Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Night the World Ended
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Introduction
"The Night the World Ended" was originally broadcast on 28/Apr/1957 as part of the second season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Halloran plays a practical joke on a down-and-out man named Johnny. He shows him a fake newspaper with the headline "World to End Tonight --- 11:45 P.M." Johnny believes the headline and decides to live it up. He breaks into a store and shoots a security guard. A few minutes before 11:45, he sees the real headline and realizes that he has been tricked. An enraged Johnny returns to the bar where Halloran is and shoots him dead. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two - Universal (UK, 2007) Amazon (UK) PAL 1.33:1 
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| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two - Universal (USA, 2006) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Written by:
- Fredric Brown - story
- Bernard C Schoenfeld
Starring:
- Edith Barrett - cast: Felicia Green
- Paul Brinegar - cast: Mr. Stern
- Russell Collins - cast: Johnny
- Henry Corden - cast: Boarder
- Robert Ellis - cast: Reporter
- Charles Herbert - cast: Street Kid
- Clark Howat - cast: Jim, a Bar Patron
- Joseph Marr - cast: Security Guard
- Billy Miller - cast: Street Kid
- Michael Ross - cast: Timothy
- Robert Ross - cast: Ned
- Harry Shearer - cast: Street Kid
- Harold J Stone - cast: Mr. Halloran
- Ned Wever - cast: Joe