Dead Ernest

Episode aired May 3, 1949
30m

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6.6/10

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Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Rod Serling in Suspense (1949)

Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgu... Read allErnest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the o... Read allErnest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the owner of a secondhand clothing store and quickly sold. The couple who purchase the jacket f... Read all

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6.6/10

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7/10

That reminds me something...

I am sure this story was the DNA of Henry Sleasar's story which inspired an ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS series episode ONE GRAVE TOO MANY, more than another AH PRESENTS ep called BREAKDOWN, as our good friend Martinhafer told just before, though it was also a catalepsy story. In ONE GRAVE... it is question of a man supposed dead, but with a piece of paper in his pocket, a note telling that he is sick, a particular illness that may let him in this way. Then a couple finds this note and guess what. In the other episode starring Joseph Cotten , you have not the note element, just the focus on Joseph Cotten speaking to himself, an inner voice explaining his inner condition.