Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Gentleman from America (1956)
A short story by once-notorious novelist Michael Arlen is the basis for this episode, in which a pair of British practical jokers place a bet with visiting American Howard Latimer (Biff McGuire) that he won't be able to spend an entire night in a supposedly haunted mansion. Though he does not scare easily, Latimer is aghast when he is seemingly confronted by the "ghost" of a young murder victim named Julia. Two years pass before Latimer again crosses paths with the men who made the bet -- and the results aren't pretty. An earlier version of "The Gentleman from America" was released in the U.K. as the 1948 theatrical feature The Fatal Night. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Robert Stevens
Synopsis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Gentleman from America
A short story by once-notorious novelist Michael Arlen is the basis for this episode, in which a pair of British practical jokers place a bet with visiting American Howard Latimer (Biff McGuire) that he won't be able to spend an entire night in a supposedly haunted mansion. Though he does not scare easily, Latimer is aghast when he is seemingly confronted by the "ghost" of a young murder victim named Julia. Two years pass before Latimer again crosses paths with the men who made the bet -- and the results aren't pretty. An earlier version of "The Gentleman from America" was released in the U.K. as the 1948 theatrical feature The Fatal Night. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Gentleman from America
- John Alderson - Attendant
- John Dodsworth - Calender
- Geoffrey Steele - Man
- John D. Irving - Derek
- Ralph Clanton - Sir Stephen Hurstwood
- Biff McGuire - Latimer
- Eric Snowden - Hanson
- Sonia Torgeson - Julia
- Director(s):
- Robert Stevens
- Writer(s):
- Francis Cockrell
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