Alfred Hitchcock presents

Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel's Coat

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 27.9.60 (Staffel 6, Folge 1)

Filmlänge: 26 Min.

Drehbuch: Halsted Welles nach einer Kurzgeschichte von Roald Dahl

Musik: Frederick Herbert

Kamera: John L. Russell

Regie: Alfred Hitchcock

Produzent: Joan Harrison, Norman Lloyd (associate Producer)

Darsteller: Audrey Meadows (Mrs. Bixby), Les Tremayne (Dr. Fred Bixby), Stephen Chase (der Colonel), Sally Hughes (Frl. Pultney, die Dental-Assistentin), Howard Caine (Pfandleiher), Maidie Norman (Eloise), Bernie Hamilton (Dawson der Butler), Harry Cheshire (Mr. Gorman, Patient), Lillian Culver, Ted Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock (Moderator).

Inhaltsangabe: Mrs. Bixby, Ehefrau eines Zahnarztes in New York, hat eine Affäre mit einem Colonel, der ihr einen Nerzmantel schenkt. Diesen bringt sie ins Leihhaus, gibt ihrem Mann den Pfandschein und erklärt ihm, sie habe ihn gefunden. Der Mann bringt jedoch keinen Nerz mit, sondern einen billigen Überzieher. Mrs. Bixby erkennt, daß ihr Mann offenbar etwas mit seiner Sekretärin hat - denn sie trägt nun den Nerz.

Info: Edward W. Williams (Schnitt), Martin Obzina (Bauten/Dekorationsbau), James Redd (Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter), Florence Bush (Friseur), Robert Dawn (Maskenbildner), James H. Brown (Regieassistenz), Lyle Cain (Ton), Vincent Dee (Garderobenleitung), David J. O'Connell (Redaktionsleiter), Frederick Herbert (Leitung Musik), Gordon Hessler (Story Editor).

Gedreht in den Revue Studios, 17. - 19. August 1960.

Die Kurzgeschichte "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" von Roald Dahl wurde erstmals veröffentlicht im Nugget (1959).

Präsentation der TV-Show durch Alfred Hitchcock: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to a new season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. As has been our custom, we shall present homy little stories of an unusual nature. We shall continue to give the little man, or woman, his due. When crime is occasionally dealt with, it will be crime as practised by ordinary people, like the fellow next door. I think that by spring a large number of you will be thinking of moving. There is one aspect of this programme which has changed. If you have tuned in to hear me make snide remarks about an innocent sponsor, you are doomed to disappointment. I´m proud to say, I have resolved my antagonisms and have become completely sponsor oriented. I have met our new sponsor and find him (a halo appears) to be agreeable, charming, witty, honest, sincere, intelligent, dependable, trustworthy, loyal, brave, clean and reverent. Tonights show is entitled ‘Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel’s Coat’, but first, unfortunately, we have one (halo disappears) of those..., but first fortunately, we have one of those intelligent, amusing, dignified, provocative, brilliantly conceived, but painfully short commercials.

My honey-moon with the sponsor lasted just as long as the first commercial. As for my present mood, will it out-last the final commercial. You shall see in a moment. (clip) At least my sponsor doesn´t seem to be taking any action as the result of my attitude. (rope with snare is let down) Until next week, good night.

Neuverfilmungen:
Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel's Coat 1965
Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel's Coat 1979

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