Suspicion (TV series)

Suspicion
Boris Karloff in the episode "The Deadly Game".
Genre	Drama
Directed by	Paul Bogart John Brahm William A. Graham (director) David Greene (director) Arthur Hiller Alfred Hitchcock Herbert Kenwith Perry Lafferty Don Medford Lewis Milestone Ray Milland James Neilson Elliot Silverstein Jack Smight Robert Stevens (director)
Presented by	Dennis O'Keefe Walter Abel
Theme music composer	Dave Cahn
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alfred Hitchcock
Producer(s)	Joan Harrison
Editor(s)	Edward W. Williams
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Shamley Productions Revue Studios
Distributor	Universal Television NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 30, 1957 – July 21, 1958

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.^[1]

Overview

The program was originally hosted by actor Dennis O'Keefe. In 1958, Walter Abel became the host. The one-hour-long program, like others offered by Hitchcock, was designed to play on peoples fears and suspicions. The first episode 'Four O'Clock', broadcast on 30 September 1957 and starring E. G. Marshall, was directed by Hitchcock himself.

Actors who appeared in this series include Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Eli Wallach, Roddy McDowall, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Daly, E. G. Marshall, Ross Martin, Harry Dean Stanton, Edmond O'Brien and Joanne Linville.

Episodes

• Filmed Episodes for most of which prints (of varying quality) exist and are available commercially on DVD
• Live or Possibly Live Episodes

• 1: 1 Four O'Clock: E. G. Marshall dir: Alfred Hitchcock (based on a story by Cornell Woolrich)
• 1: 2 Murder Me Gently
• 1: 3 The Other Side of the Curtain: Donna Reed, Jeff Richards dir: James Neilson (story by Helen McCloy)
• 1: 4 Hand in Glove
• 1: 5 The Story of Marjorie Reardon: Margaret O'Brien, Rod Taylor, Henry Silva, Michael Landon dir: John Brahm (based on a story by Susan Seavy)
• 1: 6 Diary for Death
• 1: 7 Heartbeat: David Wayne, Pat Hingle, Barbara Turner, Warren Beatty, Frank Campanella dir: Robert Stevens (Based on a story by Terence John)
• 1: 8 The Sparkle of Diamonds
• 1: 9 The Flight: Audie Murphy dir: James Neilson
• 1:10 Rainy Day: Robert Flemyng, George Cole, John Williams, Tom Conway dir: James Neilson (written by Michael Pertwee, based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham)
• 1:11 The Deadly Game
• 1:12 Doomsday: Dan Duryea, Robert Middleton, Charles Bronson dir: Bernard Girard (written by Sy Bartlett)
• 1:13 The Dark Stairway
• 1:14 Someone Is After Me [possibly lost]: Patricia Neal, Lee Bowman dir: David Greene (story by Robert Soderberg)
• 1:15 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Ronald Howard, Rosemary Harris, Gladys Cooper, Sebastian Cabot, Melville Cooper dir: Robert Stevens (based on a story by Oscar Wilde)
• 1:16 End in Violence
• 1:17 Comfort for the Grave: Paul Douglas, Jan Sterling, Anthony Caruso dir: Jules Bricken (story by Richard Deming)
• 1:18 Meeting in Paris: Rory Calhoun, Jane Greer, Walter Abel dir: James Neilson (based on a story by Elliot West)
• 1:19 A Touch of Evil: Harry Guardino, Audrey Totter, Bethel Leslie, John Carradine dir: John Brahm (no story credit on print)
• 1:20 If I Die before I Live [possibly lost]: Edith Adams, James Gregory dir: Frank P. Rosenberg (story by James P. Davis)
• 1:21 The Hollow Man
• 1:22 A World Full of Strangers
• 1:23 The Eye of Truth: Joseph Cotten, George Peppard, Leora Dana dir: Robert Stevens (written by Eric Ambler)
• 1:24 The Voice in the Night: Barbara Rush, James Donald, Patrick Macnee, James Coburn dir: not named on print, but has been ascribed to Arthur Hiller (based on a short story by William Hope Hodgson)
• 1:25 Diagnosis: Death
• 1:26 The Bull Skinner: Rod Steiger, John Beal, Sallie Brophy dir: Lewis Milestone (written by Ernest Kinoy)
• 1:27 The Girl Upstairs
• 1:28 Fraction of a Second: Bette Davis, Barry Atwater, Marian Seldes, Judson Pratt dir: John Brahm (from a story by Daphne du Maurier)
• 1:29 The Way up to Heaven: Marion Lorne, Sebastian Cabot, Patricia Smith, dir: Herschel Daugherty (based on a story by Roald Dahl)
• 1:30 The Woman with Red Hair
• 1:31 Protégé: Agnes Moorehead, Phyllis Love, William Shatner, Jack Klugman, dir: Jules Bricken (written by Richard Berg)
• 1:32 The Velvet Vault
• 1:33 The Slayer and the Slain
• 1:34 Death Watch: Edmond O'Brien, Janice Rule, Herb Ellis dir: Ray Milland (written by John and Ward Hawkins)
• 1:35 The Man with the Gun
• 1:36 The Woman Turned to Salt: Michael Rennie, Pamela Brown, Susan Oliver, Rafael Campos, Pat Hitchcock dir: Robert Stevens (based on a story by F. Tennyson Jesse)
• 1:37 Eye for an Eye: Ray Milland, Macdonald Carey dir: Jules Bricken (based on a novel by Leigh Brackett)
• 1:38 Return from Darkness
• 1:39 The Devil Makes Three
• 1:40 The Imposter
• 1:41 The Death of Paul Dane
• 1:42 The Last Town Car: Claudette Colbert, Kent Smith dir: Herschel Daugherty (story by Virginia Claiborne Orr)

See also

List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes

References

1. IMDB entry

External links

• Suspicion at the Internet Movie Database
• Suspicion at TV.com
• Hitchcock's "Four O'Clock" on YouTube
• Suspicion at CVTA with episode list
• review of lost episode 1:11 The Deadly Game
• review of lost episode 1:41 The Death of Paul Dane