The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Thirty-First of February
Introduction
"The Thirty-First of February" was originally broadcast on 04/Jan/1963 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Andrew Anderson is an advertising executive who discovers the body of his deadwife laying at the bottom of the basement stairs. An investigating detective named Sgt. Cresse believes Mr. Anderson is guilty of murder. He wants to trick him into making a confession by making Mr. Anderson believe that his wife is still alive and that she is having an affair with one of his fellow workers at the advertising agency. Eventually Mr. Anderson is proven innocent of murder, but Cresse's hounding has left him hopelessly insane. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete First 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:
- Richard Matheson - teleplay (as Logan Swanson)
- Julian Symons - original novel
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself
- David Wayne — cast: Andrew Anderson
- William Conrad — cast: Sgt. Cresse
- Elizabeth Allen — cast: Molly O'Rourke
- Staats Cotsworth — cast: Vincent
- William Sargent — cast: Peter Granville
- Bob Crane — cast: Charlie Lessing
- Steve Gravers — cast: The Psychiatrist
- Stacy Harris — cast: The D.A.
- Bernadette Hale — cast: Miss Wright
- King Calder — cast: Reverton
- Kathleen O'Malley — cast: Valerie Anderson
- Robert Carson — cast: The Coroner
- Olan Soule — cast: Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- John F. Warren - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by: