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From: margaret@asgb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Previous Appearances
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Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 07:48:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 13 07:48:22 1984
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<Beam me up Scotty- the line eater is after me!>

Another obscure appearance by William Shatner was in the Boris Karloff
"Thriller" mystery series. The title was "The Grim Reaper." Shatner played a
young man whose rich and aging aunt had purchased a painting of the Grim
Reaper. The legend of the portrait was that it brought bad luck to its owners.
Shatner's character, being the greedy sort, did away with his aunt, and all of
the other heirs to her fortune.  After the last murder, his girl friend
realized what was going on. She runs to get the police. He goes into the study
where the portrait is hanging to get a drink.  The door slams shut, and locks.
You see a look of pure terror on Shatner's face.  (The lighting and look on
Shatner's face is almost identical to that showing Kirk's "dark" side in the
confrontation between the two Kirks in "The Enemy Within".) The scene
progresses something like this:

Sound from the other side of the room:  "Swish, swish, swish"
Shatner:	"No, NO!"
	     "Swish, swish, swish"
		"No, NOT THAT!"
	     "Swish,swish, SWISH"
		"AARGH!!!!"
At which point, they cut to the girl friend and the police arriving. They
break down the door to the study, and enter.
"Oh my God, look at that!"
They look towards where the body presumably lies (the body is not shown), and
point to the portrait on the wall. The Grim Reaper is smiling, and there is
blood dripping down the wall from his scythe.

A definite thriller, and a good piece of acting on Shatner's part. For several
weeks after seeing this one, I kept hearing "Swish, swish, swish"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Live long and Prosper!

Margaret Brown
Burroughs ASG
Boulder, Colo  303-530-3905
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