The Grave

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"The Grave" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, featuring a tense Western ghost story about a lawman who must confront the vengeful spirit of an outlaw he failed to capture alive.

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instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode
television episode
basedOn short story "The Grave" by Montgomery Pittman
blackAndWhite true
castMember Ellen Willard
James Best
Lee Marvin
Lee Van Cleef
Strother Martin
character Conny Miller
Ira "Ike" Hollis
Mothershed
Sissy
Steinhart
cinematographyBy George T. Clemens
closingNarrationBy Rod Serling
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Walter E. Grauman
episodeNumberInSeason 7
followedByEpisode It’s a Good Life
surface form: It's a Good Life
genre Western
anthology television
ghost story
supernatural fiction
hasTheme fear and superstition
guilt and retribution
the supernatural
leadActor Lee Marvin
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith
narrator Rod Serling
openingNarrationBy Rod Serling
originalAirDate 1961-10-27
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
partOf The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
surface form: The Twilight Zone (season 3)
plotSummary A lawman named Conny Miller returns to a town after the outlaw he pursued, Pinto Sykes, has been killed, and is challenged to visit Sykes's grave at night to prove he is not afraid of the outlaw's vengeful spirit.
precededByEpisode The Mirror
producer Buck Houghton
productionCompany Cayuga Productions
runningTimeMinutes 25
season 3
series The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone
setting Old West
surface form: American Old West
teleplayBy Montgomery Pittman
title The Grave
writer Montgomery Pittman

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