Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Kind Waitress
Introduction
"The Kind Waitress" was originally broadcast on 29/Mar/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Thelma Tompkins is a waitress who discovers that she is named in the will of a Mrs. Mannerheim who stays at the hotel where she works. Thelma and her boyfriend then plot to kill Mannerheim. They discover a lethal drug called Anatine. Thelma slips the drug into Mannerheim's food. She does not grow ill, but more lively. Frustrated, Thelma strangles her. At the inquest, however, she breaks down and confesses. She learns that Mannerheim had a heart condition and that her doctor had prescribed her Anatine to keep her alive. (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:
- William O'Farrell - teleplay
- Henry Slesar - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Rick Jason — cast: Arthur
- Olive Deering — cast: Thelma Tompkins
- Celia Lovsky — cast: Sara Mannerheim
- Mary Alan Hokanson — cast: Maitre d'
- Robert Carson — cast: Grand Jury Foreman
- Charles Meredith — cast: Dr. Lacey (as Charles H. Meredith)
- John Zaremba — cast: Dr. Maxwell
- Charles Seel — cast: County Clerk
- William Meader — cast: Panel Member (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
