The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 5, Episode 21 - Spur of the Moment - full transcript
An engaged heiress is terrorized by a middle-aged woman on a horse pleading with her not to go through with her impending marriage.
YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.
BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,
A DIMENSION OF MIND.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,
OF THINGS AND IDEAS.
YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
♪ ♪
ANNE!
ANNE!
ANNE!
WAIT!
ANNE!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE HENDERSON,
18 YEARS OF OLD,
HER YOUNG EXISTENCE
SUDDENLY MARRED
BY A SAVAGE AND WHOLLY
UNANTICIPATED PURSUIT
BY A STRANGE, NIGHTMARISH
FIGURE OF A WOMAN IN BLACK
WHO HAS APPEARED
AS IF FROM NOWHERE
AND NOW, AT DRIVING GALLOP,
CHASES THE TERRIFIED GIRL
ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE
AS IF SHE MEANS TO RIDE
HER DOWN AND KILL HER,
AND THEN SUDDENLY
AND INEXPLICABLY STOPS
TO WATCH IN MALIGNANT SILENCE
AS HER PREY TAKES FLIGHT.
MISS HENDERSON
HAS NO IDEA WHATEVER
AS TO THE MOTIVE
FOR THIS PURSUIT,
WORSE, NOT THE VAGUEST NOTION
REGARDING THE
IDENTITY OF HER PURSUER.
SOON ENOUGH, SHE WILL
BE GIVEN THE SOLUTION
TO THIS TWOFOLD MYSTERY,
BUT IN A MANNER FAR BEYOND
HER PRESENT CAPACITY
TO UNDERSTAND,
A MANNER ENIGMATICALLY BIZARRE
IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE...
WHICH IS TO SAY, AN ANSWER
FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
WHAT IN THE NAME
OF... WHAT IS IT?
ANNE JUST CAME RIDING BACK
AS THOUGH THE DEVIL
HIMSELF WERE CHASING HER.
REALLY? I WONDER WHAT'S WRONG.
ANNE?
ANNE, HONEY.
BOB.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
ANNE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
TAKE IT EASY.
TRY TO GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
ANNE, AND TELL US.
WHAT HAPPENED, ANNE?
THERE WAS A WOMAN OUT THERE.
WOMAN? WHO?
WHAT WOMAN?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER
SAW HER BEFORE.
WELL, WHAT DID SHE DO?
ANNE.
SHE CHASED ME. CHASED YOU?
SHE... SHE WAS ON HORSEBACK...
TAKE IT EASY, TAKE IT EASY.
AND SHE CHASED ME.
SHE TRIED TO CUT ME
OFF AND RUN ME DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IF SHE CAUGHT ME
SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
WHAT?
ANNE!
OH, GOD, THE WAY
SHE LOOKED AT ME.
WHERE WAS THIS, ANNE?
I DON'T KNOW. TRY TO REMEMBER.
JOHN, HADN'T YOU
BETTER GET ON THE PHONE,
GET SOMEBODY TO LOOK FOR HER?
OUT IN THE MEADOW?
NEAR THE HILLS?
DADDY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT'S OVER NOW, BABY.
EVERYTHING'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.
DARLING, WHAT A FRIGHT
YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
COME ON, NOW.
NOW IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE THE GARDENER WITH YOU,
YOU MAY NEED HELP.
YES, WHEN YOU FIND HER,
BRING HER TO THE
HOUSE IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY!
I WAS SO FRIGHTENED.
SHE JUST RODE AT ME
WITH SUCH A LOOK OF HATRED.
BUT YOU'D NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE?
NO.
GET THE POLICE.
IT WAS JUST UNEXPECTED.
ONE SECOND, I'M ALL
ALONE AND THEN, I LOOK UP
AND THERE SHE IS ON THIS
HILL, GLARING DOWN AT ME.
THEN SHE STARTED DOWN THAT HILL
WHIPPING THAT HORSE
AND SCREAMING AT ME.
DARLING, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TELL US ANY MORE.
TRY TO FORGET.
I CAN'T FORGET.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
WHO IS SHE?
WHY WAS SHE CHASING ME?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
YOUR FATHER'S
CALLING THE POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
SHE CAME FROM.
WAS IT A WARNING?
A WARNING?
ARE YOU TELLING US EVERYTHING?
YOU'RE SURE SHE WASN'T
CARRYING A SIGN THAT READ:
"CANCEL THAT ENGAGEMENT PARTY.
"DON'T MARRY THAT
INVESTMENT BROKER.
YOURS TRULY, FATE."
THAT'S NOT FUNNY, BOB.
I'M SORRY, I WAS ONLY
TRYING TO CHEER YOU UP.
THANK YOU.
ALL SET.
WE'LL FIND HER.
FEELING BETTER?
YES, DADDY.
GOOD.
CAN'T HAVE A RED-EYED FIANCEE
AT THE PARTY TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY NOT.
TELL US ABOUT THIS WOMAN...
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS?
NO, DADDY.
MAYBE SHE HAVE RIDDEN ONTO
OUR PROPERTY BY MISTAKE.
MISTAKE?
THAT'S RIGHT, MRS. HENDERSON.
IF SHE'D RIDDEN HERE BY MISTAKE
WHY SHOULD SHE ATTACK ANNE?
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?
SHE JUST KEPT SCREAMING AT ME
BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT
SHE WANTED TO KILL ME.
NOW, YOU'RE JUST
ASSUMING THAT, HONEY.
NO, SHE WANTED TO KILL ME, BOB.
I DOUBT IF SHE
FOLLOWED YOU HOME.
WHAT IF SHE DID?
LET'S HOPE SHE DID.
SAVE US THE TROUBLE
OF LOOKING FOR HER.
WHERE EXACTLY DID THIS HAPPEN?
ANNE?
DADDY, AREN'T YOU GOING TO LOOK?
WHOEVER IT IS, REYNOLDS
WILL LET THEM IN.
I KNOW THAT, BUT...
COME ON, BABY,
WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?
LOOK, I TOLD YOU, DADDY,
ON THE MEADOW
NEAR THE HILL. PLEASE.
Reynolds: YES, MR. MITCHELL?
Mitchell: I SAID THAT I WANT
TO SEE MISS HENDERSON.
Reynolds: I'M SORRY, SIR...
THAT'S NO MYSTERIOUS
WOMAN, I'M AFRAID,
UNLESS SHE'S A BARITONE.
SOUNDS LIKE...
Mitchell: I DON'T CARE ABOUT
THAT, I WANT TO TALK TO HER.
DAVID.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
DADDY?
OH, DEAR, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS ALL ENDED.
IT IS, MOTHER, I DIDN'T... ANNE.
NOW, ANNE, YOU
KEEP AWAY FROM HIM.
I WILL, MOTHER.
I WANT TO TALK TO HER,
NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY.
MR. MITCHELL, YOU
ARE NOT AT LIBERTY...
REYNOLDS, I'LL
TAKE CARE OF THIS.
YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN
THIS HOUSE, MR. MITCHELL.
I CAME TO SEE ANNE.
SHE DOESN'T CARE TO SEE YOU.
YOU'RE MAKING ALL
HER DECISIONS NOW?
WOULD YOU PREFER
THAT I CALL THE POLICE.
CALL WHO YOU WILL,
I'M HERE TO SEE ANNE.
WHAT WILL CONVINCE
YOU, PROSECUTION?
JUST A FEW WORDS
FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
HEAR THEM, THEN...
IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN BE RID OF YOU.
ANNE, IT IS OVER BETWEEN
YOU AND HIM, ISN'T IT?
YES, I JUST DON'T WANT
TO TALK TO HIM THAT'S ALL.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
DAVID, PLEASE.
ANNE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
ONLY A BLIND MAN
COULD BELIEVE THAT.
I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT, I WAS
TALKING TO YOU.
TELL ME YOU DON'T
LOVE ME AND I'LL GO.
TELL ME!
DAVID.
HER SILENCE IS YOUR ANSWER.
ARE YOU CONVINCED NOW?
I SAID, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
I'M GIVING YOU ONE MINUTE
TO FINISH YOUR LITTLE DIATRIBE.
THEN, IF YOU DO NOT
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY...
IMMEDIATELY, MR. MITCHELL...
YOU'LL BE REMOVED BY FORCE
AND THROWN INTO
JAIL FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY.
ANNE, LOOK AT
ME. I'VE LOVE, ANNE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
LONG I'VE LOVED YOU?
ALL OUR LIVES,
ANNE, ALL OUR LIVES.
YOU'D THROW IT AWAY FOR HIM?
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER,
YOU KNOW THAT.
DON'T LET YOUR FATHER
FORCE YOU INTO THIS.
DON'T MAKE THIS
MISTAKE WITH YOUR LIFE.
BREAK YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
I CAN'T, DAVID.
YOU BROKE OURS.
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE, MARRY ME.
WE ALWAYS KNEW WE'D BE MARRIED,
EVEN WHEN WE WERE
KIDS, WE KNEW IT.
YOU BELONG WITH ME, ANNE.
PLEASE, DON'T.
John: TIME, MR. MITCHELL.
GET OUT.
I'M NOT THROUGH YET.
YOU'RE THROUGH.
ANNE, PLEASE...
ANNE... DAVID, PLEASE...
HOLD STEADY, MR. MITCHELL.
DADDY, NO.
John: EASY.
I THINK YOU'LL GO NOW.
DON'T THINK THAT
I WON'T USE THIS.
ON THE CONTRARY.
DADDY, PLEASE,
PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM.
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?
YOUR FATHER TO BREAK US
UP AT THE POINT OF A GUN?
ANNE...
MITCHELL!
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE.
NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE
COMMON COURTESY AND SENSE
TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST
FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.
BUT NOT QUITE, HMM?
NOT QUITE.
A GOOD STIFF DRINK IS IN ORDER.
AMEN.
ANNE?
ANNE?
WHAT?
THAT LAWYER PHONED AGAIN.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID, THAT LAWYER
PHONED AGAIN.
I COULDN'T CARE LESS.
WILL THAT HELP?
YES, IT'LL HELP IF I
DRINK ENOUGH OF IT.
AMBROSIA.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
HOUSE AWAY FROM US, ANNE.
ARE THEY REALLY?
YES.
WELL... THEY CAN HAVE IT.
THAT'S ALL IT MEANS TO YOU?
THAT'S ALL.
THE HOME YOU WERE RAISED IN.
RAISED? YOU MEAN LOWERED.
SPOILED, SQUEEZED TO
DEATH WITH A VELVET GLOVE.
ARE WE STARTING THAT AGAIN?
WE STARTED IT
THE DAY I WAS BORN.
YOU, ME, AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY.
I WON'T HEAR YOU
DEBASE HIS MEMORY.
DEBASE HIS MEMORY... HOW
CORNBALL CAN YOU GET?
HOW DARE YOU... HOW DARE YOU!
HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE
THAT ABOUT YOUR OWN FATHER
WHO GAVE YOU
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.
THAT'S RIGHT, GAVE
ME EVERYTHING.
I NEVER HAD TO EARN A BIT OF IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO
WORK FOR ANYTHING.
NEVER HAD TO BOTHER
ACQUIRING SUCH USELESS TRAITS
AS JUDGEMENT, DISCRIMINATION.
NO, WHO NEEDS THEM?
CHEERS.
YOU BLAME YOUR FATHER FOR...
YES, I BLAME MY FATHER.
OH, HE WAS STRONG, WASN'T HE?
STRONG, SO EFFICIENT,
SO METICULOUS
AND I WAS HIS BABY.
16, 17, 18 YEARS OF
AGE AND I WAS HIS BABY
WITH ALL THE KEEN
INSIGHTS OF A BABY.
ALL THE CAPACITY TO
UNDERSTAND, THE ABILITY TO JUDGE.
SO I MADE A MISTAKE...
A LITTLE MISTAKE
JUST ENOUGH TO RUIN MY LIFE.
ANNE, DON'T.
AH, HOW WONDERFUL.
I AM FINALLY BEING DISCIPLINED
AT THE AGE OF 43.
WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE, ANNE?
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HOUSE.
I CARE.
THAT'S YOUR MISFORTUNE
AND NONE OF MY OWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW TODAY?
DO YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
I SAW A GHOST, MOTHER... MY OWN.
WHAT?
INTRIGUING, ISN'T IT?
TO BE HAUNTED BY ONE'S OWN SELF.
POSITIVELY INTRIGUING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I'M TALKING ABOUT
GHOSTS, MOTHER.
PHANTOMS, VISITATIONS.
REMINDERS... FROM THE
PAST AND THE FUTURE.
I WENT OUT RIDING TODAY.
OUT WHERE I USUALLY
GO, BEYOND THE MEADOW.
I WAS ON A RIDGE AND I SAW
THIS YOUNG GIRL RIDE TOWARD ME.
ME.
ME, MOTHER... AS I LOOKED AT 18.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
THE DAY OF MY ENGAGEMENT PARTY?
DO YOU?
JUNE 13, 1939.
I EVEN REMEMBER THE DATE.
REMEMBER HOW I CAME IN TERRIFIED
BECAUSE SOME WOMAN
HAD ATTACKED ME
AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY HAD
THEM SEARCH FOR HER IN VAIN.
WELL, I WAS THAT WOMAN, MOTHER.
I AM THAT WOMAN.
AND YOU WANT TO
KNOW SOMETHING FUNNY,
SOMETHING MARVELOUSLY FUNNY?
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY
TIME I'VE SEEN HER.
BIZARRE, ISN'T IT?
I KEEP SEEING HER
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
KEEP SEEING MYSELF
AGAIN AND AGAIN
ON THAT DAY, THAT
ONE PARTICULAR DAY.
YOU KNOW THE EXPRESSION
"GO CHASE YOURSELF"?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I'VE BEEN DOING...
CHASING MYSELF.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
ROBERT SAID TO ME THAT DAY?
"MAYBE IT'S A WARNING," HE SAID.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
WELL, IT WAS A WARNING.
I WAS WARNING MYSELF NOT
TO MARRY THE WRONG MAN.
BUT I MARRIED HIM
ANYWAY, DIDN'T I?
AND NOW I HAVE PAID THE PRICE.
I HAVE BECOME THAT
GROTESQUE PHANTOM
THAT FRIGHTENED THAT
POOR CHILDLIKE GIRL
HALF TO DEATH 25 YEARS AGO.
A STERILE, ALCOHOLIC PHANTOM
MARRIED TO A MAN WHO'S
RUN THIS ESTATE INTO RUIN.
IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN
I WAS BEING WARNED.
WARNED ABOUT WHAT?
HUH?
NO ANSWER FOR
YOUR LOVING HUSBAND?
HUH?
SHE... SHE'S TURNED
HER BACK ON ME.
I WONDER WHAT THIS SIGNIFIES.
LACK OF RESPECT?
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE
COURTESY JUST ONCE...
WOULD YOU... WOULD YOU GET OUT?
DO I HAVE TO DRAW YOU A MAP?
GET OUT OF HERE, GET OUT!
TWO MINDS BUT WITH
A SINGLE THOUGHT:
ALCOHOLIC DISSOLUTION.
YOU'VE NOT FAR TO GO.
DISRESPECT?
IT'S DISRESPECT, MY GIRL.
CAN'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW.
NOW THAT...
YOUR OLD DADDY'S GONE AND BURIED
I'M THE MAN OF THE HOUSE NOW.
MAN? MAN?
THAT'S RIGHT, MY DARLING.
SWEETHEART, LOVELY.
MAN, AND YOU MUST LOOK UP TO ME
WITH RESPECT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE DEVIL.
NOW, WE MUST HAVE RESPECT.
WE MUST HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT.
AFTER ALL, I AM YOUR ADORED ONE.
YOUR TRUE LOVE...
YOUR, UH... TRUE LOVE,
YOUR ADORED ONE.
ANNE?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
I SAW YOU GO OUT
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE
YOU DIDN'T FEEL WELL.
OH, I'M FINE.
LOVELY NIGHT.
YES, IT IS.
ARE YOU WARM ENOUGH?
MM-HMM.
YOUR FATHER
THROWS QUITE A PARTY.
YES, HE DOES.
HE'S REALLY IN A MARVELOUS MOOD.
OH, DADDY'S ALWAYS
IN A GOOD MOOD
WHEN HE GETS HIS WAY.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK
I AM A BIT CHILLY.
DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU
COULD GET, UH, SOMETHING
TO PUT OVER MY SHOULDERS?
OF COURSE.
OH, OH, DAVID!
OH, ANNE, ANNE, I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
OH, DAVID, DAVID, I WANT TO...
NOW, ANNE, NOW, DECIDE!
THERE'S NO MORE TIME.
OH, DAVID, YOU ARE MY TRUE LOVE.
MY ADORED ONE, MAKE ME HAPPY
PLEASE, MAKE ME HAPPY.
OH, I WILL, I WILL, I WILL.
OH, ANNE.
ANNE... I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
ANNE!
ANNE!
WAIT!
COME BACK!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE MITCHELL,
43 YEARS OF AGE,
HER DESOLATE EXISTENCE
ONCE MORE AFFLICTED
BY THE HOPE OF ALTERING
HER PAST MISTAKE...
A HOPE WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY
DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
FOR WARNINGS FROM
THE FUTURE TO THE PAST
MUST BE TAKEN IN THE PAST.
TODAY MAY CHANGE TOMORROW
BUT ONCE TODAY IS GONE
TOMORROW CAN ONLY
LOOK BACK IN SORROW
THAT THE WARNING WAS IGNORED.
SAID WARNING AS OF NOW
STAMPED "NOT ACCEPTED"
AND STORED AWAY IN THE DEAD FILE
IN THE RECORDING OFFICE
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT TIME ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
A DEPARTURE FROM THE NORM.
A PROGRAM SHOT IN
ITS ENTIRETY IN FRANCE.
A FILM SO SPECIAL AND SO UNIQUE
THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THE FIVE YEARS
WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
WE'RE OFFERING A
FILM SHOT BY OTHERS.
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED
BY ROBERT ENRICO.
WINNER OF THE CANNES
FILM FESTIVAL 1962,
AS WELL AS OTHER MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.
AMBROSE BIERCE'S "AN
OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE."
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.
BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,
A DIMENSION OF MIND.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,
OF THINGS AND IDEAS.
YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
♪ ♪
ANNE!
ANNE!
ANNE!
WAIT!
ANNE!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE HENDERSON,
18 YEARS OF OLD,
HER YOUNG EXISTENCE
SUDDENLY MARRED
BY A SAVAGE AND WHOLLY
UNANTICIPATED PURSUIT
BY A STRANGE, NIGHTMARISH
FIGURE OF A WOMAN IN BLACK
WHO HAS APPEARED
AS IF FROM NOWHERE
AND NOW, AT DRIVING GALLOP,
CHASES THE TERRIFIED GIRL
ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE
AS IF SHE MEANS TO RIDE
HER DOWN AND KILL HER,
AND THEN SUDDENLY
AND INEXPLICABLY STOPS
TO WATCH IN MALIGNANT SILENCE
AS HER PREY TAKES FLIGHT.
MISS HENDERSON
HAS NO IDEA WHATEVER
AS TO THE MOTIVE
FOR THIS PURSUIT,
WORSE, NOT THE VAGUEST NOTION
REGARDING THE
IDENTITY OF HER PURSUER.
SOON ENOUGH, SHE WILL
BE GIVEN THE SOLUTION
TO THIS TWOFOLD MYSTERY,
BUT IN A MANNER FAR BEYOND
HER PRESENT CAPACITY
TO UNDERSTAND,
A MANNER ENIGMATICALLY BIZARRE
IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE...
WHICH IS TO SAY, AN ANSWER
FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
WHAT IN THE NAME
OF... WHAT IS IT?
ANNE JUST CAME RIDING BACK
AS THOUGH THE DEVIL
HIMSELF WERE CHASING HER.
REALLY? I WONDER WHAT'S WRONG.
ANNE?
ANNE, HONEY.
BOB.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
ANNE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
TAKE IT EASY.
TRY TO GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
ANNE, AND TELL US.
WHAT HAPPENED, ANNE?
THERE WAS A WOMAN OUT THERE.
WOMAN? WHO?
WHAT WOMAN?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER
SAW HER BEFORE.
WELL, WHAT DID SHE DO?
ANNE.
SHE CHASED ME. CHASED YOU?
SHE... SHE WAS ON HORSEBACK...
TAKE IT EASY, TAKE IT EASY.
AND SHE CHASED ME.
SHE TRIED TO CUT ME
OFF AND RUN ME DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IF SHE CAUGHT ME
SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
WHAT?
ANNE!
OH, GOD, THE WAY
SHE LOOKED AT ME.
WHERE WAS THIS, ANNE?
I DON'T KNOW. TRY TO REMEMBER.
JOHN, HADN'T YOU
BETTER GET ON THE PHONE,
GET SOMEBODY TO LOOK FOR HER?
OUT IN THE MEADOW?
NEAR THE HILLS?
DADDY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT'S OVER NOW, BABY.
EVERYTHING'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.
DARLING, WHAT A FRIGHT
YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
COME ON, NOW.
NOW IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE THE GARDENER WITH YOU,
YOU MAY NEED HELP.
YES, WHEN YOU FIND HER,
BRING HER TO THE
HOUSE IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY!
I WAS SO FRIGHTENED.
SHE JUST RODE AT ME
WITH SUCH A LOOK OF HATRED.
BUT YOU'D NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE?
NO.
GET THE POLICE.
IT WAS JUST UNEXPECTED.
ONE SECOND, I'M ALL
ALONE AND THEN, I LOOK UP
AND THERE SHE IS ON THIS
HILL, GLARING DOWN AT ME.
THEN SHE STARTED DOWN THAT HILL
WHIPPING THAT HORSE
AND SCREAMING AT ME.
DARLING, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TELL US ANY MORE.
TRY TO FORGET.
I CAN'T FORGET.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
WHO IS SHE?
WHY WAS SHE CHASING ME?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
YOUR FATHER'S
CALLING THE POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
SHE CAME FROM.
WAS IT A WARNING?
A WARNING?
ARE YOU TELLING US EVERYTHING?
YOU'RE SURE SHE WASN'T
CARRYING A SIGN THAT READ:
"CANCEL THAT ENGAGEMENT PARTY.
"DON'T MARRY THAT
INVESTMENT BROKER.
YOURS TRULY, FATE."
THAT'S NOT FUNNY, BOB.
I'M SORRY, I WAS ONLY
TRYING TO CHEER YOU UP.
THANK YOU.
ALL SET.
WE'LL FIND HER.
FEELING BETTER?
YES, DADDY.
GOOD.
CAN'T HAVE A RED-EYED FIANCEE
AT THE PARTY TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY NOT.
TELL US ABOUT THIS WOMAN...
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS?
NO, DADDY.
MAYBE SHE HAVE RIDDEN ONTO
OUR PROPERTY BY MISTAKE.
MISTAKE?
THAT'S RIGHT, MRS. HENDERSON.
IF SHE'D RIDDEN HERE BY MISTAKE
WHY SHOULD SHE ATTACK ANNE?
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?
SHE JUST KEPT SCREAMING AT ME
BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT
SHE WANTED TO KILL ME.
NOW, YOU'RE JUST
ASSUMING THAT, HONEY.
NO, SHE WANTED TO KILL ME, BOB.
I DOUBT IF SHE
FOLLOWED YOU HOME.
WHAT IF SHE DID?
LET'S HOPE SHE DID.
SAVE US THE TROUBLE
OF LOOKING FOR HER.
WHERE EXACTLY DID THIS HAPPEN?
ANNE?
DADDY, AREN'T YOU GOING TO LOOK?
WHOEVER IT IS, REYNOLDS
WILL LET THEM IN.
I KNOW THAT, BUT...
COME ON, BABY,
WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?
LOOK, I TOLD YOU, DADDY,
ON THE MEADOW
NEAR THE HILL. PLEASE.
Reynolds: YES, MR. MITCHELL?
Mitchell: I SAID THAT I WANT
TO SEE MISS HENDERSON.
Reynolds: I'M SORRY, SIR...
THAT'S NO MYSTERIOUS
WOMAN, I'M AFRAID,
UNLESS SHE'S A BARITONE.
SOUNDS LIKE...
Mitchell: I DON'T CARE ABOUT
THAT, I WANT TO TALK TO HER.
DAVID.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
DADDY?
OH, DEAR, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS ALL ENDED.
IT IS, MOTHER, I DIDN'T... ANNE.
NOW, ANNE, YOU
KEEP AWAY FROM HIM.
I WILL, MOTHER.
I WANT TO TALK TO HER,
NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY.
MR. MITCHELL, YOU
ARE NOT AT LIBERTY...
REYNOLDS, I'LL
TAKE CARE OF THIS.
YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN
THIS HOUSE, MR. MITCHELL.
I CAME TO SEE ANNE.
SHE DOESN'T CARE TO SEE YOU.
YOU'RE MAKING ALL
HER DECISIONS NOW?
WOULD YOU PREFER
THAT I CALL THE POLICE.
CALL WHO YOU WILL,
I'M HERE TO SEE ANNE.
WHAT WILL CONVINCE
YOU, PROSECUTION?
JUST A FEW WORDS
FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
HEAR THEM, THEN...
IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN BE RID OF YOU.
ANNE, IT IS OVER BETWEEN
YOU AND HIM, ISN'T IT?
YES, I JUST DON'T WANT
TO TALK TO HIM THAT'S ALL.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
DAVID, PLEASE.
ANNE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
ONLY A BLIND MAN
COULD BELIEVE THAT.
I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT, I WAS
TALKING TO YOU.
TELL ME YOU DON'T
LOVE ME AND I'LL GO.
TELL ME!
DAVID.
HER SILENCE IS YOUR ANSWER.
ARE YOU CONVINCED NOW?
I SAID, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
I'M GIVING YOU ONE MINUTE
TO FINISH YOUR LITTLE DIATRIBE.
THEN, IF YOU DO NOT
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY...
IMMEDIATELY, MR. MITCHELL...
YOU'LL BE REMOVED BY FORCE
AND THROWN INTO
JAIL FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY.
ANNE, LOOK AT
ME. I'VE LOVE, ANNE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
LONG I'VE LOVED YOU?
ALL OUR LIVES,
ANNE, ALL OUR LIVES.
YOU'D THROW IT AWAY FOR HIM?
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER,
YOU KNOW THAT.
DON'T LET YOUR FATHER
FORCE YOU INTO THIS.
DON'T MAKE THIS
MISTAKE WITH YOUR LIFE.
BREAK YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
I CAN'T, DAVID.
YOU BROKE OURS.
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE, MARRY ME.
WE ALWAYS KNEW WE'D BE MARRIED,
EVEN WHEN WE WERE
KIDS, WE KNEW IT.
YOU BELONG WITH ME, ANNE.
PLEASE, DON'T.
John: TIME, MR. MITCHELL.
GET OUT.
I'M NOT THROUGH YET.
YOU'RE THROUGH.
ANNE, PLEASE...
ANNE... DAVID, PLEASE...
HOLD STEADY, MR. MITCHELL.
DADDY, NO.
John: EASY.
I THINK YOU'LL GO NOW.
DON'T THINK THAT
I WON'T USE THIS.
ON THE CONTRARY.
DADDY, PLEASE,
PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM.
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?
YOUR FATHER TO BREAK US
UP AT THE POINT OF A GUN?
ANNE...
MITCHELL!
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE.
NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE
COMMON COURTESY AND SENSE
TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST
FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.
BUT NOT QUITE, HMM?
NOT QUITE.
A GOOD STIFF DRINK IS IN ORDER.
AMEN.
ANNE?
ANNE?
WHAT?
THAT LAWYER PHONED AGAIN.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID, THAT LAWYER
PHONED AGAIN.
I COULDN'T CARE LESS.
WILL THAT HELP?
YES, IT'LL HELP IF I
DRINK ENOUGH OF IT.
AMBROSIA.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
HOUSE AWAY FROM US, ANNE.
ARE THEY REALLY?
YES.
WELL... THEY CAN HAVE IT.
THAT'S ALL IT MEANS TO YOU?
THAT'S ALL.
THE HOME YOU WERE RAISED IN.
RAISED? YOU MEAN LOWERED.
SPOILED, SQUEEZED TO
DEATH WITH A VELVET GLOVE.
ARE WE STARTING THAT AGAIN?
WE STARTED IT
THE DAY I WAS BORN.
YOU, ME, AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY.
I WON'T HEAR YOU
DEBASE HIS MEMORY.
DEBASE HIS MEMORY... HOW
CORNBALL CAN YOU GET?
HOW DARE YOU... HOW DARE YOU!
HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE
THAT ABOUT YOUR OWN FATHER
WHO GAVE YOU
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.
THAT'S RIGHT, GAVE
ME EVERYTHING.
I NEVER HAD TO EARN A BIT OF IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO
WORK FOR ANYTHING.
NEVER HAD TO BOTHER
ACQUIRING SUCH USELESS TRAITS
AS JUDGEMENT, DISCRIMINATION.
NO, WHO NEEDS THEM?
CHEERS.
YOU BLAME YOUR FATHER FOR...
YES, I BLAME MY FATHER.
OH, HE WAS STRONG, WASN'T HE?
STRONG, SO EFFICIENT,
SO METICULOUS
AND I WAS HIS BABY.
16, 17, 18 YEARS OF
AGE AND I WAS HIS BABY
WITH ALL THE KEEN
INSIGHTS OF A BABY.
ALL THE CAPACITY TO
UNDERSTAND, THE ABILITY TO JUDGE.
SO I MADE A MISTAKE...
A LITTLE MISTAKE
JUST ENOUGH TO RUIN MY LIFE.
ANNE, DON'T.
AH, HOW WONDERFUL.
I AM FINALLY BEING DISCIPLINED
AT THE AGE OF 43.
WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE, ANNE?
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HOUSE.
I CARE.
THAT'S YOUR MISFORTUNE
AND NONE OF MY OWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW TODAY?
DO YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
I SAW A GHOST, MOTHER... MY OWN.
WHAT?
INTRIGUING, ISN'T IT?
TO BE HAUNTED BY ONE'S OWN SELF.
POSITIVELY INTRIGUING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I'M TALKING ABOUT
GHOSTS, MOTHER.
PHANTOMS, VISITATIONS.
REMINDERS... FROM THE
PAST AND THE FUTURE.
I WENT OUT RIDING TODAY.
OUT WHERE I USUALLY
GO, BEYOND THE MEADOW.
I WAS ON A RIDGE AND I SAW
THIS YOUNG GIRL RIDE TOWARD ME.
ME.
ME, MOTHER... AS I LOOKED AT 18.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
THE DAY OF MY ENGAGEMENT PARTY?
DO YOU?
JUNE 13, 1939.
I EVEN REMEMBER THE DATE.
REMEMBER HOW I CAME IN TERRIFIED
BECAUSE SOME WOMAN
HAD ATTACKED ME
AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY HAD
THEM SEARCH FOR HER IN VAIN.
WELL, I WAS THAT WOMAN, MOTHER.
I AM THAT WOMAN.
AND YOU WANT TO
KNOW SOMETHING FUNNY,
SOMETHING MARVELOUSLY FUNNY?
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY
TIME I'VE SEEN HER.
BIZARRE, ISN'T IT?
I KEEP SEEING HER
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
KEEP SEEING MYSELF
AGAIN AND AGAIN
ON THAT DAY, THAT
ONE PARTICULAR DAY.
YOU KNOW THE EXPRESSION
"GO CHASE YOURSELF"?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I'VE BEEN DOING...
CHASING MYSELF.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
ROBERT SAID TO ME THAT DAY?
"MAYBE IT'S A WARNING," HE SAID.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
WELL, IT WAS A WARNING.
I WAS WARNING MYSELF NOT
TO MARRY THE WRONG MAN.
BUT I MARRIED HIM
ANYWAY, DIDN'T I?
AND NOW I HAVE PAID THE PRICE.
I HAVE BECOME THAT
GROTESQUE PHANTOM
THAT FRIGHTENED THAT
POOR CHILDLIKE GIRL
HALF TO DEATH 25 YEARS AGO.
A STERILE, ALCOHOLIC PHANTOM
MARRIED TO A MAN WHO'S
RUN THIS ESTATE INTO RUIN.
IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN
I WAS BEING WARNED.
WARNED ABOUT WHAT?
HUH?
NO ANSWER FOR
YOUR LOVING HUSBAND?
HUH?
SHE... SHE'S TURNED
HER BACK ON ME.
I WONDER WHAT THIS SIGNIFIES.
LACK OF RESPECT?
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE
COURTESY JUST ONCE...
WOULD YOU... WOULD YOU GET OUT?
DO I HAVE TO DRAW YOU A MAP?
GET OUT OF HERE, GET OUT!
TWO MINDS BUT WITH
A SINGLE THOUGHT:
ALCOHOLIC DISSOLUTION.
YOU'VE NOT FAR TO GO.
DISRESPECT?
IT'S DISRESPECT, MY GIRL.
CAN'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW.
NOW THAT...
YOUR OLD DADDY'S GONE AND BURIED
I'M THE MAN OF THE HOUSE NOW.
MAN? MAN?
THAT'S RIGHT, MY DARLING.
SWEETHEART, LOVELY.
MAN, AND YOU MUST LOOK UP TO ME
WITH RESPECT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE DEVIL.
NOW, WE MUST HAVE RESPECT.
WE MUST HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT.
AFTER ALL, I AM YOUR ADORED ONE.
YOUR TRUE LOVE...
YOUR, UH... TRUE LOVE,
YOUR ADORED ONE.
ANNE?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
I SAW YOU GO OUT
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE
YOU DIDN'T FEEL WELL.
OH, I'M FINE.
LOVELY NIGHT.
YES, IT IS.
ARE YOU WARM ENOUGH?
MM-HMM.
YOUR FATHER
THROWS QUITE A PARTY.
YES, HE DOES.
HE'S REALLY IN A MARVELOUS MOOD.
OH, DADDY'S ALWAYS
IN A GOOD MOOD
WHEN HE GETS HIS WAY.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK
I AM A BIT CHILLY.
DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU
COULD GET, UH, SOMETHING
TO PUT OVER MY SHOULDERS?
OF COURSE.
OH, OH, DAVID!
OH, ANNE, ANNE, I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
OH, DAVID, DAVID, I WANT TO...
NOW, ANNE, NOW, DECIDE!
THERE'S NO MORE TIME.
OH, DAVID, YOU ARE MY TRUE LOVE.
MY ADORED ONE, MAKE ME HAPPY
PLEASE, MAKE ME HAPPY.
OH, I WILL, I WILL, I WILL.
OH, ANNE.
ANNE... I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
ANNE!
ANNE!
WAIT!
COME BACK!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE MITCHELL,
43 YEARS OF AGE,
HER DESOLATE EXISTENCE
ONCE MORE AFFLICTED
BY THE HOPE OF ALTERING
HER PAST MISTAKE...
A HOPE WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY
DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
FOR WARNINGS FROM
THE FUTURE TO THE PAST
MUST BE TAKEN IN THE PAST.
TODAY MAY CHANGE TOMORROW
BUT ONCE TODAY IS GONE
TOMORROW CAN ONLY
LOOK BACK IN SORROW
THAT THE WARNING WAS IGNORED.
SAID WARNING AS OF NOW
STAMPED "NOT ACCEPTED"
AND STORED AWAY IN THE DEAD FILE
IN THE RECORDING OFFICE
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT TIME ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
A DEPARTURE FROM THE NORM.
A PROGRAM SHOT IN
ITS ENTIRETY IN FRANCE.
A FILM SO SPECIAL AND SO UNIQUE
THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THE FIVE YEARS
WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
WE'RE OFFERING A
FILM SHOT BY OTHERS.
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED
BY ROBERT ENRICO.
WINNER OF THE CANNES
FILM FESTIVAL 1962,
AS WELL AS OTHER MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.
AMBROSE BIERCE'S "AN
OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE."