Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Hero
Introduction
"The Hero" was originally broadcast on 01/May/1960 as part of the fifth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
While traveling on a ship, Richard Musgrave meets a man named Keyser that looks like his former partner, a man he once robbed and left for dead. He talks to Keyser, but Keyser denies that he ever met Musgrave. Later, however, Keyser subtly reveals that he was indeed Musgrave's former partner. Musgrave becomes distraught and jumps overboard in remorse. Keyser jumps after him. He pretends to save him, but drowns him in the ocean. After Keyser is pulled back aboard the ship, he is awarded a medal for attempting to save a man he never met. (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:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Bill S. Ballinger - teleplay
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole - story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Eric Portman — cast: Richard Musgrave
- Oskar Homolka — cast: Jan Vander Klaue (as Oscar Homolka)
- Irene Tedrow — cast: Mrs. Musgrave
- Ralph Clanton — cast: Ship's Purser
- Jack Livesey — cast: Ship's Captain
- Richard Lupino — cast: Press Photographer
- Irene Windust — cast: Janet Boswell
- Bartlett Robinson — cast: Henry Caldwell
- Barry Bernard — cast: Bartender
- Barry Harvey — cast: Steward (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by: