Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Cop for a Day
Introduction
"Cop for a Day" was originally broadcast on 31/Oct/1961 as part of the seventh season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Phil and Davey are two stick-up men whoget into trouble when Davey shoots a bank messenger during a hold up. There is a witness to the crime and when the messenger dies Phil realizes that they now face a murder charge. He is determined to eliminate the witness. He devises a plan, but refuses to tell Davey about it. Phil disguises himself as a policeman and manages to bluff his way past the guards at the witnesses apartment. He kills the witness and makes a successful escape. Later, when he returns to his hideout he is shot by Davey who mistakes him for a real cop that is coming to arrest him. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - story & teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Walter Matthau — cast: Phil
- Glenn Cannon — cast: Davey
- Carol Grace — cast: The Woman
- Bernard Fein — cast: Marty
- Robert Reiner — cast: 1st Cop
- George Kane — cast: 2nd Cop
- Anatol Winogradoff — cast: The Counterman
- Susan Brown — cast: The Receptionist
- Tom Begley — cast: The Bank Messenger
- Kathryna Dudley — cast: The Lady
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
