Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Last Request
Introduction
"Last Request" was originally broadcast on 24/Nov/1957 as part of the third season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Gerald Daniels is granted a last request on the eve of his execution. He asks for a typewriter. He writes a letter to a newspaper that recounts his criminal career. In the letter he explains how he once murdered a waitress who was trying to blackmail him, how the D.A. convicted her ex-husband of the crime, and how the man had been executed. He writes that he, now, is in the same position: he is going to be executed for a crime he did not commit. Before his death, he wants to testify that the D.A. is not only a sloppy prosecuter, but also a murderer. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Three - Universal (USA, 2007) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Three - Universal (UK, 2008) Amazon (UK) R2 PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
Written by:
- Joel Murcott - teleplay
- Helen Fislar Brooks - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Harry Guardino — cast: Gerald 'Gerry' Daniels
- Cara Williams — cast: Mona Carstairs
- Hugh Marlowe — cast: District Attorney Bernard Butler
- Karin Booth — cast: Sheila Raymond
- Jennifer Lea — cast: Nancy Judson (as Jenifer Lea)
- Michael Ross — cast: Frank Carstairs (as Mike Ross)
- Fred Kruger — cast: Warden
- Robert Carson — cast: Harry Judson
- Robin Morse — cast: Clark - the bookie
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
