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Night Gallery · S1 · E3

The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall

  • TV-PG
  • Dec 30, 1970
  • 51 min

A former sanitarium patient discovers a house she has known all her life, but never dared enter, in a recurring dream. An ailing woman dies under the care of her sinister brother, but her accusing shadow remains indelibly cast on the parlor wall.

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About this episode

A former sanitarium patient discovers a house she has known all her life, but never dared enter, in a recurring dream. An ailing woman dies under the care of her sinister brother, but her accusing shadow remains indelibly cast on the parlor wall.

Season 1

6 episodes
  1. 1The Dead Man / The House Keeper

    51 minDec 16, 19706.2

    An experiment in hypnosis leads to a terrifying conclusion when a physician attempts to revive his subject from death. A dabbler in black magic schemes to switch his rich wife's cold persona for a warm, loving soul.

  2. 2Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy

    51 minDec 23, 19705.9

    An invalid husband plots revenge against his faithless wife with the unwitting aid of his nurse. Miraculous healing, and abrupt tragedy, result when a 21st century medical bag falls into the hands of a discredited 20th century doctor. Mission control scientists watch helplessly when members of a lunar expedition are mysteriously attacked.

  3. 3The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall

    51 minDec 30, 1970Now viewing

    A former sanitarium patient discovers a house she has known all her life, but never dared enter, in a recurring dream. An ailing woman dies under the care of her sinister brother, but her accusing shadow remains indelibly cast on the parlor wall.

  4. 4Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies

    51 minJan 6, 19717.3

    A desperate comic makes a deal with an inept miracle worker in a ploy to boost his sagging career. A fanatical big-game hunter forces his son to shoot a deer, inviting the vengeance of terrible gods.

  5. 5Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll

    51 minJan 13, 1971

    A harried husband murders his magpie wife only to find the arrangement less permanent than he'd hoped. A passing ship rescues an unconscious man in a lifeboat labeled "Titanic", three years after the liner sank. A hideous doll becomes an agent of revenge against an officer in Queen Victoria's colonial forces.

  6. 6They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel

    51 minJan 20, 19718.2

    A has-been salesman is haunted by phantoms from a happier past. Astral projection is the key to a crippled athlete's bid for revenge.

Guest stars

Joanna PettetElaine Latimer (segment "The House")
Steve FrankenDr. Peter Mitchell (segment "The House")
Paul RichardsPeugeot (segment "The House")
Jan BurrellNurse (segment "The House")
Almira SessionsOld Woman (segment "The House")
Louis HaywardDr. Stephen Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
Agnes MooreheadEmma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
Rachel RobertsRebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
Grayson HallAnn Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")