Thriller The Grim Reaper (Season 1, Episode 37)
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Thriller

The Grim Reaper (Season 1, Episode 37)

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Celebrity author Beatrice Graves purchases a cursed painting of the Grim Reaper; her nephew Paul warns her that most of its previous owners have died violently but she scoffs-until blood appears on the Reaper's blade.

Director

Herschel Daugherty

Writers

Robert Bloch (adaptation) | Harold Lawlor (story)

Producer

William Frye (producer)

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematographer

Bud Thackery (director of photography)

Editor

Edward Haire

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 13, 1961

Release date

Jun 13, 1961 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Boris Karloff Self Self See fewer	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
William Shatner Paul Graves Paul Graves See fewer	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Natalie Schafer Beatrice Graves Beatrice Graves See fewer	Gilligan's Island (1964)
Henry Daniell Pierre Radin Pierre Radin See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Elizabeth Allen Dorothy Lyndon Dorothy Lyndon See fewer	Donovan's Reef (1963)
Scott Merrill Gerald Keller Gerald Keller See fewer	Thriller (1960)
Fifi D'Orsay Toinette Toinette See fewer	Nabonga (1944)
Paul Newlan Sgt. Bernstein Sgt. Bernstein See fewer	Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
Robert Cornthwaite Mr. Phillips Mr. Phillips See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)