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"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
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Marian B. Cockrell (teleplay)
Margaret Cousins (story)
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Original Air Date:
18 December 1955 (Season 1, Episode 12)
Plot:
While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy. full summary | add synopsis
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Standard Holiday Fare? more (2 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Harold 'Stretch' Sears |
 | Alfred Hitchcock | ... | Himself - Host |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Miss Clementine Webster |
| Bobby Clark | ... | The 10th Avenue Kid |
| Arthur Space | ... | Mr. Chambers - Parole Officer |
| Justice Watson | ... | Mr. Shaw -Store Manager |
| Norman Willis | ... | Man with Toy Plane |
| Betty Harford | ... | Doris |
 | Alan Reynolds | ... | Police Sgt. |
| Mimi Gibson | ... | First Little Girl in Line To See Santa |
| Gary Hunley | ||
| Wendy Winkelman | (as Wendy Winkleman) | |
| Tony Blankley | (as Anthony Blankley) | |
| Butch Bernard | ||
| Noel Green |
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USA:30 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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I have never embraced holiday episodes of shows. Hitchcock actually speaks disdainfully of this in the opening segment. He is bricking up his fireplace, hoping to injure Santa Claus whom he finds arrogant and tiresome. We go to the episode, where Barry Fitzgerald plays a small time thief who is forced into playing Santa at a department store. He is tough and irreverent and gives the kids a bad time. A female social worker latches on to him and makes him toe the line. Of course, the Christmas spirit eventually gets to him. He acts, even at the risk of his freedom. The nice thing about this episode is that he maintains his hard edge and it doesn't get too sappy. Fitzgerald is a wonderful character actor and made this role his own. It works pretty well, all things considered.