We've only watched 4 episodes so far (1st 4 of season 1).

The first episode (Revenge) was probably my favorite, but I really liked the 2nd (Premonition) and 4th (Don't Come Back Alive).

I rememebr watching the later color episiodes when I was a kid and 2 episodes stick out in my mind, but I don't know the names.

The first had John Huston as a millionnaire who bet a guy that he couldn't light his lighter 10 strikes in a row. If he lost, Huston got one of his fingers.

The second was about a gambler who constantly beat this blackjack dealer while he was smoking his cigar. When they made him put it out, he lost a huge bet. It seems that I remember him eventually electrocuting himself, but that could be a different episode.

This post was edited on 2/14/11 at 3:00 pm

2 ...

Report Post

Posted by Kafka

I am the moral conscience of TD

Member since Jul 2007

142544 posts

Posted on 2/14/11 at 3:02 pm to BhamTigah

quote:
The first had Jokn Huston as a millionnaire who bet a guy that he couldn't light his lighter 10 strikes in a row. If he lost, Huston got one of his fingers

"Man From The South" -- also based on a Roald Dahl story

The original version of this starred Peter Lorre and Steve McQueen

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by spslayto

Member since Feb 2004

19740 posts

Posted on 2/14/11 at 3:28 pm to BhamTigah

The one that I always remembered as a kid was "Final Escape":

Convict Paul Perry (Edd Byrnes) has devised a full-proof method for escaping from prison. When a fellow inmate dies, Edd switches places with the dead man's corpse and (similar to "The Count of Monte Cristo") hides in the coffin. But Edd has to go "underground" and wait for his accomplice to dig him out of his grave.

It was later remade in 1985 when Alfred Hitchcock Presents was revived.

1 ...

Report Post

Movie/TV Board - Replies to Post

Return To Board

Page 1

Return To Board