The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Death Scene
Introduction
"Death Scene" was originally broadcast on 08/Mar/1965 as part of the third season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Leo Manfred is an ambitious car mechanic who is fixing the limousine of a once famous movie director named Gavin Revere. Leo ingratiates himself to Gavin's daughter Nicky and the two are soon engaged to be married. Gavin is suspicious of Leo. He insists that he take out a life insurance policy naming Nicky as the beneficiary. Leo does so, and the two prepare to gte married. On the eve of the wedding, Leo insults Gavin by panning his famous silent film Death Scene. Gavin threatens to cancel the wedding. Leo responds by planning murder. He manipulates Gavin and Nicky to the edge of a cliff. Nicky, however, turns the tables and tosses Leo over the edge. Nicky removes her make-up and reveas herself to be Gavin's actress wife. She and Gavin manipulated Leo so that the couple could get their hands on his insurance money. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Third Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Herbert Coleman - producer
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
Written by:
- James Bridges - teleplay
- Helen Nielsen - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Vera Miles — cast: Nicky Revere
- John Carradine — cast: Gavin Revere
- James Farentino — cast: Leo Manfred
- Buck Taylor — cast: Dancer Smith
- Leonard Yorr — cast: Bill Wagner
- Virginia Aldridge — cast: Susan Revere
- Horace Brown — cast: Harry (as Capt. Horace Brown)
- Nick Borgani — cast: Sam Gread
- Vince Williams — cast: Our Hero
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by:
