Escape Clause

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"Escape Clause" is an episode of the classic television anthology series The Twilight Zone, centered on a hypochondriac who makes a Faustian bargain for immortality.

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Escape Clause canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember David Wayne ⓘ
Raymond Bailey ⓘ
Thomas Gomez ⓘ
Virginia Christine ⓘ
Werner Klemperer ⓘ
centralTheme Faustian bargain ⓘ
consequences of greed ⓘ
immortality ⓘ
cinematographyBy George T. Clemens ⓘ
closingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorOfSeries Rod Serling ⓘ
devilCharacterName Cadwallader ⓘ
director Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ethel Bedeker ⓘ
The Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

Walter Bedeker ⓘ
firstBroadcastTimeSlot Friday 10:00 PM (Eastern) on CBS ⓘ
followedByEpisode The Lonely ⓘ
franchise The Twilight Zone franchise ⓘ
genre anthology television ⓘ
fantasy television ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ
hasAnthologyFormat true ⓘ
hasMoral bargains for immortality and invulnerability can lead to loss of meaning and freedom ⓘ
leadActor David Wayne ⓘ
leadActorRole Walter Bedeker ⓘ
musicBy stock music (various composers) ⓘ
narrator Rod Serling ⓘ
openingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
originalAirDate 1959-11-06 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium black-and-white television ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
partOfSeries The Twilight Zone ⓘ
plotSummary A hypochondriac named Walter Bedeker makes a pact with the Devil granting him immortality in exchange for his soul, only to discover unforeseen consequences. ⓘ
precededByEpisode Walking Distance ⓘ
producer Buck Houghton ⓘ
productionCode 173-3606 ⓘ
protagonistDescription hypochondriac man obsessed with his health ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
seriesSeason The Twilight Zone (season 1) ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
writer Rod Serling ⓘ

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Walking Distance → followedBy → Escape Clause ⓘ
The Lonely → precededByEpisode → Escape Clause ⓘ