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The Twilight Zone

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Unexpected science fiction and horror tales. Adaptation of the original TV series

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Stingy Luther acquires cemetery soil to grow his vegetables. But there's a price.

Stingy Luther acquires cemetery soil to grow his vegetables. But there's a price he must pay. Adapted from TV with Stacy Keach.

Stingy Luther Aorta rubs his hands with glee when he acquires some free soil from a cemetery to grow his vegetables. But there's a price he has to pay...

Charles Beaumont's TV script adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison

Starring Eric Bogosian, Meg Thalken, Roderick Peeples, Linda Reiter, David Darlow, Elizabeth Ledo, Roger Mueller, Ambre Lake, Jeff Lupetin, Doug James, Karen Olsen, Carl Amari and Dana Boker.

Stacy Keach (best known here as US TV detective Mike Hammer) takes Serling's original TV role as narrator. 

Created by Rod Serling, cult sci-fi and horror series 'The Twilight Zone' was first broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and electrified the new medium of television. 

Armed with a licence from CBS and the Serling estate, Carl Amari's slick adaptions are based on the original TV scripts - adapted from 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series, with a full cast, music and sound effects. 

Produced and directed by Carl Amari for the Falcon Picture Group.

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