I Killed the Count (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) explained

Series:Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Season:2
Episode:25-27
Airdate:-
Length:30 mins

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 made it effectively a feature-length movie for television.[3]

Cast

Reception

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]

External links

Notes and References

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