What You Need
- Episode aired Dec 25, 1959
- TV-PG
- 25m
A small time crook plans to exploit an old street peddler who has the uncanny knack of selling people exactly what they will shortly need.A small time crook plans to exploit an old street peddler who has the uncanny knack of selling people exactly what they will shortly need.A small time crook plans to exploit an old street peddler who has the uncanny knack of selling people exactly what they will shortly need.
- Girl in Bar
- (as Arline Sax)
- Woman on Street
- (uncredited)
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Man on Street
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the leaky pen drips ink on the newspaper, indicating which horse Renard should bet on, if you look closely you will see among the names of the jockeys Clemens, Houghton, Denault and Serling; George T. Clemens was the director of photography in this episode, Buck Houghton was producer, Edward O. Denault was assistant director, and Rod Serling created it.
- GoofsRight after the old man Pedott first comes into the bar, the camera changes to a shot of Renard sitting at the bar. For several seconds, the frames are running backward (you can see smoke coming down to the cigarette instead of rising up from it).
- Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Opening Narration] You're looking at Mr. Fred Renard, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man, a friendless man, a lonely man, a grasping, compulsive, nervous man. This is a man who has lived thirty-six undistinguished, meaningless, pointless, failure-laden years and who at this moment looks for an escape - any escape, any way, anything, anybody - to get out of the rut. And this little old man is just what Mr. Renard is waiting for.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: What You Need (2020)
- Coventry
- May 17, 2016
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1