Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Big Kick
Introduction
"The Big Kick" was originally broadcast on 19/Jun/1962 as part of the seventh season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Mitch and Judy are out-of-work beatniks in need of money. At a party held by one of Mitch's friends Bruce, Judy meets an older man named Kenneth. Kenneth is not a beatnik, but he likes to attend their parties. He asks Judy on a date. Mitch encourages Judy to date Kenneth because he seems to have money. Kenneth gives Judy a diamond bracelet which Mitch takes and tries to sell to a jeweler. The jeweler has Mitch arrested. It seems that the bracelet Kenneth gave to Judy was in fact stolen. With Mitch in prison, Kenneth who is actually a beatnik-hater stabs Judy to death in her apartment. (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
- Wayne Rogers — cast: Kenneth
- Anne Helm — cast: Judy
- Frances Morris — cast: The Landlady
- Thomas Bellin — cast: Monk
- Rees Vaughn — cast: Bruce
- Martin Clark — cast: Kong
- Jan Conaway — cast: Connie
- Susanne Wasson — cast: Linda
- Bruce Andersen — cast: The Clerk
- Brian G. Hutton — cast: Mitch (as Brian Hutton)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
