"The Waxmen" revolves around an evil clown with the usual plan to take control of the Seaview. Obviously, the Seaview is the most known vessel in the world and everyone, bent on world domination, must possess her. Well, that's the premise of many of the episodes in the four years of the show's run.
Oscar nominee ("Ship of Fools") Michael Dunn is the diminutive clown that replaces the Seaview's crew with wax dummies, all save for Capt. Crane (David Hedison) who wasn't on board during the takeover. Though short - pun intended - on plot development, the episode allows Dunn some wicked scenes and has an air of "Twilight Zone" creepiness as the dummies (the actors with "waxy" makeup) walking silently around the ship.
Robert Drasnin's playful and dark score adds much to the installment, which is one of most memorable of season three.
Because much of the time is spent with Crane trying to allude capture by the clown and his henchmen, the reasons for the clown's actions are "hypothesized" by Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) in the final few minutes of the broadcast.
Well, it worked for Hitchcock in the last minutes of "Psycho" when psychiatrist Simon Oakland "explained" why Norman Bates did what he did.
Oscar nominee ("Ship of Fools") Michael Dunn is the diminutive clown that replaces the Seaview's crew with wax dummies, all save for Capt. Crane (David Hedison) who wasn't on board during the takeover. Though short - pun intended - on plot development, the episode allows Dunn some wicked scenes and has an air of "Twilight Zone" creepiness as the dummies (the actors with "waxy" makeup) walking silently around the ship.
Robert Drasnin's playful and dark score adds much to the installment, which is one of most memorable of season three.
Because much of the time is spent with Crane trying to allude capture by the clown and his henchmen, the reasons for the clown's actions are "hypothesized" by Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) in the final few minutes of the broadcast.
Well, it worked for Hitchcock in the last minutes of "Psycho" when psychiatrist Simon Oakland "explained" why Norman Bates did what he did.
