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"**I Killed the Count**"
"I Killed the Count"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
Episode nos.	Season 2; Episodes 25-27
Directed by	Robert Stevens
Written by	Francis M. Cockrell
Original air date	March 17, 1957-March 31, 1957
Running time	30 mins
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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.^[1]

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.^[2] This made it effectively a feature-length movie for television.^[3]

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".^[4]

The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.^[5]

The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production."^[6]

References

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