Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Total Loss
Introduction
"Total Loss" was originally broadcast on 01/Feb/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Jan Manning owns a department store which is deep in debt. She decides to pull off an insurance scam. The store will be torched and she and her boyfriend will collect the insurance money. Later, Jan is told that her store caught fire and that one of her employees had been badly burned. Hearing this she admits to the insurance scam. Unfortunately for her, the fire wasn't arson. It started because of a faulty coffee machine. She accidently implicates herself in insurance fraud and the police begin to interrogate her. (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:
- Robert Lees - (as J.E. Selby)
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Nancy Olson — cast: Jan Manning
- Ralph Meeker — cast: Mel Reeves
- Ruth Storey — cast: Evelyn Wilson
- Dave Willock — cast: Frank Voss
- Barbara Lord — cast: Jan's Sister
- Ray Teal — cast: Fire Chief
- Jack Bryan — cast: Bartender
- James Beck — cast: Frank Voss (as Jim Beck)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
