by Hal Erickson
synopsis
A typically eerie Robert Bloch story is the basis for this episode, which was directed by suspense-movie expert Robert Florey. Striking up an acquaintance with elderly clockmaker Ulrich Klemm (Abraham Sofaer), Dane Ross (Nicholas Pryor) is fascinated by Klemm's stories of creating clockwork soldiers -- that is, life-sized mechanical toys. Even more fascinating is Klemm's beautiful granddaughter Lisa (Anne Helm), with whom Dane falls hopelessly in love. Alas, Klemm refuses to allow the young man to have anything to do with Lisa, insisting that her heart will never belong to Dane...and how right the old man turns out to be!
