I Killed the Count (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)

I Killed the Count is a 1957 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Alec Coppel.^[1]

"I Killed the Count"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
Episode nos.	Season 2 Episodes 25-27
Directed by	Robert Stevens
Written by	Francis M. Cockrell
Original air date	March 17, 1957 (1957-03-17)-March 31, 1957 (1957-03-31)
Running time	30 mins
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Alec Coppel had worked on the scripts for a number of Hitchcock films including To Catch a Thief and Vertigo. The adaptation was told over three episodes, the only serialised story in the history of the show.^[2] This made it effectively a feature-length movie for television.^[3]

Cast

• John Williams as Inspector Davidson
• Anthony Dawson as Count Victor Mattoni
• Charles Davis as Detective Raines
• Alan Napier as Lord Sorrington
• Pat Hitchcock as Polly Stephens
• Charles Cooper as Bernard K. Froy
• Melville Cooper as Mullet
• Arthur Gould-Porter as Clifton
• Kendrick Huxham as Mr. Martin
• Jered Barclay as Peters
• George Pelling as Johnson

Reception

The Baltimore Sun felt "it fits perfectly into the suspenseful pattern" of the series and that Williams was "excellent".^[4]

The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.^[5]

The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production."^[6]