The best part about this episode is Burgess Meredith. He has always added a certain panache to the delivery of his lines. I don't think any actor would be better for the role of The Devil. The way he works that old printing press, whirling those monstrous disasters out of his evil imagination. There's such glee in it.
Robert Sterling is OK as the down-on-his-luck publisher--I remember him as 'ghost' George Kirby in the TV version of 'Topper'. Pat Crowley is a bit shrewish as the Girlfriend. But Meredith is best--it's great seeing him light that crooked cigar with fire from his own hand. I enjoyed the climax much better as a 10 year old when I first saw it--but this is an above-average TZ in the hour-long format.
Robert Sterling is OK as the down-on-his-luck publisher--I remember him as 'ghost' George Kirby in the TV version of 'Topper'. Pat Crowley is a bit shrewish as the Girlfriend. But Meredith is best--it's great seeing him light that crooked cigar with fire from his own hand. I enjoyed the climax much better as a 10 year old when I first saw it--but this is an above-average TZ in the hour-long format.