• Source: I Killed the Count (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)

I Killed the Count is a 1957 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Alec Coppel.
Alec Coppel had worked on the scripts for a number of Hitchcock films including To Catch a Thief and Vertigo. The adaptation was told over three episodes, the only serialised story in the history of the show. This made it effectively a feature-length movie for television.




Cast


John Williams as Inspector Davidson
Anthony Dawson as Count Victor Mattoni
Charles Davis as Detective Raines
Alan Napier as Lord Sorrington
Pat Hitchcock as Polly Stephens
Charles Cooper as Bernard K. Froy
Melville Cooper as Mullet
Arthur Gould-Porter as Clifton
Kendrick Huxham as Mr. Martin
Jered Barclay as Peters
George Pelling as Johnson




Reception


The Baltimore Sun felt "it fits perfectly into the suspenseful pattern" of the series and that Williams was "excellent".
The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.
The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production."




References






External links


Part One at IMDb
Part Two at IMDb
Part Three at IMDb
1957 TV Version at AustLit

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