Alfred Hitchcock presents

  
 

The Perfect Crime

  
     
 
 
     
 

 
     
  Deutscher Titel: Alfred Hitchcock zeigt: Das perfekte Verbrechen

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 20.10.57

Filmlänge: 25 Min.

Drehbuch: Stirling Silliphant nach einer Geschichte von Ben Ray Redman

Musik: Stnley Wilson (music superwisor)

Kamera: John L. Russell

Regie: Alfred Hitchcock

Produzent: Joan Harrison

Darsteller: Vincent Price (Charles Courtney, The Criminologist), James Gregory (John Gregory), Gavin Gordon (Ernest West), Marianne Stewart (Alice West), Mark Dana (Harrington), Charles Webster (Reporter ?), John Zaremba (The Photographer), Nick Nicholson (Reporter ?), Therese Lyon (West's housekeeper).

Gastgeber: Alfred Hitchcock.

Inhaltsangabe: Der arroganter Detektiv Charles Courtney rühmt sich, dass er nie einen Fehler in seiner langen und bemerkenswerten Karriere gemacht hat. Er hat ein Regal voll markanter Andenken an jeden seiner Fälle. In dem Regal gibt es eine leere Stelle und ein Schild, mit der Aufschrift "Das perfekte Verbrechen".
Eines Tages konfrontiert ein Rechtsanwalt Courtney mit den Beweisen, dass er half, einen unschuldigen Mann zu verurteilen, der hingerichtet wurde. Courtney tötet den Rechtsanwalt, verbrennt ihn in einem Töpfereibrennofen und stellt die Vase auf die vorher leere Stelle in seinem Regal.

Info: Gedreht in den Revue Studios am 17-19. Juli. Schnitt: Edward W. Williams. Bauten/Dekorationsbau: John J. Lloyd. Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter: James S. Redd. Hair stylist: Florence Bush. Makeup artist: Robert Dawn. Regieassistent: Hilton A. Green. Ton Stab: William H. Lynch. Kostüm und Garderobe: Vincent Dee. Schnitt: Richard G. Wray.

Präsentation der TV-Show durch Alfred Hitchcock: (Smoking a pipe) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and Dr. Watson wherever you are. (blowing bubbles) Tonights case is a ... (blowing bubbles), tonights case is called ‘The Perfect Crime’. I´m not sure who it was who said, a perfect crime is exactly the same as a perfect marriage. Their being perfect (beating bubbles) depends on you not being caught. Tonight we plan ... (beating bubbles) This is exactly why I never take my pipe to bed, if you fall asleep you can be bubbled to death. And now join me, if you will, while we contemplate ‘The Perfect Crime’. (blowing bubbles)

(Hitch in Courtney´s study) I regret to inform you that Courtney did not retain his last trophy very long, he was caught. A charwoman knocked over the precious vase breaking it into pieces. A few of them identifiable as ... bits of Mr. Gregory. You see the gold-fillings in his teeth had resisted the heat of the kiln, but all the good doctors and all the good police couldn´t put Mr. Gregory together again. As for the charwoman, she became the pride of the press. (toast of the tabloids at MoTR and on Ch26) Here is where the real historical significance of the case lies. Ever since, cleaningwomen the world over have been knocking over vases, trying to emulate her success. That´s all until next time when we shall be back with another, though imperfect crime. Good night. (at MoTR and Ch26, there was another ending) And now, less you conclude that crimes against society are in-variably punished, allow me to cite the following example, after which I´ll pop back. (clip) Indeed, there ought to be a law, but one of these days, he´ll be caught. Why don´t you tune in next week and see. Good night.

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