
PEOPLE OF EARTH.
"WE COME AS
FRIENDS, AND IN PEACE.
"WE BRING YOU THIS GIFT.
"THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL
FORMULA IS A VACCINE.
IT'S A VACCINE AGAINST
ALL FORMS OF CANCER."
THAT'S ALL THERE IS.
THE REST HAS BEEN BURNED.
SO WE HAVE NOT
JUST KILLED A MAN.
WE HAVE KILLED A DREAM.
Woman: OH, QUE NOCHE, QUE NOCHE!
COME, PEDRO.
COME HOME WITH ME, SON.
MADEIRO, MEXICO... THE PRESENT.
THE SUBJECT... FEAR.
THE CURE... A LITTLE MORE FAITH.
AN Rx OFF A SHELF
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Announcer: ROD SERLING,
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS MESSAGE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT WEEK ON THE
TWILIGHT ZONE, A RETURN VISIT
FROM AN ILLUSTRIOUS YOUNG
ACTOR, CLIFF ROBERTSON.
HE STARS IN ONE OF
THE STRANGEST TALES
WE'VE YET TO THROW AT YOU.
IT'S CALLED "THE DUMMY," AND
IT INVOLVES A VENTRILOQUIST
AND A PIECE OF PAINTED WOOD...
A UNIQUE SLAB OF CARVED PINE
WHO DECIDES THAT LAP
SITTING IS FOR THE BIRDS,
AND WHO TAKES THINGS
INTO HIS OWN WOODEN HANDS.
NOW, THIS ONE WE RECOMMEND
TO THE VOICE THROWERS
ACROSS THE LAND.
WE HOPE WE SEE YOU THEN.
CHESTERFIELD KING EXTRA
LENGTH... SURE, AND MORE,
FOR ONLY CHESTERFIELD KING
GIVES YOU THE WONDERFUL
TASTE OF 21 GREAT TOBACCOS.
TRY A PACK.
THIS IS JAMES ARNESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY A SHORT HOP
FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE
TO DODGE CITY IN GUNSMOKE.
SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE STATIONS.
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.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Woman: WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Man: WELL, I THINK HE'S DEAD.
I BELIEVE IT'S SALVADOR.
WHERE IS THE TELEGRAPHER?
Woman: PARECE QUE ESTA MUERTO.
QUIEN ES?
Man: ES SALVADOR.
RUDOLFO...
RUDOLFO, I WISH TO
SEND A TELEGRAM.
TELEGRAM NOW?
BUT THIS IS AFTER HOURS.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU, SANCHEZ?
PLEASE, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
I CLOSE AT 4:00.
FOR 23 YEARS, I CLOSE AT 4:00.
BECAUSE YOU ARE A POLICEMAN,
YOU THINK YOU GOT
THE PRIVILEGE TO...?
SALVADOR?
HOW?
I WILL SEND A TELEGRAM;
IT WILL EXPLAIN.
YOU WILL TELL IT TO ME?
I WILL TELL IT TO YOU.
SEND IT AS I TELL IT.
TO THE PREFECT OF
POLICE, STATE CAPITAL.
PREFECT OF POLICE?
SEND IT, RUDOLFO, SEND IT!
DON'T CENSOR IT!
UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT...
OR SOMETHING...
CRASHED INTO THE HILLS NORTH
OF OUR VILLAGE LATE LAST NIGHT.
OBJECT IS METAL AND CIRCULAR.
OFFICER EMMANUEL
SALVADOR AND MYSELF
INVESTIGATED THE
SCENE OF THE CRASH.
FOUND EVIDENCE OF
FOOTPRINTS AND BROKEN BRUSH.
SALVADOR FOLLOWED SAME.
I HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS.
FOUND BODY OF OFFICER SALVADOR.
SAY THAT I FOLLOWED THE
FIGURE OF THE MONSTER
IN THE DARKNESS.
I FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS.
I BELIEVE I WOUNDED
WHOEVER IT...
WHATEVER IT WAS.
THE PLACE IS MEXICO,
JUST ACROSS THE TEXAS BORDER.
A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE HELD
BACK IN TIME BY ITS REMOTENESS,
AND SUDDENLY INTRUDED
UPON BY THE 20th CENTURY.
AND THIS IS PEDRO,
NINE YEARS OLD...
A LONELY, ROOTLESS LITTLE BOY
WHO WILL SOON MAKE
THE ACQUAINTANCE
OF A TRAVELER FROM
A DISTANT PLACE.
WE ARE AT PRESENT 40
MILES FROM THE RIO GRANDE,
BUT ANY PLACE AND ALL PLACES
CAN BE THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
WHO DID IT, SANCHEZ?
PLEASE, DOCTOR, I DO NOT KNOW.
SOME, SOME GIANT THING
ESCAPED IN THE DARKNESS.
I FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS, AND...
LATER, I FOUND SOME BLOODSTAINS.
THEY'RE SENDING SOME ARMY
MEN FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.
THEY WILL TAKE OVER.
SOME "GIANT THING"?
NOT THE DARKNESS,
OR PERHAPS YOUR FEAR?
YOU DOUBT ME, DOCTOR?
NO, YOU'RE THE LAW AND
ORDER IN THIS VILLAGE, SANCHEZ.
BE THE SANITY AS WELL.
YOU HAVE FRIGHTENED
ALL THESE PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE SOURCE OF THE
FEAR IS NOT AN ILLUSION.
THIS, DOCTOR... IS
THIS AN ILLUSION?!
ALL RIGHT, GO TO YOUR
HOMES, EVERYBODY,
AND LOCK YOUR DOORS.
I WANT NO ONE ON
THE STREETS TONIGHT.
WE'RE IN DANGER.
I FOUND ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
TAKE THE BODY TO THE PRIEST NOW.
DRINK UP, DOCTOR; I
WANT TO CLOSE NOW.
I HAVE NO DOUBT.
WHAT STALKS THE NIGHT, MANOLO?
WHAT STALKS THE NIGHT?
WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT
MY PLACE LOCKED...
THANK YOU FOR COMING, STARGAZER.
I AM CURSED IN MY OLD AGE
BY HAVING THIS
ASTRONOMER ON MY PAYROLL.
STILL LOOKING AT
THE STARS, PEDRO?
SO, WHAT DO YOU LEARN
FROM THE STARS, EH?
HAVE THEY EVER TOLD YOU
TO SWEEP THIS PLACE PROPERLY
OR TO CLEAN A GLASS?
IT IS SAID THERE IS
LIFE ON SOME OF THEM.
OH, THIS IS A FACT?
THEN YOU AND THE MAN IN THE MOON
HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON,
BECAUSE YOU AREN'T ALIVE.
HERE, GO GET SOME WATER
AND COME RIGHT BACK.
DOORS SHOULD BE LOCKED TONIGHT.
HE'S A STRANGE LITTLE BOY.
WHERE'D HE COME FROM?
WHO KNOWS?
HE'S SON OF A
BRACERO, IT IS SAID.
THE AUTHORITIES ARE IN
HERE THREE TIMES A WEEK
ASKING ME WHY HE DOES
NOT ATTEND SCHOOL.
THEY ASK ME, HA!
THE BOY IS NOT OF MY FLESH.
I KNOW NOTHING OF HIM.
HE CLEANS THE PLACE
FOR ME AND SERVES TABLE,
AND HE HAS A ROOM IN THE BACK.
HEY, I OVERPAY HIM, BELIEVE ME,
BUT I AM NOT SUCH A RICH MAN
THAT I CAN CERTAINLY AFFORD
TO RUN AN ORPHANAGE
FOR LITTLE STREET URCHINS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY FRIENDS, DOES HE?
HIM? WHY SHOULD HE?
HE HAS A MIND LIKE AN OLD MAN.
HE'S NOT NORMAL.
GO LOOK FOR HIM
OUT IN THE NIGHT,
AND YOU'LL SEE
HIM STANDING THERE
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY.
DID YOU EVER SEE HIM SMILE?
I ASK YOU THIS.
DID YOU EVER SEE HIM SMILE?
WHY WOULD HE SMILE, THE BOY?
WHAT IS THERE TO DELIGHT HIM?
HIS POVERTY?
WHY SHOULD HE SMILE?
PERHAPS, MANOLO...
PERHAPS ON SOME OCCASION,
SOME FESTIVE OCCASION,
INSTEAD OF HANDING
HIM A BROOM OR A TRAY,
EXTEND HIM A HAND.
KEEP THE BOY INSIDE
TONIGHT, MANOLO.
SHALL I SEE YOU HOME, IGNACIO?
NO, THANK YOU, PEDRO.
WITH ME, DARKNESS IS A FRIEND.
BUT YOU STAY INSIDE.
I'M LOCKING UP NOW, DOCTOR.
I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
SO, MANOLO... MY
FRIEND, WEAR A SMILE,
AND YOU'LL DOUBTLESS
LIVE TO SEE THE MORNING.
ARE YOU STILL OPEN?
I THOUGHT PERHAPS I
COULD HAVE SOME WINE.
¿COMO ESTAS?
BIEN.
PLEASE SIT DOWN, SIR.
I WILL GET YOU WINE.
I AM SORRY, SENOR,
BUT THE PLACE IS CLOSED.
WE ARE CLOSED NOW,
AND NO LONGER SERVING.
THERE IS A CURFEW.
IS THIS NOT TRUE, DOCTOR?
IS THERE NOT A CURFEW ON?
I WON'T STAY BUT A MOMENT.
JUST... LONG ENOUGH
FOR A DRINK OF WINE.
I... I'M ILL, I THINK.
BUT I PROMISE YOU I WON'T STAY.
PLEASE.
THAT'S NOT WINE.
THE BOTTLE DIDN'T BREAK,
SO IT COULDN'T BE...
I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIM.
HE GAVE ME NO CHOICE.
I MUST EXPLAIN.
PLEASE...
PLEASE... LISTEN TO
ME FOR A MOMENT.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN BEFORE
TO THAT POLICEMAN OR SOLDIER,
OR WHOEVER IT WAS.
I TRIED TO TELL HIM
THAT I CAME IN PEACE.
HE WANTED TO KILL ME.
I TRIED TO GET THE
GUN AWAY FROM HIM,
AND IT WENT OFF
AGAINST HIS BODY.
AND THEN THE MAN WHO CAME
AFTERWARDS KEPT FIRING AT ME.
PLEASE... PLEASE... PLEASE...
Pedro: YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT SOON.
THE DOCTOR HAS SAID SO.
HE WILL MAKE YOU ALL WELL AGAIN.
IT'S VERY ODD, PEDRO,
VERY ODD, INDEED,
THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON
WHO FEELS NEITHER
FEAR NOR ANGER,
AND THIS IS A BOY.
IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ALIKE.
YOU ARE A STRANGER,
AND IN A WAY, I AM
A STRANGER, TOO.
PEDRO, THE
PONCHO... Pedro: WHAT?
IN THE POCKET.
GET IT.
IT'S A GIFT.
PUT IT AWAY.
I'LL TELL YOU LATER ON.
FOR A BADLY WOUNDED MAN,
YOU HAVE A STRANGELY
WILLFUL PULSE.
I MIGHT GO A STEP FURTHER
AND SAY THAT I WISH MINE
SOUNDED LIKE YOURS DOES.
PEDRO, BRING THE
LAMP CLOSE TO THE BED.
SI, DOCTOR.
ETHER?
I'M GOING TO START
DIGGING IN THERE
FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES.
NO ANESTHETIC, DOCTOR.
PEDRO, I THINK
THIS IS A GOOD TIME
FOR YOU TO GO OUT
AND LOOK AT THE STARS.
YOU HAVE A GOOD FRIEND, SENOR.
DOCTOR, YOU MUST
GIVE HIM SOMETHING.
PEDRO, I WILL TELL
YOU SOMETHING.
I'M A VERY OBLIGING MAN,
BUT YOUR FRIEND DOES NOT
WANT THE PAIN DEADENED.
AND I ALWAYS SAY, EVERY
MAN TO HIS OWN TASTE.
WHISKEY. IF NOT THE BEST,
MAKE IT THE STRONGEST.
THE STRANGER TRAVELS LIGHT.
JUST THE CLOTHES
ON HIS BACK, AND...
AND THESE INSIDE HIS CHEST.
HE WAS VERY BRAVE, DOCTOR.
NOT A SOUND FROM HIM.
NOT SO MUCH AS A
CRY ALL THAT TIME.
YES, VERY BRAVE.
PEDRO, COME HERE.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU
KNOW OF HIM, PEDRO?
I KNOW NOTHING ELSE
EXCEPT THAT HE IS MY FRIEND.
YES, THIS MAY BE TRUE,
BUT IT DOES NOT
EXPLAIN THE MAN, DOES IT?
FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
HOW A MAN CAN HAVE TWO
BULLETS INSIDE HIS BODY
AND HAVE THEM REMOVED
WITHOUT A WHIMPER.
IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
HOW THIS MAN'S PULSE
CAN BE AS STRONG AND AS STEADY
AS IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE
WRONG WITH HIM THAN A COLD.
AND IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN
WHY THIS MAN IS ALIVE
WHEN HE SHOULD BE DEAD.
WE GOT TO HIM JUST
IN TIME, DOCTOR.
NO, PEDRO.
WE GOT TO HIM ABOUT
THREE HOURS TOO LATE.
WE GOT TO HIM WHERE BY THE LAWS
OF EVERY BOOK ON COMMON SENSE
HE SHOULD HAVE BLED TO DEATH.
BUT HE DIDN'T.
SO, STAY BY YOUR FRIEND, HUH?
AND LOOK AFTER HIM.
SI, DOCTOR.
MANOLO.
WHEN I WAS IN THERE, I
HEARD THE DOOR UNLOCK.
OH, I... I WENT OUT, DOCTOR.
I WENT OUT TO TELL SANCHEZ
THAT WHEN THE ARMY CAME,
THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE TO GO WALKING
THROUGH THE HILLS AT NIGHT.
THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE TO COME
HERE TO FIND WHAT THEY WANT.
AT YOUR BAPTISM, THEY FORGOT
TO GIVE YOU A PROPER NAME.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE, DOCTOR?
THAT WOULD BE JUDAS, MANOLO.
YOU MUST BE TIRED, PEDRO.
IT DOESN'T MATTER, SENOR.
I CAN SLEEP ANYTIME.
NOW YOU MUST SLEEP.
YOU HAVE A POET, PEDRO.
I READ HIM... ROBERT BURNS.
HE SAID, "THE BEST-LAID
SCHEMES O' MICE AND MEN
GANG AFT A-GLEY..."
LIKE MY PLANS.
I CAME HERE TO GIVE, AND
ALL I'VE DONE IS TO TAKE...
YOUR BED, YOUR ROOM.
EVEN MY CLOTHES... I STOLE THEM.
I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY IT
IS THAT MEN FEAR THE UNKNOWN.
LIKE CHILDREN, THEY'RE
AFRAID OF THE DARK.
THE ONLY PERSON I'VE MET
WHO ISN'T AFRAID OF
THE DARK IS A CHILD.
BECAUSE I AM AN ODD ONE.
WE ARE BOTH ODD
ONES, MR. WILLIAMS.
YOU COME FROM A LONG
WAY OFF, DON'T YOU?
FROM THE STARS?
FROM BEYOND THE STARS, PEDRO.
FOR A REASON?
FOR MANY REASONS.
AND THIS THING
YOU'VE GIVEN ME...
JUST A GIFT.
A GESTURE, REALLY.
A SMALL GIFT TO SHOW THEM
THAT I CAME AS A
VISITOR NOT AN INVADER.
I MUST GET BACK
TO MY SHIP, PEDRO
SEE IF I CAN REPAIR IT.
AND THEN I MUST LEAVE.
FOR GOOD, SENOR?
FOR GOOD AND ALL?
OH, NO, PEDRO,
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS "FOR GOOD AND ALL."
THERE IS ONLY FOREVER.
I WILL COME BACK SOMETIME...
OR OTHERS LIKE ME.
WHERE YOU'RE
FROM, IS THERE A GOD?
THE SAME GOD, PEDRO.
I WONDER... WHAT?
IF GOD WERE TO COME TO EARTH,
WOULD THEY FIND HIM SO STRANGE
THAT THEY WOULD BE AFRAID,
AND WOULD THEY SHOOT HIM?
DID NOT HIS SON
COME ONCE, PEDRO?
AND THEY NAILED HIM TO A CROSS.
AND THEN SPENT 2,000 YEARS
LEARNING TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
ALL THINGS TAKE TIME, PEDRO.
SOON, PEDRO, SOON
YOUR PEOPLE WILL NO
LONGER BE AFRAID OF ME.
THEY WILL NOT BE
AFRAID, AND THEN...
THEN I CAN SHOW THEM THE GIFT.
I AM SANCHEZ, SIR.
I AM THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICER.
AND THE FUGITIVE?
INSIDE THERE, SIR.
IT WAS I, MYSELF WHO SHOT HIM
AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
THE BARTENDER TELLS
ME THAT HE LIES IN A BED
TOO WEAK TO MOVE.
YOU ARE A BRAVE
MAN, OFFICER SANCHEZ.
BUT PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME
IF HE IS ONLY ONE MAN
AND IS TOO WEAK TO MOVE,
WHY DO YOU NEED US?
YOU, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, SIR.
THIS IS NOT A MAN;
THIS IS A CREATURE.
WHO KNOWS WHAT ARE HIS POWERS?
YOU... YOU ARE THE OWNER?
THIS IS MANOLO, SI.
THE PERSON YOU
SEEK IS INSIDE, CAPTAIN.
I HAVE HELD HIM HERE FOR YOU.
OH, I AM IN THE PRESENCE
OF SUCH COURAGE, MR. BARTENDER.
A VILLAGE OF LIONS.
SERGEANT, IN HERE WITH ME.
THE TWO OF YOU, WAIT OUTSIDE.
EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN.
THE MAN IS TOO ILL TO BE MOVED.
OH? AND YOU WOULD BE...?
I AM THE DOCTOR HERE.
I HAVE BEEN TREATING THE MAN.
HE WAS WOUNDED, CAPTAIN,
AFTER KILLING ONE
OF OUR POLICEMAN.
WHY DON'T YOU LET CAPTAIN
DO HIS DUTY, DOCTOR?
I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO
LET THE CAPTAIN DO HIS DUTY,
BUT FIRST, I MUST BE
COGNIZANT OF MY OWN.
THE MAN IS MY PATIENT;
HE'S BEEN BADLY WOUNDED.
HE CAN DO NO ONE ANY HARM.
HMM. UNFORTUNATELY, DOCTOR
MY ORDERS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
WERE TO BRING BACK
A KILLER, NOT A PATIENT.
GET OUT OF THE WAY, PEDRO.
THEY HAVE COME FOR THE MONSTER.
NO! HE MUST LIVE!
THE DOCTOR SAID
HE MUST STAY HERE.
HERE HE IS, CAPTAIN.
HAVE THE MEN SURROUND
THE STREET IMMEDIATELY.
HE CANNOT HAVE GONE VERY FAR.
IF THERE IS EVER A NEED HERE
FOR A TOWN JAILER,
MR. BARTENDER,
I HOPE YOU DO NOT SEE
FIT TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE!
Woman: QUE DIOS NOS PROTEJA!
THE SOLDIERS WILL PROTECT US.
THERE HE IS!
OFFICER, I FOUND HIM! HE'S HERE!
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SENOR!
YOU WILL COME WITH US.
THE CHARGE IS MURDER.
DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT.
I COME IN PEACE.
YOU WILL PUT UP YOUR HANDS
AND WALK TOWARD ME.
Pedro: MR. WILLIAMS!
MR. WILLIAMS!
PEDRO, THE GIFT.
SHOW THEM THE GIFT.
GIVE IT TO THE DOCTOR.
HE WILL EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.
DESTROY IT.
Woman: BURN IT! BURN IT!
IT IS THE DEVIL'S WORK.
Woman: DESTROY IT!
IT'S THE DEVIL'S WORK!
BURN IT! BURN IT!
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
WHY?
Woman: QUE DIOS NOS PROTEJA!
Man: CALM YOURSELF.
PEDRO!
LOOK OUT FOR THE BOY!
Man: SOMEBODY STOP HIM.
HE'S ATTACKING THE BOY.
Woman: HE'S GOING AFTER THE BOY!
SOMEBODY STOP HIM!
HE'S ATTACKING THE BOY!
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF IT.
EVERYBODY, BACK TO YOUR HOMES.
CLEAR THE STREETS.
ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE
TO PICK UP THE BODY.
WHAT WAS IT, DOCTOR?
Man: BLACK MAGIC?
SOMETHING FROM SATAN?
READ IT.
"GREETINGS TO THE
PEOPLE OF EARTH.
"WE COME AS
FRIENDS, AND IN PEACE.
"WE BRING YOU THIS GIFT.
"THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL
FORMULA IS A VACCINE.
IT'S A VACCINE AGAINST
ALL FORMS OF CANCER."
THAT'S ALL THERE IS.
THE REST HAS BEEN BURNED.
SO WE HAVE NOT
JUST KILLED A MAN.
WE HAVE KILLED A DREAM.
Woman: OH, QUE NOCHE, QUE NOCHE!
COME, PEDRO.
COME HOME WITH ME, SON.
MADEIRO, MEXICO... THE PRESENT.
THE SUBJECT... FEAR.
THE CURE... A LITTLE MORE FAITH.
AN Rx OFF A SHELF
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Announcer: ROD SERLING,
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS MESSAGE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT WEEK ON THE
TWILIGHT ZONE, A RETURN VISIT
FROM AN ILLUSTRIOUS YOUNG
ACTOR, CLIFF ROBERTSON.
HE STARS IN ONE OF
THE STRANGEST TALES
WE'VE YET TO THROW AT YOU.
IT'S CALLED "THE DUMMY," AND
IT INVOLVES A VENTRILOQUIST
AND A PIECE OF PAINTED WOOD...
A UNIQUE SLAB OF CARVED PINE
WHO DECIDES THAT LAP
SITTING IS FOR THE BIRDS,
AND WHO TAKES THINGS
INTO HIS OWN WOODEN HANDS.
NOW, THIS ONE WE RECOMMEND
TO THE VOICE THROWERS
ACROSS THE LAND.
WE HOPE WE SEE YOU THEN.
CHESTERFIELD KING EXTRA
LENGTH... SURE, AND MORE,
FOR ONLY CHESTERFIELD KING
GIVES YOU THE WONDERFUL
TASTE OF 21 GREAT TOBACCOS.
TRY A PACK.
THIS IS JAMES ARNESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY A SHORT HOP
FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE
TO DODGE CITY IN GUNSMOKE.
SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE STATIONS.