Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Horse Player
Introduction
"The Horse Player" (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) was originally broadcast on 14/Mar/1961 as part of the sixth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
The Reverend Amian is the pastor of a small church. He gets a sizable contribution from a horse race gambler named Sheridan. Sheridan has apparently prayed to win and has been successful. He gives the priest a tip on a horse. The priest gives him $500 of the church's savings to bet on the horse. Amian's conscience gets to him, however, and prays for the horse to lose. It does. Sheridan arrives and tells the priest that he bet his money on the horse to win and it almost did, but suddenly quit. The gambler also says he didn't want to risk the church's money on a win, and instead bet on the horse to show. Since it did, the church won $2,100. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
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Alfred Hitchcock Présente: La Série TV, Les Épisodes en VOST - Universal (France, 2006) Amazon (France) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - story
- Henry Slesar - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Claude Rains — cast: Father Amion
- Ed Gardner — cast: Sheridan
- Percy Helton — cast: Morton
- Mike Ragan — cast: Mr. Cheever
- William Newell — cast: Second Bank Teller
- David Carlile — cast: First Bank Teller
- Ada Murphy — cast: Elderly Woman
- Kenneth MacKenna — cast: Bishop Cannon
- Jackie Carroll — cast: Altar Boy #2 (uncredited)
- John Yount — cast: Altar Boy #1 (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
