Nick, the "beatnik ferryman", was played by Joe Turkel, who appeared in two other Gordon productions: The Boy and the Pirates and Village of the Giants. Paul Frees ( uncredited) as Frank's voice.On Vi's hand is the wedding ring, signaling that Tom is now forever with Vi. The islanders search for Tom's body they find Vi's, and Tom's soon afterward and placed next to Vi, which somehow manages to turn and lay its arm across him. ![]() However, Vi's ghost swoops down on him, causing him to go over the edge as Sandy watches. In desperation, Tom leads Sandy up to the broken railing with the intent to push her over. When he finds Sandy eavesdropping, he realizes that he is trapped: Sandy knows too much and could tell Meg and the community. That night, Tom returns to the lighthouse and tells Vi that he is leaving the island. Before she can speak, the church's doors burst open and causes the flowers to wilt and the candles to die, bringing the ceremony to an abrupt, unpleasant halt. Sandy remains silent, although she almost speaks up at the wedding when the minister asks if anyone has any objection. Unbeknownst to Tom, Sandy has inadvertently witnessed the murder. Tom's haste to pay only causes the shifty man to stick around, and his attempts at blackmail lead to his death. To add to Tom's dilemma, a beatnik ferryman comes looking, intent on collecting the $5 Vi owes for her passage to the island. Later, Vi taunts that she will now use her voice to tell the world how he killed her. Soon afterward, during a wedding party, Vi's disembodied head appears in a photo a guest takes of the couple. ![]() Tom tries to forget, but over the next few days, Vi's watch washes up on the beach, strange footprints appear in the sand, Vi's ghost appears and tells Tom that she will haunt him for the rest of his life, and when Meg's little sister Sandy asks to see the wedding ring, a disembodied hand makes off with it. After retrieving her, the body dissolves into seaweed. The next day, Tom sees Vi's body floating in the water. She cries out for help but Tom refuses and watches her fall to her death. While they argue atop a lighthouse, the railing gives way, and Vi falls, managing to hang on briefly. Shortly before the wedding, Tom's ex-girlfriend Vi Mason visits and informs him that she will end his relationship with Meg, using blackmail if necessary. ![]() Jazz pianist Tom Stewart lives in a Cape Cod island community, and is preparing to marry his fiancée Meg Hubbard.
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