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A Quality of Mercy ()

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  • Season 3
  • Episode 15
Hot-shot new Lieutenant Katell tries to make his mark on the last day of World War II in the Pacific and gets a unique perspective on his actions.
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Lt. Katell / Lt. Yamuri
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Sgt. Causarano
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Andrew Watkins
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Hanachek
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Hansen
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Sgt. Yamazaki
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Japanese Captain (as J.H. Fujikawa)
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Jeep Driver (uncredited)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)

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Buzz Kulik ... (directed by)

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Rod Serling ... (teleplay by)
 
Sam Rolfe ... (based on an idea by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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Buck Houghton ... producer (produced by)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Jason H. Bernie ... film editor

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Philip Barber ... (as Phil Barber)
George W. Davis

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H. Web Arrowsmith ... (set decoration)

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director

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Bill Edmondson ... sound
Franklin Milton ... sound

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Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
Lucien Moraweck ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leonard Rosenman ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Laurence Rosenthal ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Fred Steiner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Richard P. McDonagh ... story consultant (as Richard McDonagh)
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  • CBS (1961) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
  • Image Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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Plot Summary

On August 6, 1945 - the last day of World War II - a forward platoon acting as artillery spotters get an eager and aggressive Lieutenant Katell. The artillery has been unable to dislodge a Japanese unit from a cave and Katell decides that the unit is going to attack. He suddenly finds himself in 1942 however, leading a Japanese unit that is about to attack Americans who are holed up in a cave. He looks into a mirror of sorts when his Japanese superior orders the destruction of the American stronghold. When he flashes back to 1945, he has second thoughts about the attack. Written by garykmcd / edited by Rob

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Trivia Dean Stockwell had to drop out of The Purple Testament (1960) due to scheduling conflicts. Two years later, he starred in this episode. Both stories are about American soldiers who have supernatural visions during the Pacific War in 1945, and both have William Shakespeare quotes as titles. See more »
Goofs Shortly after the perspective shifts to the Japanese side, the camera zooms in on an ammunition box. The casings around it are blanks that have crimped ends with no projectile. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes [closing narration]
Narrator: "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Shakespeare, 'The Merchant of Venice', but applicable to any moment in time, to any group of soldiery, to any nation on the face of the Earth - or, as in this case, to the Twilight Zone.
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