Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Kind Waitress
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Introduction
"The Kind Waitress" was originally broadcast on 29/Mar/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Thelma Tompkins is a waitress who discovers that she is named in the will of a Mrs. Mannerheim who stays at the hotel where she works. Thelma and her boyfriend then plot to kill Mannerheim. They discover a lethal drug called Anatine. Thelma slips the drug into Mannerheim's food. She does not grow ill, but more lively. Frustrated, Thelma strangles her. At the inquest, however, she breaks down and confesses. She learns that Mannerheim had a heart condition and that her doctor had prescribed her Anatine to keep her alive. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - story
- William O'Farrell
Starring:
- Robert Carson - cast: Grand Jury Foreman
- Olive Deering - cast: Thelma Tompkins
- Mary Alan Hokanson - cast: Maitre d'
- Rick Jason - cast: Arthur
- Celia Lovsky - cast: Mrs. Mannerheim
- Charles Meredith - cast: Dr. Lacey
- John Zaremba - cast: Dr. Maxwell