Episode
Night Gallery: The Dark Boy / Keep in Touch, We'll Think of Something
Overview
A schoolteacher in a frontier town tries to reach a timid, hauntingly strange fourth grader. A distraught musician asks the police to help him find an elusive woman.
Details
- Series
- Night Gallery
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1971-11-24
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
The Dark Boy / Keep in Touch, We'll Think of Something is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Night Gallery. It aired on 1971-11-24. The runtime is 51 min.
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