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Dominican Rep. Tales from the Crypt: The Man Who Was Death (TV)
- Original title
- Tales from the Crypt: The Man Who Was Death
- Year
- 1989
- Running time
- 26 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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William Sadler- J.W. Smith
Roy Brocksmith
David Wohl
Gerrit Graham- Dani Minnick
Tony Abatemarco
Mimi Kennedy- Robert Winley
- Eve Brent
- Edgar Small
- Mark Lowenthal
- F.J. O'Neil
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller | TV Episode
- Movie Groups
- Tales from the Crypt (TV Series. 1989–1996)
- Synopsis
- Niles Talbot works as the executioner at a state prison, throwing the switch to put convicts to death in the electric chair. He's an easygoing, genial sort of fellow, commenting on the prisoners' behavior when their time comes and touting the virtues of electricity as a method of execution.
When the state legislature suddenly votes to abolish the death penalty, Niles loses his job and his musings become more bitter as he wanders the city's less reputable districts. He begins to administer his own brand of justice, electrocuting people who were brought to trial on murder charges but never convicted - first a biker, then a pair of lovers. A strip club dancer is next on his list, but when he throws the switch, nothing happens. The police arrive and arrest him, having found and cut his wires, and Niles learns that the state has just voted the death penalty back in.
The episode ends as it began, with a prisoner being dragged to the chair as he screams about the governor calling to pardon him - only now the prisoner is Niles. The call never comes, just as it never did while he was on the job, and he is executed.- Movie Soulmates' ratings
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