Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Better Bargain
Introduction
"The Better Bargain" was originally broadcast on 09/Dec/1956 as part of the second season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Mobster Louis "The King" Koster suspects his wife and sole heir is unfaithful. He hires a hit man to kill her for $20,000. The hitman agrees and follows Koster's wife, but then shoots the mobster dead. It was the hitman who is Marian's lover. Since she will inherit everything, the hitman simply chose "the better bargain." (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two - Universal (UK, 2007) Amazon (UK) PAL 1.33:1 |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two - Universal (USA, 2006) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - associate producer
Written by:
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld - teleplay
- Richard Deming - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Robert Middleton — cast: Louis Koster
- Henry Silva — cast: Harry Silver
- Don Hanmer — cast: Cutter, the Detective
- Kathleen Hughes — cast: Marian Koster
- Jack Lambert — cast: Baldy
Cinematography by:
- Reggie Lanning - director of photography
Edited by:
