Alfred Hitchcock Presents - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Introduction
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was originally broadcast on 20/Dec/1959 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
After the Battle of Shiloh a confederate prisoner Peyton Farquhar is taken to Owl Creek Bridge to be hanged for his Souther sympathies. When the trap is sprung his rope breaks and he escapes. He manages to make it home and is almost in the arms of his wife Melissa when his neck snaps suddenly and he dies at the end of the hangman's rope having imagined the entire escape in the seconds before his death. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five - Universal (USA, 2012) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Ambrose Bierce - story
- Harold Swanton - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Ronald Howard — cast: Joe Farquhar
- Juano Hernandez — cast: Josh
- Kenneth Tobey — cast: Jeff
- Douglas Kennedy — cast: Union Officer
- James Coburn — cast: Union Sergeant
- Brad Weston — cast: Union Corporal
- Ruby Goodwin — cast: Hattie
- Gregg Stewart — cast: Union Soldier
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by: