The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Dear Uncle George
Introduction
"Dear Uncle George" was originally broadcast on 10/May/1963 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
John Chambers writes an advice to the lovelorn column under the pseudonymn Uncle George. He learns that his wife is cheating on him when a neighbor named Mrs. Weatherby, not knowing that John and Uncle George are the same person, writes a letter to his column asking for advice. Chambers kills his wife and then pins the blame on her lover. When he fakes shock when the police reveal his wife's affair, he is accepted as innocent because he doesn't have a motive. Chambers almost gets away with murder until Mrs. Weatherby tells the police that she mailed the Uncle George column asking for advice about the situation. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete First Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Joseph M. Newman (as Joseph Newman)
Produced by:
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - producer
Written by:
- James Bridges - teleplay
- Richard Levinson - story and teleplay
- William Link - story and teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Gene Barry — cast: John Chambers/Uncle George
- John Larkin — cast: Simon Aldritch
- Patricia Donahue — cast: Louise Chambers
- Dabney Coleman — cast: Tom Esterow
- Robert Sampson — cast: Sgt. Duncan
- Brendan Dillon — cast: Sam (as Brendan Thomas Dillon)
- Charity Grace — cast: Mrs. Weatherby
- Jimmy Joyce — cast: Fingerprint Man
- Joseph Trapaso — cast: Policeman
- Alicia Li — cast: Bea
- Lou Jacobi — cast: Lt. Wolfson
Cinematography by:
- William Margulies - director of photography
Edited by: