"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" The Gentleman from America (1956)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Robert Stevens

Writers:

Francis M. Cockrell (teleplay)
Michael Arlen (story)

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

29 April 1956 (Season 1, Episode 31)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A rich American visits London, and bets 1000 pounds that he can spend the night in a room that is said to be haunted.

Plot Keywords:

Bet | England | Gambler | Club | Suspicion Of A Trick

Cast

Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Biff McGuire	...	Howard Latimer
Ralph Clanton	...	Sir Stephen Hurstwood
John Irving	...	Derek
Eric Snowden	...	Hanson (as Eric Snowdon)
Geoffrey Steele	...	Man
John Alderson	...	Attendant
John Dodsworth	...	Calender
Sonia Torgeson	...	Geraldine
Jan Chaney	...	Julia

Runtime:

Finland:25 min | 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

The Old Haunted House

What happens when you set a guy up properly to expect a ghost? Or set him up to suspect that the people with whom he has bet a great deal of money will try to scare him away. Two men, badly in need of money, hanging around a fancy men's club, trick a rich American into betting with them. They bet a thousand pounds he cannot spend the night in a haunted mansion. They give him a gun, a candle, and one match. They also leave a book with a scary story of two sisters in it. One thing leads to another and the man is led to hysteria. What happens next is the true issue in this story. How does he handle being scared out of his wits. This is during war time and the forces at work don't meet again for five years. See this. it's a good psychological study, although it is a bit predictable.