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Here’s a promotional spot/preview for “The Grim Reaper,” the June 13th, 1961 episode of NBC’s Thriller, the final episode of the show’s first season.
Exploring forgotten TV from the 1920s to today.
Exploring forgotten TV from the 1920s to today.
Here’s a promotional spot/preview for “The Grim Reaper,” the June 13th, 1961 episode of NBC’s Thriller, the final episode of the show’s first season.
Another Robert Bloch shocker (based on a story by Harold Lawlor), with a memorable performance by William Shatner.
Of course, the Grim Reaper would be Ben Casey, clobbering the show when they moved it to Mondays for its second season
(the penultimate episode, the Ida Lupino-directed “The Lethal Ladies” opens with an in-joke of a nurse murdering “Ben”)