The Whole Truth
- Episode aired Jan 20, 1961
- TV-PG
- 25m
A used car salesman buys a car that dooms him to tell only the truth.A used car salesman buys a car that dooms him to tell only the truth.A used car salesman buys a car that dooms him to tell only the truth.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the third of six The Twilight Zone (1959) episodes to be videotaped.
- GoofsHunnicut puts a cigar on the bar rail when going to talk to a pair, but during the opening narration in the same spot, it's missing.
- Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: This, as the banner already has proclaimed, is Mr. Harvey Hunnicut, an expert on commerce and con jobs, a brash, bright, and larceny-loaded wheeler and dealer who, when the good Lord passed out a conscience, must have gone for a beer and missed out. And these are a couple of other characters in our story: a little old man and a Model A car - but not just any old man and not just any Model A. There's something very special about the both of them. As a matter of fact, in just a few moments, they'll give Harvey Hunnicut something that he's never experienced before. Through the good offices of a little magic, they will unload on Mr. Hunnicut the absolute necessity to tell the truth. Exactly where they come from is conjecture, but as to where they're heading for, this we know, because all of them - and you - are on the threshold of the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Whole Truth (2021)
For whatever reason, this half-hour lacks style, wit, suspense, mood, depth, chills or any other of the many attributes that lifted the series to classic heights. What it does have is a pedestrian script and plodding direction which ask us to find humor in the fact that used-car salesmen and politicians tell lies. What a surprise-- perhaps there's also humor in shooting fish in a barrel. It also has one of the lamest endings of the 160-plus episodes, a politically correct reference bound to be lost on younger generations. What it does have is Jack Carson, one of Hollywood's most versatile performers, who mugs it up manfully, but can't redeem what is irredeemable. The premise-- forcing professional prevaricators to admit their lies-- may have sounded promising at the concept stage, but the results barely merit a 2 rating. However, Serling is in good company-- even Shakespeare had his share of flops. Fortunately for The Bard, his don't turn up on TV.
- dougdoepke
- Aug 18, 2006
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1