The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Murder Case
Introduction
"Murder Case" was originally broadcast on 06/Mar/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Lee Griffin is an actor who is reunited with his old girlfriend Diana at a London production of a play being financed by her husband Charles Justin. Lee and Diana rekindle their old romance and hatch a plot to kill her husband, who is a wealthy diamond merchant. Lee's first attempt to kill Charles fails, but he succeeds on his second try. On a trip to Paris, Lee assumes Charles's identity. Unfortunately, Charles discovered Diana's infidelity and murdered her before he was killed. Charles hid her body in a car being shipped to Paris. Customs officials find the body and Lee, posing as Charles, is arrested for the crime. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Robert Douglas - producer
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
Written by:
- James Bridges - teleplay
- Richard Levinson - teleplay
- William Link - teleplay
- Max Marquis - short story
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- John Cassavetes — cast: Lee Griffin
- Gena Rowlands — cast: Diana Justin
- Murray Matheson — cast: Charles Justin
- Ben Wright — cast: Tony Niles
- Brendan Dillon — cast: Collins
- David Frankham — cast: Peter
- John Banner — cast: Dutch Customs Man
- Richard Lupino — cast: The Author
- Richard Peel — cast: Detective Sgt. Elliott
- Ina Victor — cast: Young Ingenue
- Noel Drayton — cast: Bar Steward
- Hedley Mattingly — cast: Blackie
- Arthur Tovey — cast: Servant (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Richard L. Rawlings - director of photography
Edited by:
- Howard Terrill (as J. Howard Terrill)
