Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Safe Conduct
Introduction
"Safe Conduct" was originally broadcast on 19/Feb/1956 as part of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Mary Prescott returns to the West after an interview with an Iron Curtain dictator who gave her a safe conduct pass. On the train ride back she meets a soccer player named Jan Gubak. Jan is going to West Germany to see his sick sister. His sister needs money for an operation. The chance encounter leads to problems when Jan, knowing that Mary's safe conduct pass will prevent her from being searched, asks her to smuggle a valuable watch over the border. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (UK, 2005) |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (USA, 2005) |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Jus Addiss (as Justus Addiss)
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - associate producer
Written by:
- Andrew Solt - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Claire Trevor — cast: Mary Prescott
- Jacques Bergerac — cast: Jan Gubak
- Werner Klemperer — cast: Professor/Captain Greisham
- Peter van Eyck — cast: Officer (as Peter Van Eyck)
- John Banner — cast: Train Conductor
- Konstantin Shayne — cast: Customs Officer
- Ralph Manza — cast: Waiter
- Charlie Hall — cast: Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Reggie Lanning - director of photography
Edited by:
Trivia
Features Werner Klemperer and John Banner, who would later star as Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz on the comedy series Hogan's Heroes.
