S1E4
The Odds
Tales from the Darkside · 1984-10-21 · 23 min
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what happens
Tommy Vale, a barroom bookie finds himself in a curious predicament: a man comes in who can't lose. As the story unravels, he finds out that his opponent is Lacey, a man who went broke gambling with Vale in the past. Now Lacey is back from the dead, with tips from the other side, and is unbeatable. In a final ghoulish wager, Lacey bets that Vale will die at a particular time, and he's never been wrong. But the clock chimes and Vale is still alive. Lacey is forced to depart, and Vale reveals that he set the clock ahead five minutes, then dies right on time.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E4 →who made it
- directed
- James Steven Sadwith
- written
- Carole Lucia Satrina, James Steven Sadwith
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Danny Aiello as Tommy Vale
Tom Noonan as Bill Lacey
Robert Weil as Horace Chadway- AAnthony Bishop as Phil the bartender
- MMario Todisco as Mafioso
- MMichael Quill as Lacey's Man
- WWilliam Magerman as Drunk
- DDave Johnson as Announcer