Twilight Zone: “The Jungle” [Season 3, Episode 12] / Z-View

Twilight Zone: “The Jungle” [Season 3, Episode 12]
Original Air Date: December 1, 1961

Director: William Claxton

Writer: Charles Beaumont

Starring: John Dehner, Walter Brooke and Jay Adler.


The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…

Back home in New York City, after a year in Africa overseeing a major construction project, Alan Richards [Dehner] discovers his wife secretly placed a charm to ward off evil spells in his coat pocket.

His wife was afraid because a witch doctor had placed a curse on Richards and those working on the project which was destroying their land.  Richards leaves the charm on the bar as he heads home and it isn’t long before dangerous things begin to happen.

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