The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Anyone for Murder?
Introduction
"Anyone for Murder?" was originally broadcast on 13/Mar/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
James Parkerson is a psychology professor who places a newspaper ad offering advice on how to murder one's spouse. He gets a response from the police, but convinces them that he is merely gathering research for an experiment. Parkerson is then contacted by a man named Robert Johnson, who is searching for a way to kill his lover's husband. From Johnson's description of his lover and her husband, Parkerson realizes that Johnson is talking about his wife Doris and himself. Johnson is planning to kill him, but doesn't seem to realize that his target and the man on the phone are one and the same. Parkerson hires a hitman named Bingham to kill Johnson. Unfortunately, Johnson kills the hitman. Johnson realizes that Parkerson knows about him so he contacts Doris. He tells her that they should kill Parkerson and then make it look like the hitman did it. Unfortunately, Doris still loves her husband and has no plans to kill him. She only began her affair because of her husband's lack of attention. She manages to take the gun from Johnson and calls the police. (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:
- Herbert Coleman - producer
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - executive producer
Written by:
- Jack Ritchie - short story
- Arthur A. Ross - teleplay (as Arthur Ross)
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Barry Nelson — cast: Dr. James Parkerson
- Patricia Breslin — cast: Doris Parkerson
- Richard Dawson — cast: Robert Johnson (as Dick Dawson)
- Edward Andrews — cast: Bingham
- Richard X. Slattery — cast: Detective Barker
- Robert Jacquin — cast: Mr. Conelley, Editor
- Grant Woods — cast: The Man At The Bar (as Grant Lockwood)
- David Fresco — cast: The Waiter
- George DeNormand — cast: Man at Exchange (uncredited)
Cinematography by:
- Richard L. Rawlings - director of photography
Edited by:
