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S6 E7 The Dead Man

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TV-PG

24m

Sep 24, 1992

A lonely manicurist befriends a man who claims to be dead. Guest starring Louise Fletcher.

Season 6, 15 Episodes

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Lonely One

The Lonely One,

Three women try to decide whether to walk to a movie, knowing there’s a serial killer on the loose. Although her companions disagree, one of the women insists.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Happiness Machine

The Happiness Machine,

One day, a man (Elliott Gould) wakes up and decides to build a machine that creates happiness. Much to his wife’s dismay, it becomes an obsession.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Tomorrow's Child

Tomorrow's Child,

An experimental childbirth procedure results in a couple’s baby being born into another dimension. The child’s non-human appearance puts a strain on the new parents, so much so that the wife is on the brink of a mental breakdown.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Anthem Sprinters

The Anthem Sprinters,

An American tourist becomes involved in an Irish sporting event. Guest starring Len Cariou.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - By the Numbers

By the Numbers,

On a train, a man learns the truth about a boy and his drill sergeant father that he met years ago at a hotel pool.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Long Rain

When an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the survivors try to reach the Sun Dome that has been erected on the planet, providing the only shelter. But exhaustion hits and predatory plants await.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Dead Man

A lonely manicurist befriends a man who claims to be dead. Guest starring Louise Fletcher.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Sun and Shadow

Sun and Shadow,

A local man protests when a rude director attempts to use his house for the backdrop of a liquor commercial.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Silent Towns

After an evacuation, the last man on Mars seeks the last woman on Mars. Guest starring John Glover and Monica Parker.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Downwind from Gettysburg

Downwind from Gettysburg,

In a theater for tourists, a robot made to look like Abraham Lincoln is programmed to recite the Gettysburg Address.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Some Live Like Lazarus

Some Live Like Lazarus,

A boy and a girl fall in love as children and vow to marry when they’re 21. However, the boy’s domineering mother has other plans.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Handler

A small-town mortician takes a perverse delight in exacting postmortem revenge against his enemies — until his day of reckoning arrives. Guest-starring Michael J. Pollard.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Fee Fie Foe Fum

Fee Fie Foe Fum,

A grandmother worries when her granddaughter’s husband installs a new garbage disposal in the house.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Great Wide World Over There

Great Wide World Over There,

An illiterate woman asks her nephew to write letters for her so she can talk to all the people in the world that she’s never seen.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Tombstone

A salesman and his wife (Shelley Duvall) take the last available room in a hotel where the previous occupant left a tombstone.

Details

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TV-PG

6 Seasons

28m

An anthology series scripted by famed science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Featured actors include William Shatner, Drew Barrymore, Elliot Gould, Jeff Goldblum, Peter O’Toole, Shelley Duval and more.

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