The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Gentleman Caller
Introduction
"The Gentleman Caller" was originally broadcast on 10/Apr/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Gerald and Milly Musgrove steal $100,000 dollars, but don't know where to hide the money. The couple befriends an elderly and apparently senile woman named Emmy Rice. After a visit to her home, Gerald stashes the money in a stack of old magazines. He later convinces Emmy to name him in her will. He wants to be the beneficiary of all her belongings so that he can murder her and gain legal possession of the money. Emmy draws up a will but several attempts on her life fail. The couple returns to visit the old woman again. When they arrive, they are startled to see the police. Emmy accuses them of attempted murder. Before the police escort him away, Gerald sees that the magazines where he stashed the money are gone. Emmy tells him that her landlord told her to throw some of the magazines away. After the Musgroves are led away, however, Emmy opens her icebox where she has hid the money. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Second Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Joseph M. Newman (as Joseph Newman)
Produced by:
- Herbert Coleman - producer
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
Written by:
- James Bridges - teleplay
- Veronica Parker Johns - short story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Roddy McDowall — cast: Gerald Musgrove
- Ruth McDevitt — cast: Miss Emmy Wright
- Diane Sayer — cast: Milly Musgrove
- Naomi Stevens — cast: Mrs. Goldy
- Juanita Moore — cast: Mrs. Jones
- Frank Maxwell — cast: Officer Petrie
- Marjorie Bennett — cast: The Plump Lady
- William Fawcett — cast: The Junk Collector
- Norman Leavitt — cast: The Gas Company Man
- Lew Brown — cast: The 1st Policeman
- John A. Alonzo — cast: The Intern (as John Alonzo)
- Len Hendry — cast: The Night Watchman
- Joe DeAngelo — cast: The Pedestrian (as Joe De Angelo)
Cinematography by:
- Richard L. Rawlings - director of photography
Edited by: