Tales from the Crypt
(1989–1996)
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Title: The Man Who Was Death (10 Jun 1989)
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Cast
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| William Sadler | ... | Niles Talbot (as Bill Sadler) | |
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J.W. Smith | ... | Charley Ledbetter |
| Roy Brocksmith | ... | Vic | |
| David Wohl | ... | Warden Havers | |
| Gerrit Graham | ... | Theodore Carne | |
| Dani Minnick | ... | Cynthia Baldwin | |
| Tony Abatemarco | ... | Detective | |
| Mimi Kennedy | ... | Distraught Woman | |
| Robert Winley | ... | Jimmy Flood | |
| Eve Brent | ... | Judge #1 | |
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Edgar Small | ... | Judge #2 |
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Mark Lowenthal | ... | District Attorney |
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F.J. O'Neil | ... | Priest |
| Raymond O'Connor | ... | Jury Foreman (as Raymond O'Conner) | |
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Jennifer Evans | ... | Newscaster #1 (as M. Jennifer Evans) |
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After working for two years in the electric workshop of a penitentiary, the electrician Niles Talbot has been promoted to executioner, operating an electric chair, and he appreciates his job. When the death penalty is abolished in his state, Niles loses his job. But he decides to become a vigilante, punishing criminals that are released by justice system. Until the day that the death penalty is implemented again in the state. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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death of protagonist | unhappy ending | murder | unemployment | 1930s to 2020s |Parents Guide:
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Roy Brocksmith would play a bartender in the episode, "Cutting Cards." See more »Goofs
electrocuting the female dancer in the cage as he tries by connecting the cables to the cage would actually not work, as the one safe place is inside the cage (cage of Faraday). See more »Quotes
Niles Talbot: [talking about the electric chair] They say the electric current's so fast that the brain gets cooked just as soon as the switch is thrown... prisoner never feels a thing. Boy, I'd hate to think that was true.See more »
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Referenced in Tales from the Crypt: Crypt Keeper's History of Season One (2005) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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10 June 1989 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Harbor Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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A story about a modern-day executioner who is obsessed with people getting killed by electricity. You follow this guy while he is narrating his own story and breaking the 4th wall while doing so. Great 1st episode of an awesome series.