Thriller: Man in the Cage

"Man in the Cage" is the eighteenth episode of season one of the horror anthology series Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, and the eighteenth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Gerald Mayer adapted by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane based on a story by John Hollbrook Vance. The episode was produced by Maxwell Shane. It first aired on NBC on January 17th, 1961.