Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Night the World Ended (1957)
Halloran (Harold Stone), an obnoxious newspaper reporter known for his elaborate practical jokes, chooses an old barfly named Johnny (Russell Collins) as his next victim. To this end, Halloran prints up a dummy newspaper bearing the headline "World to End Tonight at 11:45 p.m." Thoroughly convinced of his imminent doom, the pathetic Johnny decides to spend his last moments fulfilling several long-suppressed desires -- with disastrous and ultimately fatal consequences. One of the street urchins appearing in the climactic department-store sequence is a young Harry Shearer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Jus Addiss
Synopsis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Night the World Ended
Halloran (Harold Stone), an obnoxious newspaper reporter known for his elaborate practical jokes, chooses an old barfly named Johnny (Russell Collins) as his next victim. To this end, Halloran prints up a dummy newspaper bearing the headline "World to End Tonight at 11:45 p.m." Thoroughly convinced of his imminent doom, the pathetic Johnny decides to spend his last moments fulfilling several long-suppressed desires -- with disastrous and ultimately fatal consequences. One of the street urchins appearing in the climactic department-store sequence is a young Harry Shearer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Night the World Ended
- Edith Barrett - Felicia Green
- Bart Burns - Nick the Bartender
- Henry Corden - Boarder
- Clark Howat - Reporter
- Michael Ross - Timothy
- Harold J. Stone - Mr. Halloran
- Robert Ellis - Reporter
- Joseph Marr - Policeman
- Paul Brinegar - Mr. Stern
- Russell Collins - Johnny
- Charles Herbert - Street Kid
- Billy Miller - Street Kid
- Robert Ross - Ned
- Ned Wever - Joe
- Harry Shearer - Street Kid
- Director(s):
- Jus Addiss
- Writer(s):
- Bernard Schoenfeld
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