Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Introduction
"Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid" was originally broadcast on 18/Dec/1955 as part of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
A ex-convict names Stretch gets a job as a department store Santa. He hopes to rob the store. He meets up with a potential delinquent nicknamed the 10th Avenue kid. He decides to take his role as Santa seriously and he helps the boy change his ways. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (UK, 2005) | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (USA, 2005) |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - associate producer
Written by:
- Marian B. Cockrell - teleplay (as Marian Cockrell)
- Margaret Cousins - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Barry Fitzgerald — cast: Harold 'Stretch' Sears
- Virginia Gregg — cast: Miss Clementine Webster
- Arthur Space — cast: Mr. Chambers - Parole Officer
- Justice Watson — cast: Mr. Shaw -Store Manager
- Norman Willis — cast: Man with Toy Plane
- Betty Harford — cast: Doris
- Alan Reynolds — cast: Police Sgt.
- Mimi Gibson — cast: First Little Girl in Line To See Santa
- Gary Hunley — cast
- Wendy Winkelman — cast (as Wendy Winkleman)
- Tony Blankley — cast: Boy (as Anthony Blankley)
- Butch Bernard — cast: Boy
- Noelle Green — cast
- Tyler McVey — cast: Security Guard
- Harrison Lewis — cast
- Tom Nolan — cast: Boy (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Reggie Lanning - director of photography
Edited by: