La Noche del JuicioTítulo V.O.: "Judgment Night"
Guión:
Rod SerlingDirector: John Brahm
Fecha de emisión en USA: 04/12/1959
Guest Starring:
Nehemiah Persoff (Lanser), Ben Wright (Capitán Wilbur),
Patrick Macnee (Primer Oficial), Deirdre Owne (Miss Stanley), Leslie Bradley (Mayor Devereaux), Kendrick Huxham (Camarero), Hugh Sanders (Jerry Potter), Richard Peel (Primer Grumete), Donald Journeaux (Segundo Grumete), Barry Bernard (Mr. McCloud), James Franciscus (Teniente Mueller), Debbie Joyce (Niña)
Sinopsis: 1942, un barco inglés se adentra en un banco de niebla y pierde la pista de su convoy. A bordo, un hombre alemán se encuentra a partes iguales asustado por la posibilidad de que un submarino venga y les hunda, y confundido por el hecho de no recordar cómo llegó a ese barco y no recordar apenas más que unos pocos datos sobre quién es él.
Frases destacadas:
Opening Narration: Her name is the S.S. Queen of Glasgow. Her registry: British. Gross tonnage: five thousand. Age: indeterminate. At this moment she's one day out of Liverpool, her destination New York. Duly recorded on this ship's log is the sailing time, course to destination, weather conditions, temperature, longitude and latitude. But what is never recorded in a log is the fear that washes over a deck like fog and ocean spray. Fear like the throbbing strokes of engine pistons, each like a heartbeat, parceling out every hour into breathless minutes of watching, waiting and dreading. For the year is 1942, and this particular ship has lost its convoy. It travels alone like an aged blind thing groping through the unfriendly dark, stalked by unseen periscopes of steel killers. Yes, the Queen of Glasgow is a frightened ship, and she carries with her a premonition of death
Closing Narration: The S.S. Queen of Glasgow, heading for New York, and the time is 1942. For one man, it is always 1942, and this man will ride the ghost of that ship every night for eternity. This is what is meant by paying the fiddler. This is the comeuppance awaiting every man when the ledger of his life is opened and examined, the tally made, and then the reward or the penalty paid. And in the case of Carl Lanser, former Kapitan Leutnant, Navy of the Third Reich, this is the penalty. This is the justice meted out. This is judgment night in the Twilight Zone.
Curiosidades:
- Nehemiah Persoff interpreta a un alemán cuando, irónicamente, tiene raices Israelíes.
- En este episodio los ingleses beben café en vez de té porque el patrocinador era General Foods (una marca de café).
- Los decorados utilizados fueron los que se construyeron para el film Misterio en el Barco Perdido.