Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A Bullet for Baldwin
Introduction
"A Bullet for Baldwin" was originally broadcast on 01/Jan/1956 as part of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
After Benjamin Stepp is fired from his job at an investment firm, he thinks about suicide. Instead he decides to kill his boss. The next day his boss reappears alive. Stepp is offered a promotion and raise. Stepp later learns that the new Baldwin is actually a look-alike who was hired to impersonate his old boss to keep the firm's stock up. The scheme continues until Stepp is fired again. He again thinks about suicide but decides to kill his other boss, the man who masterminded the impersonation scheme, Mr. King. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (UK, 2005) |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (USA, 2005) |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Jus Addiss (as Justus Addiss)
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - associate producer
Written by:
- Eustace Cockrell - teleplay
- Francis M. Cockrell - teleplay (as Francis Cockrell)
- Joseph Ruscoll - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- John Qualen — cast: Mr. Stepp
- Sebastian Cabot — cast: Nathaniel Baldwin/Mr. Davidson
- Phillip Reed — cast: Walter King (as Philip Reed)
- Ruth Lee — cast: Neighbor
- Cheryll Clarke — cast: Miss Abigail Wilson - Secretary
- James Adamson — cast: Janitor
- Don Mcart — cast: Albert (as Don McArt)
- Kate Drain Lawson — cast: Landlady
- Robert Patten — cast: Detective (as Bob Patten)
- David Dwight — cast: Fireman
- Arthur D. Gilmour — cast: Neighbor (as Arthur Gilmour)
- Bill Erwin — cast: Fireman (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Reggie Lanning - director of photography
Edited by:
