A Dinner Date with Death
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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Roy Plomley
The Man Who Walks at Night
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Double Confession
Robert Ayres
The American
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A Night to Remember
First Man into Space
Patricia Jessel
The Soon to be Ex-Wife
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The City of the Dead
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Campbell Cotts
The Man Who Arranges Dinner
Known for
Last Holiday
Eric Fawcett Director · Kenton Dorward Writer
First release October 30, 1950
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BBC
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English
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United Kingdom · October 30, 1950
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