A Dinner Date with Death [1134488] Released: 1950-10-30 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 26 mins Popularity: 0.1654 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive? Cast [4] Roy PlomleyThe Man Who Walks at Robert AyresThe American Patricia JesselThe Soon to be Ex-Wi Campbell CottsThe Man Who Arranges Trailers