Dying Room Only | |
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Genre | Horror Mystery Thriller |
Based on | "Dying Room Only" (1953 short story) by Richard Matheson |
Written by | Richard Matheson |
Directed by | Philip Leacock |
Starring | Cloris Leachman Ross Martin Ned Beatty Louise Latham Dana Elcar Dabney Coleman |
Music by | Charles Fox |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Lee Rich |
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Production locations | Borrego Springs, California, U.S. |
Cinematography | John M. Stephens |
Editor | Bill Mosher |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | Lorimar Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 18, 1973 |
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Dying Room Only is a 1973 American made-for-television horror mystery thriller film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Cloris Leachman and Ross Martin. Written by Richard Matheson and based on his 1953 short story of the same name, the film follows a woman whose husband disappears after they stop by a rural diner in the Arizona desert.
Produced by Lorimar Productions, who was also in charge of many television films of the period, Dying Room Only had its world premiere broadcast on ABC as a Tuesday movie of the week on September 18, 1973.[1] It was later released on VHS, and eventually DVD by the Warner Archive Collection.