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Tales from the Crypt · S5 E1
Death of Some Salesmen / As Ye Sow / Forever Ambergris
October 2, 1993 · 84m · 6.7 TMDB
A sneaky con man has a talent for killing people after he sells them phony tombstones. He soon learns that some for his new victims have a fortune buried in their cellar. He marries their daughter and kills the parents but when he goes down in the basement he gets a big surprise.
A husband hires a detective to spy on his wife whom he believes is cheating on him with a priest. When he learns that he's been conned, he decides to kill him himself. That day he learns that they're was nothing going on between them and he is relieved. But he is mistaken for his wife's so called boyfriend and killed by the detective he hired.
Dalton is a seasoned combat photographer who finds himself falling for a beautiful women who just happens to be the wife of his friend. One day Ike sends Dalton into a disease warfare area. Dalton returns, but not the way he used to be. He soon writes a letter about how he was set up and his wife and friend also contract the same disease.
A husband hires a detective to spy on his wife whom he believes is cheating on him with a priest. When he learns that he's been conned, he decides to kill him himself. That day he learns that they're was nothing going on between them and he is relieved. But he is mistaken for his wife's so called boyfriend and killed by the detective he hired.
Dalton is a seasoned combat photographer who finds himself falling for a beautiful women who just happens to be the wife of his friend. One day Ike sends Dalton into a disease warfare area. Dalton returns, but not the way he used to be. He soon writes a letter about how he was set up and his wife and friend also contract the same disease.
A sneaky con man has a talent for killing people after he sells them phony tombstones. He soon learns that some for his new victims have a fortune buried in their cellar. He marries their daughter and kills the parents but when he goes down in the basement he gets a big surprise.
A husband hires a detective to spy on his wife whom he believes is cheating on him with a priest. When he learns that he's been conned, he decides to kill him himself. That day he learns that they're was nothing going on between them and he is relieved. But he is mistaken for his wife's so called boyfriend and killed by the detective he hired.
Dalton is a seasoned combat photographer who finds himself falling for a beautiful women who just happens to be the wife of his friend. One day Ike sends Dalton into a disease warfare area. Dalton returns, but not the way he used to be. He soon writes a letter about how he was set up and his wife and friend also contract the same disease.
A husband hires a detective to spy on his wife whom he believes is cheating on him with a priest. When he learns that he's been conned, he decides to kill him himself. That day he learns that they're was nothing going on between them and he is relieved. But he is mistaken for his wife's so called boyfriend and killed by the detective he hired.
Dalton is a seasoned combat photographer who finds himself falling for a beautiful women who just happens to be the wife of his friend. One day Ike sends Dalton into a disease warfare area. Dalton returns, but not the way he used to be. He soon writes a letter about how he was set up and his wife and friend also contract the same disease.
Guest stars

Marshall Bell
Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Yvonne De Carlo
Mrs. Jones (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Sam Waterston
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")

Steve Buscemi
Ike (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Patsy Kensit
Bridget (segment "As Ye Sow")

Tim Curry
Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Adam West
Chapman (segment "As Ye Sow")

Ed Begley Jr.
Judd Campbell (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Lysette Anthony
Bobbi (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Paul Dooley
Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

John Shea
Father John Sejac (segment "As Ye Sow")

Héctor Elizondo
Leo Burns (segment "As Ye Sow")
Crew

Gilbert Adler
Director

Gary Fleder
Director

Kyle MacLachlan
Director

Gilbert Adler
Screenplay

Scott Rosenberg
Screenplay

John R. Leonetti
Director of Photography

Jay Ferguson
Music

Victoria Burrows
Casting

Michael Kamen
Music

Branford Marsalis
Music