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A stage actor playing Quasimodo in a performance of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' pays an alcoholic homeless man with a severely deformed face to model for him. After a successful opening night, the actor discovers that he is unable to remove his make-up.

When the actor tries to open the door, in one of the scenes the wall shakes.

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    • Author: Mustard Forgotten
    Anyone born prior to 1955 should remember this short-lived series, assuming you or your parents owned a TV and you were allowed to stay up late enough to catch the show, which ran late Friday evenings. The show only ran a dozen or so episode before being canceled, and I only caught a few of the episodes. Written by folks like Larry "It's Alive" Cohen and hosted tongue-in-cheek by famed author Roald Dahl (remember the story about the woman who kills her husband with a frozen turkey and then cooks it to dispose of the evidence?), the show was actually scarier than THE OUTER LIMITS. This episode is the only one I remember even faintly. A man dons horror face makeup (Lon Chaney's Quasimodo, to be exact), commits a dastardly deed, and then cannot remove the makeup. Master makeup artist Dick Smith of "The Exorcist" fame did the makeup for this and all other episodes. For a small cost, you can see all of the show's episodes in NYC (see elsewhere for details). I plan on doing so someday, assuming this never goes to DVD.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Alfred Ryder Alfred Ryder - Michael Drake
    Martin E. Brooks Martin E. Brooks - The Face (as Martin Brooks)
    Gerry Jedd Gerry Jedd - Rita Singer
    Lester Rawlins Lester Rawlins - Fred Davis
    Dana Elcar Dana Elcar - The Flophouse Manager
    Louise Larabee Louise Larabee - The Waitress
    Roald Dahl Roald Dahl - Himself - Host
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