Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Back for Christmas (1956)
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Domineering Hermione Carpenter (Isobel Elsom) wants to take a trip to America and then return home to home to England for Christmas, but her henpecked husband Herbert (John Williams) has other ideas. Murdering Hermione, Herbert buries her in the cellar and heads to America on his own. He is smugly certain that, by the time he's back in England, the cement covering Hermione will have hardened and he'll be in the clear. Unfortunately, it turns out that the late Hermione has planned a little homecoming surprise for Herbert. Based on a story by John Collier, "Back for Christmas" had previously been adapted several times on the radio anthology Suspense, most memorably with Peter Lorre in the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Back for Christmas
Domineering Hermione Carpenter (Isobel Elsom) wants to take a trip to America and then return home to home to England for Christmas, but her henpecked husband Herbert (John Williams) has other ideas. Murdering Hermione, Herbert buries her in the cellar and heads to America on his own. He is smugly certain that, by the time he's back in England, the cement covering Hermione will have hardened and he'll be in the clear. Unfortunately, it turns out that the late Hermione has planned a little homecoming surprise for Herbert. Based on a story by John Collier, "Back for Christmas" had previously been adapted several times on the radio anthology Suspense, most memorably with Peter Lorre in the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Back for Christmas
- Isobel Elsom - Hermione Carpenter
- Arthur E. Gould-Porter - Maj. Sinclair
- Theresa Harris - Servant
- Irene Tedrow - Mrs. Hewitt
- John Williams - Herbert Carpenter
- Lillian Kemple-Cooper - Mrs. Sinclair
- Ross Ford - Butler
- Gerald Hamer - Mr. Hewitt
- Gavin Muir - Mr. Wallingford
- Katherine Warren - Mrs. Wallingford
- Mollie Glessing - Maid
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer(s):
- Francis Cockrell
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