Alfred Hitchcock presents

The Better Bargain

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 9.12.56

Filmlänge: 23 Min.

Drehbuch: Bernard C. Schoenfeld nach einer Geschichte von Richard Deming

Musik: Zusätzliche Musik von Charles Gounod ("Funeral March of a Marionette").

Kamera: Reggie Lanning

Regie: Herschel Daugherty

Produzent: Alfred Hitchcock - executive producer, Joan Harrison - associate producer.

Darsteller: Robert Middleton (Louis Koster), Henry Silva (Harry Silver), Kathleen Hughes (Marian Koster), Jack Lambert (Baldy), Don Hanmer (Hr. Cutter).

Gastgeber: Alfred Hitchcock.

Inhaltsangabe: Gangster Louis "The King" Koster glaubt das seine Frau und Alleinerbin untreu ist. Er stellt einen Killer ein, um sie für zwanzigtausend Dollar töten zu lasse. Der Killer ist einverstanden, aber er erschießt Koster. Der Killer war Marians Liebhaber. Da sie alles erbt, beschloss der Killer, einen besseren Handel zu schließen.

Info: Schnitt: Edward W. Williams, Bauten/Dekorationsbau: John J. Lloyd, Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter: James S. Redd, Maske: Jack Barron, Frisuren: Florence Bush, Ton Stab: David H. Moriarty, costume supervisor: Vincent Dee.

Präsentation der TV-Show durch Alfred Hitchcock:
[Opening Narration]
[Our dear Alfred rather ominously holds "violin case"]
Alfred Hitchcock: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. A special word to those of you who have been arrested while speeding home to see this show. I can do nothing to bail you out. And I'm afraid the magistrate is only slightly in my debt. I shall, however, do everything I can to make you forget your troubles.
[Alfred walks to a small table and sets down the "violin case"]
Alfred Hitchcock: Tonight's narrative is about gangsters. And, uh, I thought I'd best test some of the props.
[Alfred opens the "violin case" and removes a machine gun. He fires it to his left, but instead of gunfire sound, it sounds like piano keys each time it fires]
Alfred Hitchcock: I wood like to play The Flight of the Bumblebee. But we must get on with the show.

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