Printer's Devil
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1963
- TV-PG
- 51m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.
Pat Crowley
- Jackie Benson
- (as Patricia Crowley)
Leon Alton
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Michael Chain
- Paperboy
- (uncredited)
Ryan Hayes
- Paper Hawker
- (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
- Café Patron
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaReferring to the title, a printer's devil was an apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type.
- GoofsWhen Mr Smith gets Winter to sign the contract, the liquor bottle changes from "Pebble Ames Bourbon" to "Golden Delight Sour Mash Whiskey".
- Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration] Take away a man's dream, fill him with whiskey and despair, send him to a lonely bridge, let him stand there all by himself looking down at the black water and try to imagine the thoughts that are in his mind. You can't, I can't. But there's someone who can - and that someone is seated next to Douglas Winter right now. The car is headed back toward town, but its real destination is the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes (2009)
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Alms too much that Saint distrusts!!!
The saying above in my headline explains for obvious reason, spoke for itself, when the already bankrupt newspaper's owner Douglas Winter (Robert Sterling) is about to commit suicide in a bridge late into the night appears from out of nowhere an old man Mr. Smith (Burgess Meredith) offering his high services as reporter and printer in hope to overturn the inexorable collapse, the hopeless Douglas accepts when the smart Smith quoted "What you got to loose?"
After that the first days at newspaper office several news will into headline very fast and overcame his main and powerful contender in town, sometimes the news go to the printing machine before the case even happened, Douglas's girlfriend Jackie (Pat Crowley) at first glance find it quite unusual, however will releasing that it weren't commonplace and starts mistrust of the weird character Mr. Smith, until Douglas had suspicious about so fast recovering of his almost died enterprise, nonetheless after a little ambiguity he accepts due the fantastic financial results.
After the hard prodding of Jackie the already adamant editor faces Dr. Smith for his unorthodox means, then enters the collector himself, he demands Douglas assigns a secret contract, his fully meteoric rise as a powerful man in exchange his soul, funny that Meredith already implies a small hint of the famous Penguin, great episode!!
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First watch: 2022 / Source: DVD / How many: 1 / Rating: 8.
After that the first days at newspaper office several news will into headline very fast and overcame his main and powerful contender in town, sometimes the news go to the printing machine before the case even happened, Douglas's girlfriend Jackie (Pat Crowley) at first glance find it quite unusual, however will releasing that it weren't commonplace and starts mistrust of the weird character Mr. Smith, until Douglas had suspicious about so fast recovering of his almost died enterprise, nonetheless after a little ambiguity he accepts due the fantastic financial results.
After the hard prodding of Jackie the already adamant editor faces Dr. Smith for his unorthodox means, then enters the collector himself, he demands Douglas assigns a secret contract, his fully meteoric rise as a powerful man in exchange his soul, funny that Meredith already implies a small hint of the famous Penguin, great episode!!
Thanks for reading.
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First watch: 2022 / Source: DVD / How many: 1 / Rating: 8.
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- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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