The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Hangover
Introduction
"Hangover" was originally broadcast on 06/Dec/1962 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Hadley Purvis is an alcoholic ad executive whose wife Sandra tells him that she will leave him if he takes another drink. Unfortunately, he drinks himself into a stupor. When he awakens, he cannot remember anything that happened to him while drunk. He can neither remember losing his job for being drunk at a presentation nor buying his wife a new scarf to prove that he had not been drinking. Ultimately, he discovers his wife's strangled body in his basement. Though he cannot remember, he realizes that while drunk, he strangled her to death with the scarf he bought for her. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete First Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - producer
Written by:
- John D. MacDonald - short story
- Lou Rambeau - teleplay
- Charles Runyon - short story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Tony Randall — cast: Hadley Purvis
- Jayne Mansfield — cast: Marion
- Robert P. Lieb — cast: Bill Hunter (as Robert Lieb)
- Myron Healey — cast: Bob Blake
- Tyler McVey — cast: D.A. Driscoll
- James Maloney — cast: Cushman
- June Gale — cast: The Saleswoman (as June Levant)
- William Phipps — cast: The Bartender
- Chris Roman — cast: Cliff
- Richard Franchot — cast: Albert
- Dodie Heath — cast: Sandra Purvis (as Dody Heath)
- Paul Bradley — cast: Man in Audience (uncredited)
- George DeNormand — cast: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by:
