Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Invitation to an Accident
Introduction
"Invitation to an Accident" was originally broadcast on 21/Jun/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Albert Magnum is a well known ladies man. He advises a woman named Virginia to stay away from her ex-husband Joseph because he is a jealous man. After Virginia is almost killed, Albert suspects Joseph. To find out the truth, Albert takes Joseph fishing and asks him subtle questions about how to murder's one wife. Albert shifts the conversation to one about how to murder the lover of one's wife. Albert suggests coffee laced with arsenic. He offers Albert some coffee. He drinks it and dies. Joseph suspected mistakenly that Albert was his wife's lover. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four - Universal (USA, 2009) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Robert C. Dennis - teleplay
- Whit Masterson - story (as Wade Miller)
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Gary Merrill — cast: Joseph Pond
- Joanna Moore — cast: Virgilia Pond
- Alan Hewitt — cast: Albert Martin
- Ernestine Barrier — cast: Mrs. Bedsole - Aunt
- Peter Walker — cast: Cam
- Lillian O'Malley — cast: Flora - Maid
- Voorheis J. Ardoin — cast (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers — cast: Party guest (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
