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The Cheaters

  • Episode aired Dec 27, 1960
  • 1h
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8.4/10
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Ed Nelson, Paul Newlan, and Linda Watkins in Thriller (1960)
CrimeDramaHorror

A man invents a pair of glasses that can see the truth in others and oneself. They lead to a series of suicides, murders, and tragedies for the wearers.A man invents a pair of glasses that can see the truth in others and oneself. They lead to a series of suicides, murders, and tragedies for the wearers.A man invents a pair of glasses that can see the truth in others and oneself. They lead to a series of suicides, murders, and tragedies for the wearers.

  • Director
    • John Brahm
  • Writers
    • Robert Bloch
    • Donald S. Sanford
  • Stars
    • Boris Karloff
    • Mildred Dunnock
    • Harry Townes
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    8.4/10
    329
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    • Director
      • John Brahm
    • Writers
      • Robert Bloch
      • Donald S. Sanford
    • Stars
      • Boris Karloff
      • Mildred Dunnock
      • Harry Townes
    • 12User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Boris Karloff
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    Mildred Dunnock
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    • Miriam Olcott
    Harry Townes
    Harry Townes
    • Sebastian Grimm
    Jack Weston
    Jack Weston
    • Edward Dean
    Paul Newlan
    Paul Newlan
    • Joe Henshaw
    Barbara Eiler
    Barbara Eiler
    • Olive Dean
    Linda Watkins
    Linda Watkins
    • Maggie Henshaw
    Dayton Lummis
    • Clarence Kramer
    Molly Glessing
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    Henry Daniell
    Henry Daniell
    • Dirk Van Prinn
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    • Ellen Grimm
    Ralph Clanton
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    Ed Nelson
    • Charlie
    Audrey Swanson
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      • John Brahm
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      • Robert Bloch
      • Donald S. Sanford
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      In the fourth act, Sebastian Grimm claims that the cheaters have caused five deaths. The number is six: Charlie, Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw, Clarence Kramer, Miriam Olcott and Edward Dean, in that order.

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    7/10
    Eerie and and inventive
    Clever Robert Bloch story about a pair of spectacles (hence the title) that lets the wearer see the truth about oneself and others. The spectacles' inventor hangs himself after trying them on, and they turn up years later in an estate sale. Each subsequent wearer meets a ghastly fate. Mildred Dunnock, Jack Weston and Harry Townes lend this creepy episode plenty of class and suspense. The episode is one of the supernatural ones, which I always preferred to the standard crime episodes, which often felt like old-fashioned stage plays. Even though we know where this episode is headed, it is full of shocks and surprises, right to the bitter end. Highly recommended.
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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1960 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hubbell Robinson Productions
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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      1 hour
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      • Black and White
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      • Mono
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      • 1.33 : 1

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