The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1963)
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After 15 miserable years of matrimony, mousy Gerald Swinney (a superbly cast Bob Newhart) asks his wife, Edith (Jane Withers), for a divorce. She refuses, at which point Gerald stammers, "Well, uh, Edith, I guess I'll, uh, have to get rid of you." No, Gerald doesn't intend to murder Edith -- merely to make her think he is going to murder her. Before long, Edith is going crazy with anxiety...and that is only step one of Gerald's master plan. (Trivia note: the famous Leave It to Beaver house on the Universal studio lot is very much in evidence in this episode -- four years before it was converted into the equally famous Marcus Welby, M.D. house.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bob Newhart, Jane Withers, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alf Kjellin
Synopsis of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: How to Get Rid of Your Wife
After 15 miserable years of matrimony, mousy Gerald Swinney (a superbly cast Bob Newhart) asks his wife, Edith (Jane Withers), for a divorce. She refuses, at which point Gerald stammers, "Well, uh, Edith, I guess I'll, uh, have to get rid of you." No, Gerald doesn't intend to murder Edith -- merely to make her think he is going to murder her. Before long, Edith is going crazy with anxiety...and that is only step one of Gerald's master plan. (Trivia note: the famous Leave It to Beaver house on the Universal studio lot is very much in evidence in this episode -- four years before it was converted into the equally famous Marcus Welby, M.D. house.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: How to Get Rid of Your Wife
- Bob Newhart - Gerald Swinney
- Joyce Jameson - Rose Feather
- George Petrie - Henry
- Helene Winston - Mrs. Penny
- Joseph Hamilton - Stage Doorman
- Bill Quinn - Mr. Penny
- Robert Karnes - Police Sergeant
- Jane Withers - Edith Swinney
- Mary Scott - Laura
- Harold Gould - District Attorney
- Harry Hines - Rat Poison Salesman
- Ann Morgan Guilbert - Pet Shop Owner
- Gail Bonney - Mrs. Harris
- William Wellman, Jr. - Delivery Man
- Director(s):
- Alf Kjellin
- Writer(s):
- Robert Gould, Robert Gould
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