The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Dear Uncle George
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Introduction
"Dear Uncle George" was originally broadcast on 10/May/1963 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
John Chambers writes an advice to the lovelorn column under the pseudonymn Uncle George. He learns that his wife is cheating on him when a neighbor named Mrs. Weatherby, not knowing that John and Uncle George are the same person, writes a letter to his column asking for advice. Chambers kills his wife and then pins the blame on her lover. When he fakes shock when the police reveal his wife's affair, he is accepted as innocent because he doesn't have a motive. Chambers almost gets away with murder until Mrs. Weatherby tells the police that she mailed the Uncle George column asking for advice about the situation. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Written by:
- James Bridges
- Richard Levinson - also story
- William Link - also story
Starring:
- Gene Barry - cast: John Chambers/Uncle George
- Dabney Coleman - cast: Tom Esterow
- Brendon T Dillon - cast: Sam
- Patricia Donahue - cast: Louise Chambers
- Charity Grace - cast: Mrs. Weatherby
- Lou Jacobi - cast: Lt. Wolfson
- Jimmy Joyce - cast: Fingerprint Man
- John Larkin - cast: Simon Aldritch
- Alicia Li - cast: Bea
- Robert Sampson - cast: Sgt. Duncan