Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Perfect Crime (TV)
1957 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
An arrogant detective, Charles Courtney, prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career. He keeps a shelf of labeled mementos from each of his cases. On the shelf there is an open space and a blank tag for what Courtney calls "The Perfect Crime". One day a defense lawyer stuns Courtney when he confronts him with evidence that the detective helped convict an innocent man who has since been executed. Courtney kills the lawyer, bakes him in a pottery kiln, and places the vase in the open space on his shelf as a memento to his perfect crime.
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Vincent Price · James Gregory · Gavin Gordon · Marianne Stewart · Mark Dana · Charles Webster · John Zaremba · Nick Nicholson · Therese Lyon · Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay Stirling Silliphant · Ben Ray Redman
Cinematography John L. Russell
Original title Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Perfect Crime (TV)
Also known as The Perfect Crime
7.1
349 votes (FilmAffinity)
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