"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Salvage (1955)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jus Addiss

Writers:

Fred Freiberger (teleplay) &
Richard Carr (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

6 November 1955 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A gangster, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Bar | Shooting | Revenge Motive | Revenge

Cast

Gene Barry	...	Dan Varrel
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Nancy Gates	...	Lois Williams
Maxine Cooper	...	Mary
Peter Adams	...	Tim Grady
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Shorty
Paul Bryar	...	Lou Henry
Edit Angold	...	Hilda
Virginia Christine	...	Model
Ralph Montgomery	...	Drunk
Billy Wayne	...	Bartender

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shamley Productions

A Fine, Unsung Actress

Pity poor Lois Williams (Gates)—she's at wits end. Depressed and out of work, she's blamed by everyone for the death of Dan Varrel's brother. Worse, Varrel (Barry) is one tough mug, no one to mess with, and now he's out of jail and blaming her. So why not just give up, let him put her out of her misery. Please do it, she tells him, which is what we expect him to do as an act of revenge. But, surprise, surprise, he doesn't. Instead he does everything he can to help her out of her misery. Now it looks like he's rewarding her for killing his brother. So, what's going on with this guy?

My real purpose here is to point out what a wonderful little actress Nancy Gates is. Scope out those early scenes where she's an emotional wreck. She's convincing as all get out. Remember, nobody in 1955 expected these transitory half-hours to still be shown 50 years later. That's one reason many actors didn't try so hard for episodic TV. But Gates delivers in spades, even in the later scenes where she's bubbly happy. It's that emotional gamut that lends what force there is to this half-hour. She may not have been the prettiest girl in Hollywood, but she is surely among the many fine unsung actresses.