Episode
Tales from the Crypt: My Brother's Keeper
Overview
Siamese twins, the timid and kind-hearted Frank and the other, reckless and sadistic Eddie, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated, even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.
Details
- Series
- Tales from the Crypt
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1990-07-24
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
My Brother's Keeper is Episode 15 in Season 2 of Tales from the Crypt. It aired on 1990-07-24. The runtime is 25 min.
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