"Printer's Devil" | |
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The Twilight Zone episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Ralph Senensky |
Written by | Charles Beaumont |
Based on | "The Devil, You Say?" by Charles Beaumont |
Featured music | Stock from "The Big Tall Wish" and "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" by Jerry Goldsmith; and stock cues by Nathan Van Cleave, Leonard Rosenman, Tommy Morgan, Leith Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Nathan Scott and Fred Steiner |
Production code | 4864 |
Original air date | February 28, 1963 |
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"Printer's Devil" is episode 111 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The title comes from the expression printer's devil, an apprentice in the industry.
The initial plot set-up is based in part on the well-known deal with the devil motif: a mysterious, seemingly eccentric man (played by frequent Twilight Zone actor Burgess Meredith) brings success to a local newspaper by working as its reporter and linotype operator, eventually revealing that he wants the editor's soul in exchange. This hour-long episode was written by Charles Beaumont, and based on his 1951 short story "The Devil, You Say".