Episode
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Touched with Fire
Overview
Two men who theorize that murder only happen in hot weather, try to stop one.
Details
- Series
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1990-08-03
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Touched with Fire is Episode 3 in Season 5 of The Ray Bradbury Theater. It aired on 1990-08-03. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 2: The Murderer
Albert Brock loathes noise and prefers perfect silence. He goes around destroying the instruments of sound: radios, wrist watches, faxes, etc. His destruction of sound-infected environments at work and home lands him in a psychiatric institution.
Episode 4: The Black Ferris
Hank Walterson sneaks into the carnival at night and watches the owner, Mr. Cooger, ride the Ferris wheel backward until he becomes a young boy... who sets out to rob the local widow of her jewels.
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Episode 9: Exorcism
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