Alfred Hitchcock presents

Specialty Of The House

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 13.12.59

Filmlänge: 23 Min.

Drehbuch: Victor Wolfson nach einer Geschichte von Stanley Ellin

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Kamera: John L. Russell

Regie: Robert Stevens

Produzent: Joan Harrison, Norman Lloyd (Associate Producer)

Darsteller: Robert Morley (Mr. Laffler), Madame Spivy (Spirro), Kenneth Haigh (Costain), George Keymas (Paul), Bettye Ackerman (Mrs. Inkel), Tetsu Komai, Lee Turnbull, Charles Wagenheim, Alfred Hitchcock (Moderator).

Inhaltsangabe: Businessman Mr. Laffler (Robert Morley) feels that two qualities missing in this day and age is mystery and dignity. At a private "members only" restaurant named Spirro's, Mr. Laffler has found both. Having already tasted some of the club's finest gourmets, Laffler becomes more and more obsessed with the ambition of not only gaining a lifetime membership, but learning what and how a specific "specialty of the house" called lamb Armistran is really made of. Offered so rarely that Laffler almost loses his patience with Madame Spirro (Spivy), owner of the dining club, when he demands to know how the meat is prepared - which would require a tour of the restaurant's kitchen - something that is always forbidden. Finally persistence pays its price when Laffler is granted his wish and learns a lot more than he bargained for!

Info: Edward W. Williams (Schnitt), Arthur Lonergan (Bauten/Dekorationsbau), Julia Heron (Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter), Jack Barron (Maskenbildner), Florence Bush (Friseur), Frank Fox (Regieassistenz), William Russell (Ton), Vincent Dee (Leitung Kostüme).

Neuverfilmungen:
The Specialty of the House 1987

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