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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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