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A Dinner Date with Death (1950)

ALL 10/30/1950 (en) TV Movie 26 Min
  • Release
    10/30/1950
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    A Dinner Date with Death
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive?

  1. Eric Fawcett

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Roy Plomley

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Roy Plomley

    The Man Who Walks at Night

  2. Robert Ayres

    The American

  3. Patricia Jessel

    The Soon to be Ex-Wife

  4. Campbell Cotts

    The Man Who Arranges Dinner

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 4 , Crews : 3

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A Dinner Date with Death (1950) 26 Min

ALL 10/30/1950 (en)
TV Movie
  • Release 10/30/1950
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title A Dinner Date with Death
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive?

  1. Eric Fawcett

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Roy Plomley

    Producer



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