A Dinner Date with Death
Directed by Eric Fawcett30 października 1950 26 minfilm TV
Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive?
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A Dinner Date with Death was released on 30 października 1950.
A Dinner Date with Death was directed by Eric Fawcett.
A Dinner Date with Death has a runtime of 26 min.
A Dinner Date with Death was produced by Roy Plomley.
Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive?
The key characters in A Dinner Date with Death are The Man Who Walks at Night (Roy Plomley), The American (Robert Ayres), The Soon to be Ex-Wife (Patricia Jessel).
A Dinner Date with Death is a film TV film.