The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Body in the Barn
Introduction
"Body in the Barn" was originally broadcast on 03/Jul/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Bessie Carnby and her daughter Camilla have been feuding with their neighbors Henry and Samantha Wilkins. In order to patch things up Bessie invites them over for dinner. Samantha refuses to go, but Henry goes and tries to act friendly. Later, he disappears and Bessie sees Samantha digging a hole in her barn. Bessie accuses Samantha of murder and calls the police. The police dig up the hole and find a badly decomposing body. Samantha is executed for the crime, but later Henry returns claiming he went out to sea. He has inherited his wife's money and marries Camilla. Bessie realizes she has been tricked and, feeling guilty over having sent an innocent Samantha to her death, decides to bring Henry to justice by poisoning herself and making it look like he is responsible. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Joseph M. Newman (as Joseph Newman)
Produced by:
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
- Charles Russell - producer
Written by:
- Harold Swanton - teleplay
- Margaret Manners - original story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Lillian Gish — cast: Bessie Carnby
- Maggie McNamara — cast: Camilla
- Peter Lind Hayes — cast: Henry Wilkins
- Kent Smith — cast: Dr. Sam Adamson
- Josie Lloyd — cast: Nora
- James Maloney — cast: Ed - The Storekeeper
- Doodles Weaver — cast: Gregg
- Bruce Andersen — cast: Huckaby
- Charles Kuenstle — cast: Huckaby's Clerk
- Ralph Roberts — cast: The Driver
- Richard Niles — cast: The Deputy
- Kelly Thordsen — cast: Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull
- Patricia Cutts — cast: Samantha Wilkins
Cinematography by:
- William Margulies - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by:
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