A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain
- Episode aired Dec 13, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.8K
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An aging married man convinces his brother to inject him with a youth serum.An aging married man convinces his brother to inject him with a youth serum.An aging married man convinces his brother to inject him with a youth serum.
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Did you know
- TriviaUntil episodes became available on VHS and DVD, this was one of four "lost" episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959) that were not included with syndication packages during the 1960s through the 1980s. The other three were Miniature (1963), Sounds and Silences (1964), and The Encounter (1964). This episode, "Miniature," and "Sounds and Silences" were excluded from the package because of lawsuits that had been filed claiming those episodes were plagiarized. "The Encounter" had drawn complaints of anti-Japanese prejudice and epithets expressed by one of the characters. The episodes were finally re-released for broadcast television in a 1983 special hosted by Patrick O'Neal, the lead actor of "Fountain".
- GoofsYoung Harmon has shoes on yet their need could not have been anticipated.
- Quotes
Dr. Raymond Gordon: I wonder if she has any idea what she's done, even one slight, little suspicion. But I promise you, that if you don't survive or if you're damaged in any way, I'm gonna take it out of her skin, piece by piece. She's gonna donate a pint of blood for every pint that she's bled out of you. That's not a medical hypothesis, that's a promise.
- ConnectionsReferences Dr. Kildare (1961)
Featured review
Sub-Par
Elderly man married to vicious, gold-digging wife gets his wish with surprising results.
Opening sequence is unusual for the series since it emphasizes raw sexuality of Ruta Lee as she torments aged husband Patrick O'Neal. I can't help thinking episode would work better had they used a real elderly man instead of the poorly made-up O'Neal. His youthfulness is so apparent under the pancake, that you know what's going to happen. Then too, Lee's trashy wife is so venomous and one-dimensional that their relationship strains believability. Just as damaging is Walter Brooke, as the concerned brother, who comes up with such a commanding performance, he overpowers everything else, including the final moments. At best, this is an average entry, without either atmosphere or suspense, and with an ending more amusing than gratifying.
Opening sequence is unusual for the series since it emphasizes raw sexuality of Ruta Lee as she torments aged husband Patrick O'Neal. I can't help thinking episode would work better had they used a real elderly man instead of the poorly made-up O'Neal. His youthfulness is so apparent under the pancake, that you know what's going to happen. Then too, Lee's trashy wife is so venomous and one-dimensional that their relationship strains believability. Just as damaging is Walter Brooke, as the concerned brother, who comes up with such a commanding performance, he overpowers everything else, including the final moments. At best, this is an average entry, without either atmosphere or suspense, and with an ending more amusing than gratifying.
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- dougdoepke
- May 16, 2014
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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