Episode
Night Gallery: Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies
Overview
A desperate comic makes a deal with an inept miracle worker in a ploy to boost his sagging career. A fanatical big-game hunter forces his son to shoot a deer, inviting the vengeance of terrible gods.
Details
- Series
- Night Gallery
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1971-01-06
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Night Gallery. It aired on 1971-01-06. The runtime is 51 min.
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