(A Dinner Date with Death)

Content: 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?

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Genres:

TV Movie

Runtime:

26 minutes

Year:

1950

Directors:

Eric Fawcett

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

The Man Who Walks at Night

The American

The Soon to be Ex-Wife

The Man Who Arranges Dinner

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