Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Cell 227
Introduction
"Cell 227" was originally broadcast on 05/Jun/1960 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Herbert Morrison is on death row facing execution. He hates a man named Pops Lafferty who continually tries to cheer up inmates on death row. The day of Morrison's execution, he attacks Pops and kills him. Later, however, he discovers that a witness had come forward and cleared him of the murder that put him on death row. Unfortunately, Morrison also learns that he faces the gas chamber for killing Pops. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five - Universal (USA, 2012) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Bill S. Ballinger - teleplay
- Bryce Walton - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Brian Keith — cast: Herbert Morrison
- James Best — cast: Hennessy (as James K. Best)
- James Westerfield — cast: Pops Lafferty
- Frank Maxwell — cast: Maury Berg, Attorney
- Liam Sullivan — cast: Father McCann
- Sal Ponti — cast: De Baca
- Harry Raybould — cast: Holt
- Robert Carson — cast: Warden Elvery
- Jimmy Horan — cast: Inmate (uncredited)
- William Mims — cast: Guard Callahan (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
