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I Killed the Count (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)

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"I Killed the Count"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
Episode nos.Season 2
Episodes 25-27
Directed byRobert Stevens
Written byFrancis M. Cockrell
Original air dateMarch 17, 1957 (1957-03-17)-March 31, 1957 (1957-03-31)
Running time30 mins
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I Killed the Count is a 1957 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Alec Coppel.[1]

Alec Coppel had worked on the scripts for a number of Hitchcock films including To Catch a Thief and Vertigo. The adaptation was told over three episodes, the only serialised story in the history of the show.[2] This nade it effectively a feature-length movie for television.[3]

Cast

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  • John Williams as Inspector Davidson
  • Anthony Dawson as Count Victor Mattoni
  • Charles Davis as Detective Raines
  • Alan Napier as Lord Sorrington
  • Pat Hitchcock as Polly Stephens
  • Charles Cooper as Bernard K. Froy
  • Melville Cooper as Mullet
  • Arthur Gould-Porter as Clifton
  • Kendrick Huxham as Mr. Martin
  • Jered Barclay as Peters
  • George Pelling as Johnson

Reception

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The Baltimore Sun felt "it fits perfectly into the suspenseful pattern" of the series and that Williams was "excellent".[4]

The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.[5]

The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production."[6]

References

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  1. ^ Hal Erickson. "I Killed the Count (1939) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  2. ^ McGilligan, Patrick (2003). Alfred Hitchcock : a life in darkness and light. p. 542.
  3. ^ Bianculli, David (2016). The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific. p. 498.
  4. ^ "Look and listen". The Baltimore Sun. 26 March 1957. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Hitchcock present unique experiment in mystery serial". The Plain Dealer. 7 April 1957. p. 7G.
  6. ^ "Alfred Hitchcock". The Des Moines Register. 31 March 1957. p. 5.
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