Episode
Amazing Stories: One For the Road
Overview
During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.
Details
- Series
- Amazing Stories
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1986-01-19
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
One For the Road is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Amazing Stories. It aired on 1986-01-19. The runtime is 25 min.
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