Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Kerry Blue
Introduction
"The Kerry Blue" was originally broadcast on 17/Apr/1962 as part of the seventh season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Ned Malley loves Annie his old dog, a Kerry Blue. Ned's wife Thelma grows jealous. Though she likes the dog, she thinks her husband's love for it is unhealthy. One day, Annie dies. Ned accuses his wife of murder. He slips an overdose of sleeping pills into her hot chocolate. As she slips into unconsciousness, Ned hears familiar barking. He goes to investigate, but trips on fatally injures himself. A neighbor calls the police who come and revive Thelma. As her dead husband is being taken away she wonders whether she should have bought him a new Kerry Blue. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - story & teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Gene Evans — cast: Ned Malley
- Carmen Mathews — cast: Thelma Malley
- John Zaremba — cast: Dr. Chaff
- Robert Reiner — cast: The Doctor
- David Carlile — cast: The Detective
- G. Warren Smith — cast: The Intern
Cinematography by:
- Dale Deverman - director of photography
Edited by: