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Final Escape

A convicted bank robber John Perry is sentenced to 15 years hard labor in a state prison lumber camp. Determined to get out, James befriend an alcoholic inmate named Doc. Doc is in charge of the prison infirmary as well as burials for the dead. Doc makes an offer to John: if John will fincance an operation for Doc's granddaughter, he will get him out of prison. Doc's plan is to hide Perry inside the coffin of the next inmate who dies. The coffin will then be buried and dug up after the gravediggers and guards leave. Perry will then make his escape. All goes according to plan, until Doc fails to dig Perry up. Perry then learns why when the shroud slips from the face of the corpse sharing the coffin with him. Its Doc who died of a heart attack the night before.

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  • Originally Aired February 21, 1964
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network NBC
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Name Type Role
John Resko Writer
Thomas H. Cannan, Jr. Writer
Randall Hood Writer
Stephen McNally Guest Star
Betsy Hale Guest Star
Edd Byrnes Guest Star
Robert Keith Guest Star
John Alderson Guest Star
Bernie Hamilton Guest Star
Nicholas Colasanto Guest Star
Stacy Harris Guest Star
John Kellogg Guest Star
Hinton Pope Guest Star
Ray Kellogg Guest Star
William Witney Director