Incident at a Corner
1960 television film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Incident at a Corner is an episode of the American television anthology series Startime directed by Alfred Hitchcock that aired on April 5, 1960.
Synopsis
Synopsis extracted from The Hitchcock Zone wiki.
Vera Miles plays the daughter of a man accused of an unspeakable act. Hitchcock tells a powerful story of the devastating effects of gossip in a small town. Through his most elaborate and ambitious work for television, Hitchcock sensitively shows the cancerous effects, the pain and tension arising from false accusation.
Cast
All credits extracted from The Hitchcock Zone wiki.
George Peppard as Pat Lawrence
Vera Miles as Jean Medwick
Paul Hartman as James Medwick
Eve McVeagh as Georgia
Jack Albertson as Harry
Leora Dana as Mrs.
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