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  • Suspense Dead Ernest (Season 1, Episode 8)
  • TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Suspense

Dead Ernest (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing...See moreErnest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the owner of a secondhand clothing store and quickly sold. The couple who purchase the jacket finds the note and begins a race to save Ernest from a premature embalming. Written by Jay Phelps See less
Director
Writers
Reginald Denham (adapted for television by) | Mary Orr (adapted for television by) | Seeleg Lester (from an original radio script by) (as Seelog Lester) | Merwin Gerard (from an original radio script by)
Status
Edit Released
Updated May 3, 1949

Release date
May 3, 1949 (United States)

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