Tales from the Darkside

The Odds

E4    Oct 21, 1984    23m    TV-14
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.
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Cast of The Odds
  • Paul SparerNarrator (voice)
  • Danny AielloTommy Vale
  • Tom NoonanBill Lacey
  • Robert WeilHorace Chadway
  • Anthony BishopPhil the bartender
  • Mario TodiscoMafioso
  • Michael QuillLacey's Man
  • William MagermanDrunk
  • Dave JohnsonAnnouncer

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