JerryL.Marsh Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I'm a big Sci-Fi fan. For several years I've been trying to remember the title to a movie I saw as a kid. Can some one help me? Here's the plot. A man on the streets, "a bumb" (I think played by Burgess Merideth), finds a medical bag. Throughout the movie he helps people by preforming surgery eventhough he 's not a doctor. The bag came from the future, so it basically did the surgery itself. Now the bumb gets cocky and demands to be put on TV. He is going to suprise the world by performing surgery on live TV. But by the time he is supposed to go the air, someone from the future locates the bag on some type of radar. The tech is instructed to retrieve the bag at once, not knowing where it is, or who has it. Meanwhile back in the present, Burgess Merideth is on stage cutting his own throat on live TV. Needless to say, the surgical instruments didn't work and Meridith dies on stage. I want to think this was an episode of Twilight Zone, or Shock Theater, or even One Step Beyond. I can't remember, I was only 8 yrs old at the time. If anyone can tell me the title of this movie it will set a wondering mind to rest after 40 yrs. THANK YOU!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanMartin68 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hello, Jerry. If I remember correctly, this was an episode of Night Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFlynn Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Rod Serlings TV series "Night Gallery" had a "Man With The Black Bag" episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryL.Marsh Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thank You for the info. I'll Try Night Gallery. I completely forgot about this series. Thanks once again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 ...and I think you'll find that Chill Wills was the man who cut his own throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolesroor Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You guys are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanMartin68 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanMartin68 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I think twilight zone was way more sci-fi than night gallery. that show was more about supernatural stuff like that one episode where this alcoholic thought she had ghosts in the attic of her new home, and she gets her ex husband up there hoping he'll have a heart attack. remember that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket_Man Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 {font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif}Rod Serlings TV series "Night Gallery" had a "Man With The Black Bag" episode. It's actually called "The Little Black Bag" (starring Chill Wills), adapted from a classic science fiction short story by C.M. Kornbluth.{font} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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