Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Waxwork
Introduction
"The Waxwork" was originally broadcast on 12/Apr/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Mr. Marriner is an owner of a wax museum. He lets a reporter named Raymond Houston stay the night at his waxworks in order to write a story. At night, the reporter sees the wax figure of a murdering barber named Bourdette. The statue comes to life and tells the reporter to get ready for a shave. In the morning, the reporter's body is discovered. He sits in a barber chair as if ready for a shave. His body is unmarked. Marriner concludes that he must had died of fear brought on my an overactive imagination. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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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:
- A.M. Burrage - story
- Casey Robinson - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Barry Nelson — cast: Raymond Houston
- Everett Sloane — cast: Mr. Marriner
- Shaike Ophir — cast: Bourdette (as Shai K. Ophir)
- Charles Davis — cast: Museum Guard
- Laurence Conroy — cast
- Mavis Neal Palmer — cast (as Mavis Neal)
- Betty Fairfax — cast: Mrs. Nop
- Hal H. Thompson — cast
- John O'Leary — cast: Harry - Murderer's Den guard
- Patrick Westwood — cast: Murderer's Row guard
- Dorothy McKinnon — cast: Museum employee
- Vincent Perry — cast: Museum workman (as Vincent G. Perry)
Cinematography by:
- Lionel Lindon - director of photography
Edited by:
