Episode
The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Coffin
Overview
An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
Details
- Series
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1988-05-07
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
The Coffin is Episode 9 in Season 3 of The Ray Bradbury Theater. It aired on 1988-05-07. The runtime is 26 min.
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