Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Twelve Hour Caper
Introduction
"The Twelve Hour Caper" was originally broadcast on 29/May/1962 as part of the seventh season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Herbert J. Wiggam works at an investment firm for Sylvester Tupper. Tupper treats him employees like slaves. Knowing that a $565,000 bond is about to arrive Herbert and two other disgruntled employees decide to steal it. The plan to hide the bonds in the garbage can until the police leave. The plan goes awry, however, when one of the policemen knocks over the garbage can. The plot is not foiled, however. A old cleaning lady arrives just in time to scoop up the papers and takes them out with the trash. Later, Herbert arrives at the airport. He is headed for South America. He arrives with the cleaning lady who is, in fact, his mother. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Mike Marmer - story
- Harold Swanton - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Dick York — cast: Herbert Wiggam
- Sarah Marshall — cast: Miss Pomfritt
- Wendell Holmes — cast: Sylvester Tupper
- Gage Clarke — cast: Frisbee
- Charles S. Carlson — cast: Lawrence Westbrook (as Charles Carlson)
- Ned Wever — cast: Hargis
- Kreg Martin — cast: Webster
- Thomas Bellin — cast: Brand (as Tom Bellin)
- Andy Romano — cast: The 2nd Officer
- Robert Reiner — cast: The Airport Clerk (as Bob Reiner)
- Lillian O'Malley — cast: The Cleaning Woman
- Ernest A. Losso — cast: The Messenger (as Ernest Losso)
- Don Durant — cast: Lowe
Cinematography by:
- Dale Deverman - director of photography
Edited by:
