Printer's Devil
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1963
- TV-PG
- 51m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.
Pat Crowley
- Jackie Benson
- (as Patricia Crowley)
Leon Alton
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Michael Chain
- Paperboy
- (uncredited)
Ryan Hayes
- Paper Hawker
- (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
- Café Patron
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaReferring to the title, a printer's devil was an apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type.
- GoofsWhen Mr Smith gets Winter to sign the contract, the liquor bottle changes from "Pebble Ames Bourbon" to "Golden Delight Sour Mash Whiskey".
- Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration] Take away a man's dream, fill him with whiskey and despair, send him to a lonely bridge, let him stand there all by himself looking down at the black water and try to imagine the thoughts that are in his mind. You can't, I can't. But there's someone who can - and that someone is seated next to Douglas Winter right now. The car is headed back toward town, but its real destination is the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes (2009)
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Burgess With Horns
One more soul selling. The problem is that we aren't privy to the rules. Burgess Meredith comes upon George Bailey (Oh sorry. That's another movie) as he's trying to commit suicide. This is a man who is the owner of a newspaper that has gone in the tank due to a big money competitor. He is in hock up to his ears and can see no way out. Burgess talks him off the bridge and assures him that given the opportunity, he can turn his life around. He lights his crooked cigar by striking his finger on his pants leg. He tells the young man that he is a top reporter and a master linotype operator (and he is). The bad thing is that while things begin to flourish, it is because the newspaper begins to get scoops almost as the events take place. A series of disasters and scandals take place and the newspapers are already on the streets within an hour. Of course, the devil has snookered the young man. He now takes over the paper, acting as puppeteer for the others. What to do? The conclusion works fairly well and Meredith is a great devil (his cruelty comes to the fore at the end), but things are not presented logically within the rules of the game.
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- Hitchcoc
- Apr 22, 2014
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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