S5E1

Death of Some Salesmen / As Ye Sow / Forever Ambergris

Tales from the Crypt

calendar_todayOct 2, 1993 schedule84 min star6.2

A sneaky con man has a talent for killing people after he sells them phony tombstones. He soon learns that some for his new victims have a fortune buried in their cellar. He marries their daughter and kills the parents but when he goes down in the basement he gets a big surprise. A husband hires a detective to spy on his wife whom he believes is cheating on him with a priest. When he learns that he's been conned, he decides to kill him himself. That day he learns that they're was nothing going on between them and he is relieved. But he is mistaken for his wife's so called boyfriend and killed by the detective he hired. Dalton is a seasoned combat photographer who finds himself falling for a beautiful women who just happens to be the wife of his friend. One day Ike sends Dalton into a disease warfare area. Dalton returns, but not the way he used to be. He soon writes a letter about how he was set up and his wife and friend also contract the same disease.

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HBO

star Guest Stars

Marshall Bell

Marshall Bell

Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Mrs. Jones (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Ike (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit

Bridget (segment "As Ye Sow")

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Adam West

Adam West

Chapman (segment "As Ye Sow")

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Judd Campbell (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anthony

Bobbi (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

John Shea

John Shea

Father John Sejac (segment "As Ye Sow")

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo

Leo Burns (segment "As Ye Sow")