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RAY BRADBURY THEATER, THE: PUNISHMENT WITHOUT CRIME (TV)
Summary
One in this fantasy/science fiction series based on stories written by acclaimed author Ray Bradbury. In this episode, set in a Kafkaesque future, a vengeful husband sets out to eliminate his beautiful but unfaithful wife. Believing he can commit the perfect, guiltless murder, George Hill employs the services of Facsimilies Limited, a corporation which creates machine duplicates of human beings. They agree to build a copy of his wife expressly so he can have the satisfaction of killing it. His fantasy begins to unravel when he finds himself attracted to the duplicate, and becomes a nightmare when the legality of destroying machines puts his own life in peril.
(Network affiliation varies; series also aired on HBO from 1985-1986.)
Details
- NETWORK: USA
- DATE: April 16, 1988 10:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:58
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:16437
- GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction; Drama, mystery/suspense
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SERIES RUN: USA - TV series, 1988-1992
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter Sussman … Executive Producer
- Bill Allan … Co-Executive Producer
- Stephane Sperry … Co-Executive Producer
- Pierre Bertrand Jaume … Co-Executive Producer
- Seaton McLean … Supervising Producer
- Tom Cotter … Producer
- Bruce MacDonald … Director
- Ray Bradbury … Writer, Host
- Bill Connor … Music by
- Donald Pleasence … Cast, George Hill
- Lynsey Baxter … Cast, Katherine
- Peggy Mount … Cast, The Judge
- William Ivory … Cast, Policeman
- George Anton … Cast, Lover
- Bill Croasdale … Cast, Governor
- John McGlynn … Cast, Facsimile Interviewer
- Frank Williams … Cast, Defense Counsel
- Iain Cuthbertson … Cast, Prosecuting Counsel
- Will Tracey … Cast, Priest