Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Party Line (1960)
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Raucous comedianJudy Canova plays it straight in this episode as Helen Parch, a small-town gossip who shares a telephone party line with two other ladies, Betty (Gertrude Flynn) and Emma (Ellen Corby). Years earlier, Helen had relinquished the phone to a man claiming to be making an emergency call, only to find out that the man was simply contacting his bookie. Subsequently, Helen refused to hang up during an actual emergency that resulted in a death. Now, it is Helen's turn to find herself in a desperate situation -- and this time, it is her "friends" Betty and Emma who won't give up the party line. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Judy Canova - Helen Parch
- Royal Dano - Mr. Atkins
- Arch Johnson - Heywood Miller
- Charity Grace - Nosey Neighbor
- Ellen Corby - Emma
- Gertrude Flynn - Betty Nubbins
- Ted Knight - Mr. Maynard
- Director(s):
- Hilton A. Green
- Writer(s):
- Eli Jerome
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