It was interesting to watch how Director Jeannot Szwarc tried to hide how diminutive Mickey Rooney was. He needed to do as much as he could to sell Rooney's tough guy mob boss role (Kolodny) as someone who was important enough for Raymond Massey's "collector" (Dr, Glendon) to have alongside his other possessions, Hitler and Amelia Earhart, for example. The classic Serling ending was pretty neat, but again, I can't believe that Dr. Glendon would want Kolodny in his collection. The opening shot, zoomed-in extremely close to Rooney's pasta-stuffed mouth is a grotesque highlight.
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It was interesting to watch how Director Jeannot Szwarc tried to hide how diminutive Mickey Rooney was. He needed to do as much as he could to sell Rooney's tough guy mob boss role (Kolodny) as someone who was important enough for Raymond Massey's "collector" (Dr, Glendon) to have alongside his other possessions, Hitler and Amelia Earhart, for example. The classic Serling ending was pretty neat, but again, I can't believe that Dr. Glendon would want Kolodny in his collection. The opening shot, zoomed-in extremely close to Rooney's pasta-stuffed mouth is a grotesque highlight.