Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Party Line
Introduction
"Party Line" was originally broadcast on 29/May/1960 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Helen Parch shares a telephone party line with her two neighbors: Betty and Emma. One day Helen hears that Heywood Miller is coming back into town. She once shared a party line with him. Heywood's wife died after Helen refused to get off the phone so he could call the hospital. Helen is terrified that Heywood is coming to kill her. When she hears noise coming from her basement she tries to call the police. Unfortunately, Betty and Emma are on the line and refuse to believe that she is in danger. They stay on the phone while Heywood appears upstairs to kill Helen. (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:
- Hilton A. Green (as Hilton Green)
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Eli Jerome - teleplay
- Henry Slesar - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Judy Canova — cast: Helen Parch
- Royal Dano — cast: Mr. Atkins
- Arch Johnson — cast: Heywood Miller
- Ellen Corby — cast: Emma
- Gertrude Flynn — cast: Betty Nubbins
- Charity Grace — cast: Gertrude Anderson
- Ted Knight — cast: Mr. Maynard
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by: