The Four of Us Are Dying story
A small-time con-man with the ability to change his face assumes the identities of a musician, a gangster, and a boxer. Directed by: John Brahm. Story by: George Clayton Johnson, Rod Serling.
9 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| shapeshifting | choice | Arch Hammer could change the appearance of his face to look like anyone's face that he concentrated on. |
| con artistry | major | Arch Hammer was a con man with a supernatural advantage. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Arch took on the appearance of a random man from a poster in order to get out of trouble, only to find that his new persona had even deadlier trouble. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Arch impersonated Johnny Foster to make out with Foster's girlfriend Maggie. |
| coping with the death of a lover | minor | Maggie grieved for her late trumpeter. |
| father and son | minor | Arch, ill-advisedly, took on the appearance of a man on a poster only to run into that mans father and find out that the father wanted his son dead. |
| fatherly disappointment in a son | minor | A disheartened father confronted a man he mistakenly believed to be his son about the son having ruined peoples lives and hurt people. |
| filicide | minor | A father deliberately shot and killed a man he thought was his son, but it was actually Arch in disguise. |
| organized crime | minor | Arch impersonated a dead mobster to extort money from a kingpin. |