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Tales from the Crypt :: The Man Who Was Death (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

The Man Who Was Death

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Saturday June 10th, 1989

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Episode Crew
Director:	Walter Hill
Writer:	Walter Hill

Episode Summary

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When the death penalty is abolished, a penitentiary executioner turns freelance electrocutioner. But fate may pull a switch on this man who loves to throw the switch himself.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Mark Lowenthal	played	District Attorney	Recurring (first appearance)
•Roy Brocksmith	played	Vic	Recurring (first appearance)
•William Sadler	played	Niles Talbot	Recurring (first appearance)
•Dani Minnick	played	Cynthia Baldwin
•David Wohl	played	Warden Havers
•Edgar Small	played	Judge #2
•Eve Brent (1)	played	Judge #1
•Gerrit Graham	played	Theodore Carne
•J. W. Smith	played	Charley Ledbetter
•Kate Benton (1)	played	Waitress
•Laura Albert	played	Go-Go Dancer
•Mimi Kennedy	played	Distraught Woman
•Raymond O'Connor	played	Jury Foreman
•Robert Winley	played	Jimmy Flood
•Tony Abatemarco	played	Detective