Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Gloating Place
Introduction
"The Gloating Place" was originally broadcast on 16/May/1961 as part of the sixth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Susan Harper fakes an assault near a pond and blames it on a masked attacker in order to gain notoriety. The newspapers fall for her story and give her the celebrity status she craves. After the news dies down, she starts scheming to regain the spotlight. She lures a young girl to the spot where the alleged first attack occurred and strangles her. The newspapers report the murder and recall the incident with Susan and she once again is in the spotlight. Susan returns to the pond to gloat over her cleverness and celebrity, a genuine masked killer appears and strangles her. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Robert Bloch - story & teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Susan Harrison — cast: Susan Harper
- Hank Brandt — cast: Police Investigator (as Henry Brandt)
- Erin O'Brien-Moore — cast: Mrs. Linda Harper
- King Calder — cast: Mr. Harper
- Marta Kristen — cast: Marjorie Stone
- Tom Gilleran — cast: Tom
- David Fresco — cast: Photographer
- Tyler McVey — cast: Sgt. Martin
- Monika Henreid — cast: Eva the Student (as Monica Henreid)
- Eve McVeagh — cast: Eve the Reporter (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Neal Beckner - director of photography
Edited by:
