Alfred Hitchcock Presents Series 1, Episode 11    Robert Stevens    Robert C. Dennis (teleplay); Morris Hershman (story)    Judith Evelyn, Kathleen Maguire, Joseph Mantell    11 December 1955    24:54 (total) • --:-- (film) • -:-- (Hitchcock)    7/10

Guilty Witness

Grocer Stanley Crane (Joe Mantell) and his wife Dorothy (Kathleen Maguire) become suspicious of the tenants upstairs when they are constantly disturbed by their violent arguments and loud noise. Dorothy grows increasingly worried that the neighbour Amelia Verber (Judith Evelyn) has murdered the husband (who is seen briefly at the beginning) after it all goes quiet for a few days. A police sergeant (Robert F. Simon) shows up at the apartment block and starts sniffing around and eventually uncovers the truth.

HITCH'S PROLOGUE (- secs): COMING SOON... HITCH'S EPILOGUE (- secs): COMING SOON... SPOILERS The body is found in the basement concealed in the baby's pram. The grocer's wife was planning to run away with the guy upstairs and when Mrs. Verber discovered this she done away with him.

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION... A decent episode though with a small element of predictability to it.

THE CAST (click any image to enlarge)

Amelia Verber... JUDITH EVELYN Dorothy Crane... KATHLEEN MAGUIRE Stanley Crane... JOSEPH MANTELL Detective Halloran... ROBERT F. SIMON Mr. Verber... ED KEMMER Mrs. Silvetski... GRAZIA NARCISO Mrs. Santini... LAIOLA WENDORFF

GALLERY (click any image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion by Martin Grams Jr & Patrik Wikstrom (book) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508169/ [IMDb] This page was last updated on: 12 February 2021