The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Black Curtain
Introduction
"The Black Curtain" was originally broadcast on 15/Nov/1962 as part of the first season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Phil Townsend suffers amnesia after he is mugged outside his drug store. All he remembers is that he is about to get married. A taxi driver takes him to his fiancée's house, but he discovers that she is already married and has been married for three years. Later, Townsend discovers that he has been living under the name David Webber for three years. He discovers that Webber was once the bodyguard of a rich criminal attorney and is suspected of murdering the attorney's wife. Townsend eventually manages to clear his name. Later, he checks into a hospital for treatment. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete First Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013) PAL 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Gordon Hessler - associate producer
- Norman Lloyd - producer
Written by:
- Joel Murcott - teleplay
- Cornell Woolrich - novel "The Black Curtain" (as William Irish)
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Himself - Host
- Richard Basehart — cast: Phillip Townsend
- Lola Albright — cast: Ruth Burke
- Harold J. Stone — cast: The Taxi Driver
- Gail Kobe — cast: Virginia
- James Farentino — cast: Bernie
- Neil Nephew — cast: Chuck
- Celia Lovsky — cast: Mrs. Fisher
- George Mitchell — cast: The Druggist
- Andy Romano — cast: The P.A.L. Officer
- William Sharon — cast: The Man
- Joseph Trapaso — cast: The Motorcycle Policeman (as Joe Trapaso)
- Frank Sully — cast: The Drunk
- Lee Philips — cast: Frank Carlin
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
Original Music by:
