"Night Gallery" Pilot

In the pilot of the television series _"Night Gallery" (1970)_ , Rod Serling introduces three separate paintings, each with its own story of uncanny vengeance against evil to tell. The first, "The Cemetery", involves a black sheep nephew (Roddy McDowall) who murders his rich uncle to inherit his fortune - both much to the detriment of the uncle's butler (Ossie Davis) - only to find that vengeance extends beyond the grave. In the second story, "Eyes", a rich, heartless woman ('Joan Crawford' ) who has been blind from birth blackmails an aspiring surgeon and a man who desperately needs money to give her a pair of eyes which will allow her to see for the first time - even though for only half a day's time - only to have the plan backfire on her in ways she never imagined. In the third story, "The Escape Route", a Nazi war criminal (Richard Kiley) is hiding from the authorities in South America, where he is confronted with his past demons and a curious Holocaust survivor (Sam Jaffe) and finds solace only in a serene painting in a museum, wanting nothing more than to enter into that world and stop running.

Genre(s) : Drama,Fantasy,Horror

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Pilot
Night Gallery
France - L'envers du tableau(DVD Title)

- Night Gallery
France - L'envers du tableau

Actors :
Joan Crawford Miss Claudia Menlo (segment 'Eyes')
Ossie Davis Osmund Portifoy (segment 'The Cemetery')
Richard Kiley SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt /Josef Strobe (segment 'Escape Route')
Roddy McDowall Jeremy Evans (segment 'The Cemetery')
Barry Sullivan Dr Frank Heatherton (segment 'Eyes')
Tom Bosley Sidney Resnick (segment 'Eyes')
George Macready William Hendricks (segment 'The Cemetery')
Sam Jaffe Bleum (segment 'Escape Route')
Norma Crane Gretchen (segment 'Escape Route')
Barry Atwater Carson (segment 'The Cemetery')
George Murdock 1st Agent (segment 'Escape Route')
Tom Basham Gibbons (segment 'The Cemetery')
Byron Morrow George J Packer (segment 'Eyes')
Garry Goodrow Louis (segment 'Eyes')
Shannon Farnon 1st Nurse (segment 'Eyes')
Richard Hale Doctor (segment 'The Cemetery')
Ray Ballard Man in Car (segment 'Eyes') (uncredited)
Ben Frommer Museum Patron (segment 'Escape Route') (uncredited)
Morgan Jones Policeman on Horse (segment 'Eyes') (uncredited)
Bruce Kirby Artist (segment 'Eyes') (uncredited)
Mike Morelli Museum Patron (segment 'Escape Route') (uncredited)
Daniel Nunez Bar Patron (segment 'Escape Route') (uncredited)
Rod Serling Self - Host (uncredited)
Natividad Vacío Bartender (segment 'Escape Route') (uncredited)