S1E8
Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice
The Twilight Zone · 1985-11-15 · 49 min
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what happens
A landlord hounds a playwright named Maury for his rent. When the playwright's partner dies of a heart attack, he wishes he could become the greatest playwright ever. Maury is transported back in time and meets Shakespeare. During a heat wave in the 1930's a mother and her son enjoy a drive in the country. They encounter a strange man who wants a ride. Four friends and a fifth's stand-in get together for a game of poker. The fifth man, Nick, has an uncanny knack for drawing three-of-a-kinds...in 6s. The men figure out that Nick is the Devil, come to claim one of them. The unlucky man offers to play the Devil a game of poker to get his soul free.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E8 →who made it
- directed
- Wes Craven
- written
- Donald Todd, Ray Bradbury
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Bob Dishy as (segment "Act Break")
Morgan Freeman as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Danny Cooksey as (segment "The Burning Man")
James Coco as (segment "Act Break")
Garrett Morris as Jake (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Dan Hedaya as Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Barney Martin as Marty (segment "Dealer's Choice")
André Gower as (segment "The Burning Man")