Alfred Hitchcock presents

Incident In A Small Jail

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 21.3.61 (Staffel 6, Folge 23)

Filmlänge: 30 Min.

Drehbuch: Henry Slesar

Musik:

Kamera: John L. Russell

Regie: Norman Lloyd

Produzent: Joan Harrison, Norman Lloyd (Associate Producer)

Darsteller: John Fiedler (Leon Gorwald), Ron Nicholas (Sandy), Richard Jaeckel (Mechanic), Richard Jaeckel (young man), Crahan Denton (Sheriff)

Inhaltsangabe: A traveling salesman Leon Gorwald arrives in a small town and is promptly arrest for jaywalking and placed into jail. The sheriff arrives with the suspected murderer of a young girl. He tosses the suspected murderer into the cell next to Leon. The mood of the towns people begins to grow ugly and a lynch mob assembles. The sheriff decides to move the alleged killer for his safety, but is knock unconscious. The suspect switches clothes with Gorwald and forces him into a cell. The mob rushes the jail but Gorwald is saved in the nick of time. The charges against him are dropped and he leaves town. He later stops for a pretty hitchhiker who accepts his offer of a ride without knowing that he is the actual killer.

Info: One of the greats of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

1960 Emmy Nomination: This episode garnered Edward W. Williams an emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television.

Edward W. Williams (Schnitt), Martin Obzina (Bauten/Dekorationsbau), Julia Heron und John McCarthy Jr. (Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter), Jack Barron (Maskenbildner), Florence Bush (Friseur), James H. Brown (Regieassistenz), Harry Smith (Ton), Vincent Dee (Leitung Kostüme), David J. O'Connell (Redaktionsleiter), Joseph E. Romero (Leitung Musik).

Neuverfilmungen:
Incident In A Small Jail 1985

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