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The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

Tales from the Crypt

calendar_todayJun 10, 1989 schedule76 min star7.0

Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrian but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly uemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands. On Christmas Eve, a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her. A bum named Ulric is given the chance of a lifetime when a scientist puts the gland of a cat inside his body. Soon Ulric becomes the main attraction at a sideshow.

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Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano

Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Mimi Kennedy

Mimi Kennedy

Distraught Woman (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Mary Ellen Trainor

Mary Ellen Trainor

Wife (segment "And All Through the House")

Michael Bower

Michael Bower

Junior (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

William Sadler

William Sadler

Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Barker (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Gerrit Graham

Gerrit Graham

Theodore Carne (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Roy Brocksmith

Roy Brocksmith

Vic (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Dani Minnick

Dani Minnick

Cynthia Baldwin (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Kathleen York

Kathleen York

Coralee (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Gustav Vintas

Gustav Vintas

Dr. Emil Manfred (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

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Jennifer Evans

Newscaster #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")