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Tales from the Crypt/You, Murderer

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You, Murderer
Season 6, Episode 15
Airdate January 25, 1995
Screenplay by A L Katz &
Gilbert Adler
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
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You, Murderer is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of Tales from the Crypt, and the eightieth episode overall.

Starring: Humphrey Bogart (Lou Spinelli), John Lithgow (Dr. Oscar Charles), Isabella Rossellini (Betty Spinelli), Sherilyn Fenn (Erika), Robert Sacchi (Lou Spinelli)

Cast: John Kassir (voice of the Crypt Keeper)

Featuring: Julie Ariola (Doris), Carl Gilliard (Paramedic #2), Jose Rey (Paramedic #1)

Contents

Plot Overview

In this homage to the classic film noir, an ex-con hires a plastic surgeon to sculpt his face in the legendary actor Humphrey Bogart.

Notes

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

  • Humphrey Bogart appears in the episode via computer effects and the incorporation of archive footage, and is credited despite having been dead for 38 years.
  • Alfred Hitchcock also appears via archive footage in the Crypt Keeper sequence, but remains uncredited.

Allusions and References

  • The Crypt Keeper's sequence is done as a parody of Forest Gump, a nod to the episode director being the film's director Robert Zemeckis.
  • The footage lifted to recreate Bogart are from the films The Maltese Falcon (1941), All Through the Night (1942), Casablanca (1943), Conflict (1945), and Key Largo (1948).

Memorable Moments

Quotes