Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Impossible Dream (1959)
Washed-up actor Oliver Mathews (Franchot Tone) would rather dally with a pretty wardrobe girl than spend time with his adoring spinsterish secretary, Miss Hall (Carmen Mathews). But there's a more pressing problem in Oliver's life: namely, a middle-aged woman named Grace Dolan (Mary Astor), who has been blackmailing him for years. Confronting Grace, Oliver tells her that he can no longer afford to pay her, but she refuses to let him off the hook. In time-honored Alfred Hitchcock Presents fashion, the story culminates in a murder, a cover-up, and a deliciously ironic coda. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Robert Stevens
Synopsis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Impossible Dream
Washed-up actor Oliver Mathews (Franchot Tone) would rather dally with a pretty wardrobe girl than spend time with his adoring spinsterish secretary, Miss Hall (Carmen Mathews). But there's a more pressing problem in Oliver's life: namely, a middle-aged woman named Grace Dolan (Mary Astor), who has been blackmailing him for years. Confronting Grace, Oliver tells her that he can no longer afford to pay her, but she refuses to let him off the hook. In time-honored Alfred Hitchcock Presents fashion, the story culminates in a murder, a cover-up, and a deliciously ironic coda. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Impossible Dream
- Mary Astor - Grace Dolan
- J. Pat O'Malley - Bartender
- Suzanne Lloyd - Actress
- Dick Jeffries - Manager
- Carmen Mathews - Miss Hall
- Franchot Tone - Oliver Mathews
- Irene Windust - Myra Robbins
- William D. Kruse - Movie Director
- Director(s):
- Robert Stevens
- Writer(s):
- Meade Roberts
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