The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Dark Pool
Introduction
"The Dark Pool" was originally broadcast on 03/May/1963 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Dianne Castillejo is a recovering alcoholic who gets into trouble when her adopted son drowns in the family swimming pool. Dianne is visted by a mysterious woman named Consuela Sandine, who threatens to tell everyone that Dianne was negligent and drunk at the time of the drowning. Consuela says she is the boy's mother and demands money. Consuela also wants to stay as their houseguest so that she can drive Dianne back to alcohol while seducing her wealthy husband Victor. The plan works at first, but when Dianne finds out that her adopted son's real mother died in childbirth, she tells Victor the truth. Victor believes her and promptly kicks Consuela out of the house. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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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:
- Alec Coppel - story and teleplay
- William D. Gordon - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Lois Nettleton — cast: Dianne Castillejo
- Anthony George — cast: Victor Castillejo
- Madlyn Rhue — cast: Consuela Sandino
- David White — cast: Lance Hawthorn
- Eugene Iglesias — cast: Pedro Sanchez
- Doris Lloyd — cast: Andrina Gibbs
- John Zaremba — cast: The Coroner
- Isobel Elsom — cast: Sister Marie Therese
- Walter Woolf King — cast: Senator Hayes
- Eva Novak — cast: Mrs. Hayes
- Bess Flowers — cast: Mrs. Pradanos
- Paul Bradley — cast: Mr. Pradanos
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
