Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The $2,000,000 Defense
Introduction
"The $2,000,000 Defense" was originally broadcast on 02/Nov/1958 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Lloyd Ashley is paying a lawyer named Mark Robinson two million dollards in order to be defended on a murder charge. Robinson wins the case after setting up an expert on the stand. Later, Ashley kills Robinson after he discovers that Robinson was the one fooling around with his wife. Robinson set up the whole thing in order to get money for defending Ashley. (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:
- William Fay - teleplay
- Harold Q. Masur - short story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Barry Sullivan — cast: Mark Robeson
- Leslie Nielsen — cast: Lloyd Ashley
- Wendell Holmes — cast: Mr. Herrick
- Lori March — cast: Eve Ashley
- Herbert Anderson — cast: John Keller
- Edwin Jerome — cast: Judge Cobb
- Herbert Lytton — cast: Doctor (as Herbert C. Lytton)
- Ralph Barnard — cast
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
