Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Wet Saturday
"Wet Saturday" (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) was originally broadcast on 30/Sep/1956 as part of the second season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The story was later refilmed for Roald Dahl's UK TV series "Tales of the Unexpected".
Synopsis
Mr. Princey's daughter has just killed her schoolmaster with a croquet mallet. He tries to find a way to protect his family's name and prevent his daughter from prosecution. He locates a man whom he thinks will be a perfect scapegoat, Smollet. Princey takes Smollet to the schoolmaster's body and draws a gun on him. He gives him two choices: go along with Princey's scheme that makes it look like Smollet committed the murder or be shot on the spot. Smollet chooses the former. Princey makes it look like Smollet committed the crime. He then tells him to keep his mouth shut. Smollet leaves and Princey calls the police. He reports that a murder has just taken place. (TV.com)
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DVD Releases
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - associate producer
Written by:
- Marian B. Cockrell - teleplay (as Marian Cockrell)
- John Collier - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Cedric Hardwicke — cast: Mr. Princey (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
- John Williams — cast: Capt. Smollet
- Tita Purdom — cast: Millicent 'Millie' Princey
- Kathryn Givney — cast: Mrs. Princey
- Jered Barclay — cast: George Princey (as Jerry Barclay)
- Irene Lang — cast: Jane
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography (as John L. Russell Jr.)
Edited by:
