Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Impossible Dream
Introduction
"The Impossible Dream" was originally broadcast on 19/Apr/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Oliver Matthews is a has been actor who is worshipped by his adoring secretary. To get away from his secretary, he tells her he is going to Mexico. Instead he meets with Grace Dolan, a woman who has been blackmailing him. Since he can no longer afford the payments, he kills her. He goes home to find his secretary. She knows about the murder, but will not go to the police if he marries her. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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:
- John Lindsey - story
- Meade Roberts - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Franchot Tone — cast: Oliver Mathews
- Carmen Mathews — cast: Miss Hall
- Mary Astor — cast: Grace Dolan
- Suzy Lloyd — cast: Young Lover
- Irene Windust — cast: Myra Robbins
- Richard Jeffries — cast (as Dick Jeffries)
- Bill Kruse — cast (as William D. Kruse)
- Pat O'Malley — cast: Wardrobe Attendant
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by: