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"Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" The Devil's Laughter (1959)
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31 March 1959
(Season 1, Episode 11)
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John Marriott boasted to his jailers, the executioner and anyone else who would listen that before the...
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(Episode Credited cast) | John Newland | ... | Himself - Host |
| Alfred Ryder | ... | John Marriott |
| Patrick Westwood | ... | Attendant |
| Ben Wright | ... | Executioner |
| Leslie Denison | ... | Chaplain |
| Lester Matthews | ... | Prison Governor |
| Gordon Richards | ... | Doctor |
| Keith McConnell | ... | Reporter |
| Alma Lawton | ... | Liz |
| John Ainsworth |
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30 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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In an 1895 London prison, condemned Alfred Ryder (as John Marriott) nervously waits to be hanged. Before he is taken to the gallows, Mr. Ryder admits to the chaplain, "I pushed a blind beggar into the gutter and I robbed his tin cup." More seriously, he murdered a woman. Ryder is surprised when the hanging rope snaps, saving his life. Ryder explains a vision showed him there would be only one way they could kill him. He asks for a last meal, explaining, "It's not healthy for a man to miss his breakfast." Repeated attempts to kill him are futile, and Ryder is released. But, soon, Ryder meets his Achilles' heel…
**** The Devil's Laughter (3/31/59) John Ireland ~ Alfred Ryder, Ben Wright, Lester Matthews