The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
Introduction
"The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow" was originally broadcast on 14/Apr/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Bruce Richmond is gambler who is worried about his cat-loving aunt Adelaide Snow telling everyone that he is a check forger. He cooks up a scheme where he will lock his aunt in the bank vault of her house before he goes on vacation. He hopes she will suffocate and that her death will be ruled an accident. He locks Adelaide in the vault with one of her cats. While on vacation, Bruce's wife Lorna gets worried when she calls Adelaide and gets no answer. She demands that they cut short their vacation to investigate. Lorna and Bruce arrive at Adelaide's home and find nothing. Lorna assumes that Adelaide must have left the house for the weekend. Bruce almost gets away with murder, until Lorna hears Adelaide's cat wailing inside the vault. Lorna opens the vault. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Second Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
Written by:
- Alvin Sargent - teleplay
- Hugh Wheeler - story (as Patrick Quentin)
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Patricia Collinge — cast: Adelaide Snow
- Jessica Walter — cast: Lorna Richmond
- Don Chastain — cast: Bruce Richmond
- George Macready — cast: Hillary Prine
- Cal Bartlett — cast: John Wilson
- June Vincent — cast: Ruth Prine
- Pamela Curran — cast: Sally Wilson
- Bartlett Robinson — cast: Harvey Crane
- Edit Angold — cast: Frieda
- Danny Gardino — cast: Mr. Arthur
- Bert Stevens — cast: Carl the Butler (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
