Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Ten O'Clock Tiger
Introduction
"Ten O'Clock Tiger" was originally broadcast on 03/Apr/1962 as part of the seventh season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Boxing manager Arthur Duffy is offered a powerful drug by a shady character named Boots Murphy. Boots tells him it is a drug used on race horses to turn losers into winners. Arthur decides to use the drug on one of his washed up fighters named Soldier Fresno. After Soldier is injected with the drug, he starts to win. Arthur and Boots begin to rake in the money. Soon Soldier gets a bout with the champion. Before the fight, however, Boots tells Arthur that he only has two more doses of the drug. Determined to win the fight, Arthur injects Soldier with both doses. Unfortunately the overdose causes Soldier to believe that he is already in the ring. He springs up and starts fighting. He beats Arthur to death. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- William Fay - story & teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Robert Keith — cast: Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
- Frankie Darro — cast: Boots
- Karl Lukas — cast: Soldier Fresno
- Syl Lamont — cast: The Attendant
- Andy Romano — cast: The Cop
- Charles Perry — cast: The Handler (as Charles E. Perry)
- Chuck Hicks — cast: Gypsy Joe
- Bruce Dushman — cast: Buster
Cinematography by:
- Neal Beckner - director of photography
Edited by:
