Tales from the Crypt S5E9 — Oil's Well That Ends Well

7.4

Tales from the Crypt•Season 5•Episode 9

Oil's Well That Ends Well

7.4/10 · 961 votesNov 24, 199327 min

Ranked #5 of 11 in Season 5•+0.3 vs season avg

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A con artist and his girlfriend plan their next caper by tricking some southern boys into thinking there is oil underneath a cemetery. Their plans work. She makes them think she has gotten jealous and killed her boyfriend, but when she goes to dig him

Directed byPaul Abascal

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Seasons7

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Season 5 Episodes11

E1 7.9

Death of Some Salesmen / As Ye Sow / Forever Ambergris

E2 6.8

Food for Thought

E3 7.6

People Who Live in Brass Hearses

Two for the Show

House of Horror

Well Cooked Hams

Creep Course

Came the Dawn

Oil's Well That Ends Well

E10 7.1

Half-Way Horrible

E11 6.2

Till Death Do We Part

Cast1

John Kassir

Crypt Keeper (voice)

Crew7

Paul Abascal

Director

Victoria Burrows

Casting

Scott Nimerfro

Screenplay

Levie Isaacks

Director of Photography

Gregory S. Melton

Production Designer

Stephen Lovejoy

Editor

Frank Becker

Music

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Episode Summary

"Oil's Well That Ends Well" is episode 9 of Tales from the Crypt season 5. It scored 7.4/10 from 961 votes, ranking #5 of 11 episodes this season (season average 7.1). Directed by Paul Abascal, it aired on November 24, 1993.

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