Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Crystal Trench
Introduction
"The Crystal Trench" (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) was originally broadcast on 04/Oct/1959 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
When Stella Ballister's husband dies in a mountain-climbing accident, he falls into a crevasse and is frozen within a glacier. Stella waits for the glacier to move so that she can see the frozen and perfectly preserved body of her husband. When it finally does so, she is shocked to discover that her husband's corpse is wearing a locket that contains a picture of another woman. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- A.E.W. Mason - story
- Stirling Silliphant - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- James Donald — cast: Mark Cavendidge
- Patricia Owens — cast: Stella Ballister
- Werner Klemperer — cast: Mr. Ranks
- Ben Astar — cast: Swiss Innkeeper
- Patrick Macnee — cast: Professor Kersley
- Harold Dyrenforth — cast: Frederic Blauer (as Harald O. Dyrenforth)
- Frank Holms — cast
- Eileen Anderson — cast
- Otto Reichow — cast
- Oscar Beregi Jr. — cast: Man Arguing at Telescope (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
