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The Cream of the Jest (1957)

Original title: the cream of the jest
Production: USA|30 min| black and white| tv series
Thriller, Horror, Dramatic, Comedy
broken-down actor charles gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright wayne campbell give him a part. when campbell refuses, gresham resorts to blackmail.

Direction

Herschel DaughertyHerschel Daugherty: regista

Production and Screenplay

Joan HarrisonJoan Harrison: produttore
Fredric BrownFredric Brown: scrittore

Interpreters and Characters

Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock(età:58)
Claude RainsClaude Rains(età:68)
Paul PicerniPaul Picerni(età:35)
Johnny Silver(età:39)
James GregoryJames Gregory(età:46)
Thomas Martin
Don Garrett
Joan Banks(età:39)
Carol Shannon

Technical staff

ManEdward W.williams: montatore
John J.lloyd: scenografo
Reggie Lanning: direttore della fotografia
James Redd: arredatore
Leo Lotito jr.: truccatore
Florence BushFlorence Bush: parrucchiere