The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Starring the Defense
Introduction
"Starring the Defense" was originally broadcast on 15/Nov/1963 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Miles Crawford is an actor-turned-lawyer. His son Tod is arrested and put on trial for murder. Tod is guilty of the crime but Miles makes an impassioned summation that manages to sway both the judge and the jury. Unfortunately, the prosecutor is a movie fan and points out that the summation was lifted word for word from one of Miles's old movies in which he played a defense attorney in a case similar to his son's. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Second Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - story and teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Richard Basehart — cast: Miles Crawford
- Russell Collins — cast: Sam Brody
- S. John Launer — cast: Ed Rutherford
- Teno Pollick — cast: Tod Crawford
- Diane Mountford — cast: Ruthie Rutherford
- Jean Hale — cast: Babs Riordan
- Christopher Connelly — cast: Rudy Trask
- John Zaremba — cast: The Judge
- Rockne Tarkington — cast: The Police Officer
- Vince Williams — cast: The Court Bailiff
- Selmer Jackson — cast: The Movie Chaplain
- Nolan Leary — cast: The Movie Judge
- Charles Fredericks — cast: The Movie Warden
- Buster West — cast: The Movie Foreman
- Will Allen — cast: The Movie Boy
- Barney Phillips — cast: Hanley
- Florence Halop — cast: Jenny, Mr. Crawford's maid (uncredited)
- Bill Zuckert — cast: Lt. Raphael (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
