Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Self Defense (1961)
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Although storekeeper Mrs. Gruber (Jesslyn Fax) has purchased a gun for protection, she finds herself incapable of pulling the trigger when she is robbed by a teenager named Jimmy Philips (Bob Paget). Not so timorous is Mrs. Gruber's customer Gerald R. Clarke (George Nader), who grabs the gun, chases Jimmy down, and shoots the boy to death -- managing to avoid arrest himself by claiming "self-defense." This leads to a fateful confrontation between Gerald and the dead boy's mother (Audrey Totter). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jesslyn Fax - Mrs. Gruber
- Selmar Jackson - Clergyman
- George Nader - Gerald R. Clarke
- David Carlile - Sgt, Krebs
- Steve Gravers - Lt. Schwartz
- Alexander Lockwood - Henry Willard
- Audrey Totter - Mrs. Philips
- Bob Paget - Jimmy Philips
- Director(s):
- Paul Henreid
- Writer(s):
- John T. Kelley
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