

It was rebroadcast individually as a Halloween special on 31 October 1993. A 17 January 1988 BBC Radio adaptation by Patrick Galvin, presented as part of Fear on Four.A 1983 Stephen King novel, Pet Sematary, is a retelling of the story.
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"The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling" aired on TV on 19 April 1965 in season 3, episode 26, of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, starring Leif Erickson, Jane Wyatt, and Lee Majors.A 1961 film version called Espiritismo (released as Spiritism in the US), directed by Benito Alazraki and starring Nora Veyran, Jose Luis Jiminez, and Jorge Mondragon.A 16 December 1958 episode of the UK radio series Thirty-Minute Theatre, starring Carleton Hobbs and Gladys Young.The Monkey's Paw (1948 film), with screenplay by Norman Lee and Barbara Toy.



A 1919 British silent film (director unknown) is known to have been made but is now considered lost.A 1915 film version was directed by Sidney Northcote and starred John Lawson (who was in the 1907 stage play).On 6 October 1903, a one-act play opened at London's Haymarket Theatre, starring Cyril Maude as Mr.The story has been adapted into other media many times, including: Nina Quartero in a publicity still from the 1933 film version White opens the door to find that no one is there. White becomes terrified and fears that the thing outside is not the son he loved. White fumbles at the locks in a desperate attempt to open the door, Mr. An hour or so later, there is a knock at the door. Reluctantly, he does so, despite great unease at the thought of summoning his son's mutilated and decomposing body. White, mad with grief, insists that her husband use the paw to wish Herbert back to life. The company denies any responsibility for the incident, but makes a goodwill payment of £200, the amount that Mr. White had wished for.Ī week after the funeral, Mrs. The following night, an employee arrives at the Whites' home, telling them that Herbert had been killed in a terrible machine accident that mutilated his body. White suddenly drops the paw in surprise, claiming that it moved and twisted like a snake. White flippantly wishes for £200, which will enable him to make the final mortgage payment for his house. White hesitates at first, believing that he already has everything he wants. White of what might happen should he use the paw. Morris, having had a horrible experience using the paw, throws it into the fire, but the sceptical Mr. An old fakir placed a spell on the paw, so that it would grant three wishes but only with hellish consequences as punishment for tampering with fate. Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India, comes by for dinner and introduces them to a mummified monkey's paw. Illustration for "The Monkey's Paw" by Maurice Greiffenhagen, from Jacobs' short story collection The Lady of the Barge (1902)
