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The Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater

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Every episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater!

The Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

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  1. Background image for The Small Assassin
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Small Assassin

    S3:E6

    A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Coffin
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Coffin

    S3:E9

    An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Screaming Woman
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Screaming Woman

    S2:E2

    A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming woman buried in the forest near her house.

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  4. Background image for The Crowd
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - The Crowd

    S1:E3

    A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.

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  5. Background image for The Playground
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Playground

    S1:E2

    When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.

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  6. Background image for The Town Where No One Got Off
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - The Town Where No One Got Off

    S2:E1

    A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively leaves a train to explore a small town.

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  8. Background image for On the Orient, North
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - On the Orient, North

    S3:E8

    A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for And So Died Riabouchinska
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - And So Died Riabouchinska

    S3:E12

    A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness: Fabian's dummy. Riabouchinska, who has a mind of her own.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Marionettes, Inc.
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Marionettes, Inc.

    S1:E1

    John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.

    Director:Paul Lynch
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  11. Background image for Skeleton
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Skeleton

    S3:E2

    A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Tyrannosaurus Rex
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Tyrannosaurus Rex

    S3:E10

    A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Banshee
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Banshee

    S2:E3

    An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Emissary
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Emissary

    S3:E3

    A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.

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  15. Background image for Fee Fie Foe Fum
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Fee Fie Foe Fum

    S6:E21

    A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the new garbage disposal that he bought for her.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
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    #15 - The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

    S3:E1

    A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.

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    #16 - Gotcha!

    S3:E4

    A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.

    Director:Brad Turner
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  18. Background image for The Man Upstairs
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    #17 - The Man Upstairs

    S3:E5

    An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.

    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - Punishment Without Crime

    S3:E7

    A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.

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  20. Background image for There Was an Old Woman
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    #19 - There Was an Old Woman

    S3:E11

    Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Dwarf
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    #20 - The Dwarf

    S4:E1

    A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

    Director:Costa Botes
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  22. Background image for A Miracle of Rare Device
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    #21 - A Miracle of Rare Device

    S4:E2

    Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Lake
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    #22 - The Lake

    S4:E3

    An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Wind
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    #23 - The Wind

    S4:E4

    After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Pedestrian
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    #24 - The Pedestrian

    S4:E5

    A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for A Sound of Thunder
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    #25 - A Sound of Thunder

    S4:E6

    Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

    Director:Costa Botes
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Small Assassin" is the best rated episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 4/9/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Coffin".