Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season Six (5 disc box set) [DVD]

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Herbert Morrison (Keith) is on death row for murder and wants to die with dignity, refusing his lawyer's attempt for a stay of execution. When Herbert is taken to the gas chamber, he kills a guard and is taken away. Afterward the warden tells Herbert that his lawyer obtained a stay and found a witness to clear his name, but since Herbert killed the guard, he will never be pardoned. Caroline Hardy keeps house for her famous brother, the actor Collin Hardy. Disappointed in her own life, she seeks escape by increasing her involvement in her brother's career. When Caroline learns through subterfuge that Collin's girlfriend will be joining him in their acting troupe's out-of-town rehearsals, Caroline hatches a plot in a jealous rage. The result of that rage is an explosion of house painting fluids that renders Collin blind. Caroline tries to act the part of the comforter, also encouraging her brother not to dwell on the supposed loss of his good looks.

Supporting Cast: John Zaremba as Tax Investigator, King Calder as Stanley's Attorney, Molly Glessing as Maid Cash Bentley (Merrill) is a former champion hurdler who is bitter that his glory days have passed. Despite his wife Louise (Breslin)'s protests and Cash's physical limitations, Cash keeps racing whenever he is taunted by others. One night, Cash gives Louise his gun and asks her to fire it so he can race one more time. Louise, unfamiliar with guns, accidentally shoots him. This is the only time I've ever seen Denton in anything in which he was top billed, and his performance, as a man just released from prison after serving a twenty year sentence for robbery and shooting a policeman, is almost self-effacing in its excellence. He doesn't miss a beat. Helen Brewster (Bel Geddes) is frustrated that her boyfriend Philip Pryor (Dubbins) has been stalling their wedding for almost five years on the excuses of his serving in the Korean War and that his mother's health is quite precarious. When they finally do get married, Helen learns that Philip's mother has been dead since 1949, but Philip believes that she is still alive due to his insanity. Supporting Cast: Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Princey, Tita Purdom as Millicent "Millie" Princey, Jered Barclay (credited as Jerry Barclay) as George, Irene Lang as JaneSupporting Cast: Norman Leavitt as Ed the Gas Station Attendant, Steve Brodie as Motorcycle Cop, Louise Larabee as Mrs. Jacoby Supporting Cast: Ray Teal as Chief of Detectives, James Nolan as Officer Bourne, Paul Picerni as Assissi #19, Hugh Sanders as Booking Officer, Peter Leeds as Custodian, Mike Ross as Jailer, Martin Wilkins as Reporter, Charles Watts as Franklin, Robert Ross, George DeNormand as Reporter (uncredited), Harry Wilson as Prisoner (uncredited) Supporting Cast: Frank Maxwell as Rudy, Ruth Storey as Mrs. Cheever, Hinton Pope as Plain-Clothes Police Supporting Cast: Gavin Muir as Dean Septimus Bracegirdle, Tita Purdom as Maude, Vera Denham as Mrs. Crump, Albert Carrier as Garçon, Arlette Clark (credited as Arlette Clarke) as Maid

Supporting Cast: Fred Graham as Rinditch, Raymond Bailey as Inspector Graun, Harry Tyler as Bob Jenkins, David Armstrong as Man Walking Dog, Joel Smith as Policeman, Mark Sheeler as Shabby Man Supporting Cast: Sam Gilman as Squad Car Officer, Andy Romano as Patrolman, David Fresco as Dave, Bob Carson as Lieutenant (uncredited) Phyllis Thaxter as Karen Stewart, Louise Allbritton as Renee Marlow, Warren Stevens as Jeff Simmons Karen (Thaxter), a recovering alcoholic, wakes up hung over and with no memory of the night before. She slowly recalls attending a party with her fiancé, Jeff (Stevens). Karen started drinking again when she concludes that Jeff's business associate Renee (Allbritton) was trying to seduce him. Her last memory is of breaking a glass in her hand, and of Jeff trying to help her. Karen then learns that she is in jail for killing Jeff with that broken glass. On Miles Cheever's last day of work, he is given a retirement party. When he comes home, his wife tells him that he deserved more for fifteen years. Miles agrees and that night goes to office and robs the safe. Intending to leave his wife, he heads to the airport where he is met by his girlfriend. A stewardess, however, tells Miles to put his suitcase in a rear storage compartment. Though the suitcase contains the money from the office, Miles reluctantly agrees. Later, as he waits on the plane, he learns that a bomb threat has been called in. Since the police are searching the bags, he worries that he will be caught. What he doesn't realize is that his wife called in the bomb threat. She knew he was having an affair and called in the threat so that he'd get caught.John Forbes (Meeker), a cheap car salesman, constantly complains about his wife Dorothy's (Fraser) spending habits to his employee and loyal assistant 'Dad' (Collins). One night John runs his wife over with his car and covers up the murder with the help of Dad. While John speaks with the police, Dad sells the car in question to college students for fifty dollars. Dad hopes that John will take care of him to return the favor and presses him for help monetarily while at the carnival, but John instead frames Dad for the murder by planting the headlight in Dad's house. While awaiting his execution, inmate Gerry Daniels (Guardino) types a final letter to the newspaper protesting the incompetence of district attorney Bernard Butler (Marlowe). Gerry confesses that he had murdered three other people, but Butler had never suspected him for those incidents; instead Gerry was prosecuted for a murder that he did not commit. The execution is canceled when Butler gets new evidence exonerating Gerry from the incorrect charge, but Gerry's letter is already read for censorship in the warden's office. Supporting Cast: Ralph Clanton as Ship's Purser, Irene Tedrow as Mrs. Musgrave, Bartlett Robinson as Henry Caldwell, Richard Lupino as Press Photographer, Irene Windust as Janet Boswell, Barry Bernard as Bartender, Barry Harvey as Steward (uncredited)

Supporting Cast: King Calder as Charlie Vance, Howard McNear as Mr. Maxwell, Gail Bonney as Secretary Humphrey, Hal (May 4, 1965). "As Hitch Goes, So Goes a Ghost", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

Supporting Cast: Richard Erdman as Charlie Brown, Peter Dane as Officer Andy Bleeker, Charles Watts as Judge, Paul Frees as Off-Screen Announcer (voice only) (uncredited) Supporting Cast: Madge Kennedy as Mrs. Baldwin, Robert Karnes as Mr. Simon, Gail Bonney as Mrs. Clark

Supporting cast: Janet Ward as Ethel Montgomery, Elliott Reid as Earl Kramer, Gavin Gordon as George Brooks, Doris Singleton as Secretary, Walter Woolf King as Dr. Pritchard, Olan Soulé as Chemist Gil (Allen), who had an extremely close relationship with his late father, Jonathan, accuses his stepmother, Rosine (Johnson) of killing him. Gil's investigation uncovers a bottle of poisoned brandy that he had given to Rosine to kill her, except Rosine had guessed that it was poison and gave it to Jonathan, killing him. Interesting note: Lorne Greene, John Qualen, and Madge Kennedy all died in 1987, with Greene dying (September 11) the day before Qualen's death (September 12), respectively. Supporting Cast: Tyler McVey as Cargan, William Challee as Barney Welch, Anne Anderson as Elsie WilcoxThe Templetons (McGuire and Leachman) are on a train with their young son, Johnny, who they have trouble controlling. The Templetons offer Johnny one silver dollar if he can be quiet for 10 minutes while elderly cowboy Mr. Kilmer (Wills) tells a story. When the train stops, Johnny sees a man outside the window, caught in the blizzard and begging for help, but Johnny cannot speak up, having promised not to. Supporting Cast: Karin Booth as Sheila Raymond, Bob Carson (credited as Robert Carson) as Harry Judson, Mike Ross as Frank Carstairs, Jennifer Lea as Nancy Judson, Fred Kruger as Warden, Robin Morse as Clark Charles Brailing (Lloyd) is tired of his wife, Lydia (Seldes), so he has a robot double of himself made by Marionettes, Inc. to take his place when he wants to get away. Charles' robot double develops feelings for Lydia and turns on Charles, taking his place permanently. In addition, Charles' friend Tom (Reid) finds out that his wife (Baxley) has already replaced herself with a robot double. Pregnant housewife Mary Maloney ( Barbara Bel Geddes) bludgeons her husband ( Allan Lane) to death with a frozen leg of lamb when he says that he is going leave her for another woman. Mary sets the scene to look like a struggle and puts the leg of lamb in the oven to cook. When the police arrive to investigate, they are unable to find the murder weapon, and Mary gives them the cooked leg of lamb to eat for supper. Supporting Cast: George Grizzard as Ted Lambert, Billy Nelson as Cab Driver, Norman Willis as Intern, Paul Frees as Mary's Father (uncredited), Carol Veazie as Mrs. Connolly (credited but scenes deleted)