The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Return of Verge Likens
Introduction
"Return of Verge Likens" was originally broadcast on 05/Oct/1964 as part of the third season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Verge Likens is a farmer whose father was killed by crooked politician Riley McGrath. Likens returns home to avenge his father's death. He manages to get close to Riley by getting hired as an assistant at a barbershop. After asking the barber to run an errand, Likens is alone with McGrath and proceeds to lather up the politician for a shave. Likens vividly describes how he is planning to cut McGrath's throat. When the barber returns to the barbershop, he finds the door locked. He calls the police, who tries to force the door. Likens finished the shave, and gingerly let the police and the crowd in the door. They find Likens standing over the corpse of the politician. Likens has avenged his father's death, but is not guilty of a crime. Likens' vivid description of how he would cut the politician's throat caused McGrath to suffer a fatal heart attack. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Third Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
Written by:
- James Bridges - teleplay
- Davis Grubb - short story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Peter Fonda — cast: Verge Likens
- Robert Emhardt — cast: Riley McGrath
- George Lindsey — cast: D.D. Martin
- Jim Boles — cast: Sheriff Reynolds
- William Bramley — cast: Fred Starcher
- Robert Barrat — cast: Stoney Likens (as Robert H. Barrat)
- Charles Seel — cast: Rush Sigafoose
- Nydia Westman — cast: Aunt Ida Maye
- June Walker — cast: Aunt Mary Jane
- Cathie Merchant — cast: Mary Masterson
- Sammy Reese — cast: Wilford Likens
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
