Good Intentions Are No Remedy For Bad Execution

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I wouldn't worry about it too much. He always puts on an act like that.

Somehow it doesn't seem like an act today. I hope nothing goes wrong.

Don't you worry, warden. When the time comes, Ernie'll step right up there and throw that switch just like it's all in a day's work.

Beverly Roberts

Robert Wilcox

Paul McVey

William A. Ullman Jr.

George Bricker

A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.

Victor Halperin

Buried Alive

Neatly Tied Up, But Overall Ridiculous

Let&apos;s see now. A central figure is the guy who throws the switch at electrocutions. There are three guys in love with a woman who works as a nurse at the prison hospital. One of the prisoners gets to dress up in a suit and drive people around. The warden spends all of his time trying to help this guy. The security is non-existent. The nurse falls in love with the convict rather than the three guys who are in love with her. If prisons were run like this, they would be empty. Everyone would have walked away. 

My favorite character is the executioner. He has the shakes but can&apos;t seem to quit the job. About once a month he puts the juice to someone. He really wants to buy a farm and raise chickens. Oh, there&apos;s also a chaplain who is in love with this woman. Then there is an evil reporter who frames the poor schmoe. Does this sound like something you&apos;d like to see?

Let's see now. A central figure is the guy who throws the switch at electrocutions. There are three guys in love with a woman who works as a nurse at the prison hospital. One of the prisoners gets to dress up in a suit and drive people around. The warden spends all of his time trying to help this guy. The security is non-existent. The nurse falls in love with the convict rather than the three guys who are in love with her. If prisons were run like this, they would be empty. Everyone would have walked away. 

My favorite character is the executioner. He has the shakes but can't seem to quit the job. About once a month he puts the juice to someone. He really wants to buy a farm and raise chickens. Oh, there's also a chaplain who is in love with this woman. Then there is an evil reporter who frames the poor schmoe. Does this sound like something you'd like to see?

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