The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Paragon
Introduction
"The Paragon" was originally broadcast on 08/Feb/1963 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Alice Pemberton is a busy-body housewife who injects herself into the personal lives of everyone she knows: friends, relatives, her husband's business associates. Unfortunately she fails to realize that her constant attempts to give advice are alienating everyone. Her husband John is patient. He tries to tell her that her annoying behavior will cost them the last few friends that they have left. She refuses to listen. So, John decides to poison her. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete First 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:
- Alfred Hayes - teleplay
- Rebecca West - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Joan Fontaine — cast: Alice Pemberton
- Gary Merrill — cast: John Pemberton
- Virginia Vincent — cast: Madge Fletcher
- Linda Leighton — cast: Evie Wales
- June Walker — cast: Mrs. Wales
- Irene Tedrow — cast: Ethel
- Susan Gordon — cast: Betty
- Richard Carlyle — cast: Leo Wales
- William Sargent — cast: Walter Fletcher
- Jesslyn Fax — cast: Mrs. Bates
- Willis Bouchey — cast: Mr. Norton
- Lester Maxwell — cast: Colin
- Donald Elson — cast: The Mailman
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by:
