Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Graduating Class
Introduction
"Graduating Class" was originally broadcast on 27/Dec/1959 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Laura Siddons has just become a literature teacher at an girl's school. On evening she notices one of her students named Gloria at a racy nightclub. Later on a date with a man named Ben Proudy she sees him leave the with a man. Laura asks Gloria about this and she reveals that she is married to the man but does not want her mother to find out. Laura agrees to keep Gloria's secret. Later, however, she discovers that Gloria's mother has lapsed into a coma. Ben Proudy told Gloria's mother the secret and demanded money from her to keep it secret. Later, Gloria wrongly accuses Laura of being part of the Proudy's plot. Her career is ruined. (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:
- Edouard Sandoz - story
- Stirling Silliphant - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Wendy Hiller — cast: Laura Siddons
- Gigi Perreau — cast: Gloria Barnes
- Jocelyn Brando — cast: Julia Conrad
- Robert H. Harris — cast: Ben Prowdy
- Sheila Bromley — cast: Sarah
- Madge Kennedy — cast: Mother
- Josie Lloyd — cast: Vera Carson
- Julie Payne — cast: Gloria's Friend
- David McMahon — cast: Mr. Barnes
- Olan Soule — cast: Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Lionel Lindon - director of photography
Edited by: