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Tales from the Crypt: Season 1, Episode 4Only Sin Deep (14 Jun. 1989)A hooker learns that beauty is only skin deep. Director:Howard DeutchWriter:Fred Dekker (screenplay) |
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Crypt Keeper
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| Lea Thompson | ... |
Sylvia Vane
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Britt Leach | ... |
Pawnbroker
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| Brett Cullen | ... |
Ronnie Price
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| Pamella D'Pella | ... |
Raven
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G. Smokey Campbell | ... |
Pimp
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| Burke Byrnes | ... |
Cop
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Matthew Faison | ... |
Doctor
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| Pamela Gordon | ... |
Old Crone
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Pamela West | ... |
Date
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Barry Thompson | ... |
Doorman
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The twenty-one year-old streetwalker Sylvia Vane is narcissistic with the beauty of her face. After killing a pimp and stealing his jewels, she heads to a pawnshop to raise money to buy expensive clothes to seduce the wealthy bachelor Ronnie Price. The pawnbroker offers ten-thousand dollars for her beauty and advises that she has four months to retrieve it, and Sylvia believes he is crazy. Sylvia succeeds in her intent and she moves to Ronnie's penthouse. Four months later, she finds wrinkles on her face and she remembers her debt with the pawnshop owner. Will she have time to revert the situation? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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14 June 1989 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Pawnbroker: You didn't look at this too careful, did ya? I told ya, the time limit was 4 months. 4 months from this day is the 4th. Today's the 5th.
Sylvia Vane: You son of a bitch!
Pawnbroker: I'm sorry.
Sylvia Vane: Okay, how much?
Pawnbroker: You missed the deadline, lady!
Sylvia Vane: I know I missed the fuckin' deadline! If you wanna mark it up, mark it up! Just tell me how much?
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According to Lea Thompson, she found it difficult to perform love scenes with Brett Cullen because he is her close friend in real life. Her difficulty was compounded by the fact that her husband, Howard Deutch was directing her. She had to redub her dialogue in those scenes in post-production. See more »Goofs
The calender had the same picture before and after the four months in the peddler's shop. See more »Quotes
Sylvia Vane: I want it back, here's my ticket, the 10 grand plus 12%.Pawnbroker: You didn't look at this too careful, did ya? I told ya, the time limit was 4 months. 4 months from this day is the 4th. Today's the 5th.
Sylvia Vane: You son of a bitch!
Pawnbroker: I'm sorry.
Sylvia Vane: Okay, how much?
Pawnbroker: You missed the deadline, lady!
Sylvia Vane: I know I missed the fuckin' deadline! If you wanna mark it up, mark it up! Just tell me how much?
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A call girl (Lea Thompson)needs money to land a handsome playboy (Bret Cullen) so she tries to sell some jewelry to a pawn shop owner (Britt Leach) but that's not what the pawnbroker is interested in. Instead he buys her beauty.
This is not the best in the series, but it's far from the worst it's an overall great episode with a great plot, but it seems like it tries too hard. you won't be disappointed with any episodes in this series, because they all bring something creepy to the table. This one hits home to the people who think beauty is everything.
It is kinda funny to watch this now being a big fan of "Back to the future." A part of me is just waiting for Michael J. Fox to show up in the DeLorean, but then I remember I'm watching Tales from the crypt, the show that help make HBO what it is.