Alfred Hitchcock Presents - And the Desert Shall Blossom
Introduction
"And the Desert Shall Blossom" was originally broadcast on 21/Dec/1958 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Two old hermits who live in the Nevada desert are confronted by a sheriff who asks them to come back to town. They say they will return to town if the can't get a dead rosebush to grow. Later a stranger arrives. He demands to be taken to Reno. The stranger starts a fight with one of the hermits and is killed in the ensuing struggle. The sheriff later arrives looking for the murderer. The hermits show him the rose bush which has began to blossom. The sheriff leaves and the hermits reveal that the bush is probably blooming because they buried the body beneath it. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four - Universal (USA, 2009) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Loren Good - story (as Loren D. Good)
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- William Demarest — cast: Tom Akins
- Roscoe Ates — cast: Ben White
- Mike Kellin — cast: Fugitive Thug
- Ben Johnson — cast: Jeff, the Sheriff
- Wesley Lau — cast: Tex, the Deputy
Cinematography by:
- Lionel Lindon - director of photography
Edited by:
