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Night Gallery
S1.E2
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Room with a View/The Little Black Bag/The Nature of the Enemy

  • Episode aired Dec 23, 1970
  • TV-PG
  • 51m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
659
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Burgess Meredith in Night Gallery (1969)
DramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller

Jacob Bauman's nurse figures in his plan to end his wife's infidelity. / A medical bag from the future may improve the fortunes of two bums. / Aghast NASA mission control sees what caused th... Read allJacob Bauman's nurse figures in his plan to end his wife's infidelity. / A medical bag from the future may improve the fortunes of two bums. / Aghast NASA mission control sees what caused the disappearance of their astronauts on the Moon.Jacob Bauman's nurse figures in his plan to end his wife's infidelity. / A medical bag from the future may improve the fortunes of two bums. / Aghast NASA mission control sees what caused the disappearance of their astronauts on the Moon.

  • Directors
    • Jerrold Freedman
    • Allen Reisner
    • Jeannot Szwarc
  • Writers
    • Hal Dresner
    • Rod Serling
    • Cyril M. Kornbluth
  • Stars
    • Joseph Wiseman
    • Diane Keaton
    • Angel Tompkins
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    659
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    • Directors
      • Jerrold Freedman
      • Allen Reisner
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • Hal Dresner
      • Rod Serling
      • Cyril M. Kornbluth
    • Stars
      • Joseph Wiseman
      • Diane Keaton
      • Angel Tompkins
    • 26User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Joseph Wiseman
    Joseph Wiseman
    • Jacob Bauman
    • (segment "Room with a View")
    Diane Keaton
    Diane Keaton
    • Nurse Frances Nevins
    • (segment "Room with a View")
    Angel Tompkins
    Angel Tompkins
    • Lila Bauman
    • (segment "Room with a View")
    Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith
    • Dr. William Fall
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Chill Wills
    Chill Wills
    • Heppelwhite
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    George Furth
    George Furth
    • Gillings
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Joseph Campanella
    Joseph Campanella
    • Simms
    • (segment "The Nature of the Enemy")
    Morgan Farley
    Morgan Farley
    • Charles
    • (segment "Room with a View")
    Larry Watson
    • Vic
    • (segment "Room with a View")
    E.J. André
    E.J. André
    • Charlie Peterson
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Arthur Malet
    Arthur Malet
    • Ennis
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Eunice Suarez
    • Puerto Rican Mother
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Marion Val
    • Puerto Rican Girl
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Johnny Silver
    Johnny Silver
    • Pawnbroker
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    C. Lindsay Workman
    C. Lindsay Workman
    • 1st Doctor
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    • (as Lindsay Workman)
    Matt Pelto
    • 2nd Doctor
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Robert Terry
    • Dr. Nodella
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    Ralph Moody
    Ralph Moody
    • Jake
    • (segment "The Little Black Bag")
    • Directors
      • Jerrold Freedman
      • Allen Reisner
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • Hal Dresner
      • Rod Serling
      • Cyril M. Kornbluth
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    5moonspinner55

    Good actors in an uneven trio of stories...

    S01-E02 of the anthology series--hosted by its creator and primary writer, Rod Serling--demonstrates what was right and what was wrong with the show (one which Serling himself had battles with behind-the-scenes). Diane Keaton co-stars in the brief opener "Room With a View", written by Hal Dresner and directed by Jerrold Freeman, in which she plays nurse to bedridden Joseph Wiseman, an old man with a stunning blonde wife, who sees an injustice (with his binoculars) and uses his unsuspecting employee to correct it. Keaton, very green but very charming in her dithering way, is the only highlight here as the plot is rather insulting, especially to her character. Burgess Meredith stars in "The Little Black Bag", written by Serling from a story by C. M. Cornbluth and directed by Jeannot Szwarc, is a fabulous tale of a medical bag from the future (2098, to be exact!) that makes its way back in time to 1971, landing in the hands of an former doctor-turned-20-year alcoholic. This episode is easily the best of the three here, as Serling's "The Nature of the Enemy", directed by Allen Reisner, is a shaggy-dog (rodent?) story about American astronauts on the moon meeting a most peculiar enemy. This closing effort begins seriously but isn't able to deliver even the semblance of irony or satire--just an eyerolling tag that elicits only groans. Had Serling lost his "Twilight Zone" touch with "Night Gallery"? No, there are better episodes to come, yet this one is indicative of the show's future troubles: a determination (it seems) to shy away from chills in place of irreverent (and corny) humor.
    7AaronCapenBanner

    Jealousy, Time, & Space Travel

    'Room With A View' - Joseph Wiseman plays an old bedridden invalid who uses his young nurse(played by Diane Keaton) in a cunning plan to get rid of his faithless wife using jealousy as a motive. Slight but effective story.

    'The Little Black Bag' - Burgess Meredith & Chill Wills play two bums who find a medical bag from the future, and efforts to use it for good by healing local people end in betrayal, murder, and tragedy. Clever story with a most ironic ending.

    'The Nature Of The Enemy' - Astronauts on the moon meet with mysterious deaths. Thin segment with a ludicrous twist ending. First two segments make up for it though.
    8claudio_carvalho

    Forget the Third Segment

    Divided in three segments hosted by Rod Serling, "Night Gallery" presents two great stories and ends with a terrible segment. "Room with a View" tells a Machieavellian story of manipulation and revenge, with Diane Keaton in the beginning of career performing a nurse easily manipulated by her patient. "The Little Black Bag" tells a tragic story of greed with Burgess Meredith in the lead role. "The Nature of the Enemy" is a totally forgettable short story. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Galeria do Terror - Quarto com Vista / A Pequena Valise Preta / A Natureza do Inimigo" ("Gallery of Terror - Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy ")
    7preppy-3

    Two good ones and one terrible one

    "Room With a View" is an interesting short about how a bed-ridden old man (Joseph Wiseman) manipulates the lives of others. It's short and has the wonderful Diane Keaton in a small role as a nurse. Next is "The Little Black Bag". It's about two hobos (Burgess Meredith, Chill Wills) who find a medical black bag from the future. Meredith wants it to cure people--Wills wants it to make money. It has a very satisfying conclusion. "The Nature of the Enemy" starts off well about two teams sent to the moon to set up camp. They both end up disappearing and (in an unintentionally funny scene) we find out what the enemy is. Hard to believe that Rod Serling wrote it. The only good thing about it is that it's short.
    7rattoballi

    Good, great and bad

    The first sequence is good, the second sequence is great and the last one is very bad.

    Room With a View is a good Hitchcock like sequence that is nothing special but still a good time waster. Joseph Wiseman is very good in the lead. A young Diane Keatin, who unfortunately passed away recently, is also good in one of her first roles.

    The Little Black Bag is an excellent sci-fi story. The team of Rod Serling and Burgess Meredith scores again. This is well done in every department.

    The Nature of the Enemy is the complete opposite. The twist ending ruins the entire story. I won't spoil it but it's ridiculous. We get a good, intense buildup and then everything is thrown out the windows when we see the way they ended it. They could have been so much more creative than they were. Awful!

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    • Trivia
      "The Little Black Bag" takes place on September 17, 2098 and in 1971.
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene of "The Little Black Bag", a calendar is shown on the wall and it gives the date as Thursday September 17, 2098. In reality, September 17, 2098 will be a Wednesday.
    • Quotes

      2nd Doctor (segment "The Little Black Bag"): The old fool. If he was so determined to commit suicide, why couldn't he at least have had the good grace to do it in the privacy of his own home? I want to see a demonstration of harakiri, I'll take in a Japanese movie.

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      Version of Tales of Tomorrow: The Little Black Bag (1952)

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      • 51m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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