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I Killed the Count is a 1957 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Alec Coppel.

Alec Coppel had worked on the scripts for a number of Hitchcock films including To Catch a Thief and Vertigo. The adaptation was told over three episodes, the only serialised story in the history of the show. This made it effectively a feature-length movie for television.

Cast

• John Williams as Inspector Davidson
• Anthony Dawson as Count Victor Mattoni
• Charles Davis as Detective Raines
• Alan Napier as Lord Sorrington
• Pat Hitchcock as Polly Stephens
• Charles Cooper as Bernard K. Froy
• Melville Cooper as Mullet
• Arthur Gould-Porter as Clifton
• Kendrick Huxham as Mr. Martin
• Jered Barclay as Peters
• George Pelling as Johnson

Reception

The Baltimore Sun felt "it fits perfectly into the suspenseful pattern" of the series and that Williams was "excellent".

The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.

The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production."

References

1. Erickson, Hal. "I Killed the Count (1939) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
2. McGilligan, Patrick (2003). Alfred Hitchcock: a life in darkness and light. p. 542.
3. Bianculli, David (2016). The platinum age of television: from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific. p. 498.
4. "Look and listen". The Baltimore Sun. March 26, 1957. p. 12.
5. "Hitchcock present unique experiment in mystery serial". The Plain Dealer. April 7, 1957. p. 7G.
6. "Alfred Hitchcock". The Des Moines Register. March 31, 1957. p. 5.

External links

• Part One at IMDb
• Part Two at IMDb
• Part Three at IMDb
• 1957 TV Version at AustLit

• 1957 American television episodes
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes