Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Backward, Turn Backward
Introduction
"Backward, Turn Backward" was originally broadcast on 31/Jan/1960 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Sheriff Andy Willett investigates the murder of a man named Matt Thompson who was beaten to death with a wrench. He suspects a man named Phil Canby. Phil was involved in an affair with Matt's daughter Sue. Sheriff Willett discovers that a baby's cries were heard on the murder night. Knowing that Phil had been babysitting, he arrests Canby. As he is being taken way, his daughter Betty Canby yells at Sue. She blames him for ruining her father. She also yells at the sheriff. She begins to cry, almost regressing into infancy. She is mentally ill and was the murderer. (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:
- Charles Beaumont - teleplay
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Tom Tully — cast: Phil Canby
- Phyllis Love — cast: Sue Thompson
- Alan Baxter — cast: Sheriff Andy Willetts
- Paul Maxwell — cast: Saul
- Rebecca Welles — cast: Betty Murray
- Peggy Converse — cast: Mrs. Lyons
- Raymond Bailey — cast: Mr. Harris
- David Carlile — cast
- Selmer Jackson — cast: Minister
- Mark Erickson — cast
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by: