Suspicion - Four O'Clock
Introduction
"Four O'Clock" is the only episode of Suspicion which Alfred Hitchcock directed. It was originally broadcast on 30/Sep/1957.
Synopsis
Paul Steppe, a successful watchmaker, begins to suspect that his wife Fran is seeing another man. Consumed with jealousy, Steppe decides to murder her. His plan, he feels is ingenious. Painstakingly Steppe applies all of his watchmaking skills to the construction of a time bomb. He plans to slip into his house in the afternoon without his wife's knowledge, leave the bomb and then return to his jewelry store unnoticed and unsuspected.
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain the episode "Four O'Clock":
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Starring:
- David Armstrong — cast: Policeman
- Brian Corcoran — cast: Boy
- Juney Ellis — cast: Mother
- Jesslyn Fax — cast: Wife
- Nancy Kelly — cast: Fran Steppe
- Richard Long — cast: Dave
- E.G. Marshall — cast: Paul Steppe
- Tom Pittman — cast: Joe
- Vernon Rich — cast: Doctor
- Charles Seel — cast: Customer
- Harry Dean Stanton — cast: Bill
- Chuck Webster — cast: Boy
Written by:
- Cornell Woolrich - original story
- Francis M. Cockrell
Radio Adaptations
Links
- Internet Movie Database
- TV.com
- Alfred Hitchcock Homepage (in German)