Night of the execution. Forty detectives later

United States, 1955

Film
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Episode number 6 of Series “Alfred Hitchcock presents”.
Two more twisted fables hosted by the master of the macabre. “Night of the execution”: A District Attorney, keen for political success and whose wife is more ambtious than he is, is desperate for a conviction in a murder trial he is prosecuting. So desperate, he is willing to do anything to send the defendant to the chair… anything. “Forty detectives later”: A man who claims he has found his wife’s murderer, hires his forty-first detective to wreak vengeance…

Credits

production company

Shamley Productions

Alfred J Hitchcock Productions

Language

English

Duration

00:52:00:00

Colour

Black and White

ACMI Identifier

39331

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Short films

Short films â†’ Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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