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 ⓘ
director Walter E. Grauman ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 7 ⓘ
followedByEpisode It's a Good Life ⓘ
linked to: 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 (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 ⓘ
setting American Old West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
teleplayBy Montgomery Pittman ⓘ
title The Grave ⓘ
writer Montgomery Pittman ⓘ

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