''Suspicion'' is the title of an

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mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. The executive producer of half of the filmed episodes (10) of ''Suspicion'' was film director

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Overview

The program was originally hosted by actor Dennis O'Keefe. In network repeats in 1959, Walter Abel became the host. The one-hour-long program, like others offered by Hitchcock, was designed to play on people's fears and suspicions. The first episode 'Four O'Clock', broadcast on 30 September 1957 and starring E. G. Marshall, was directed by Hitchcock himself. Actors who appeared in this series include Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Eli Wallach, Roddy McDowall, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Daly, E. G. Marshall, William Shatner, Jack Klugman, Agnes Moorehead, Ross Martin, Margaret O'Brien,

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, Audie Murphy, Harry Dean Stanton, Edmond O'Brien and Joanne Linville.

Episodes

* Filmed Episodes for most of which prints (of varying quality) exist and are available commercially on DVD * Live or Possibly Live Episodes *1:1 Four O'Clock: E. G. Marshall dir:

(teleplay by Francis Cockrell, based on a story by Cornell Woolrich) *1:2 Murder Me Gently: Joseph Buloff, Reginald Gardiner, Kurt Kasznar, Jessica Tandy dir: Don Medford *1:3 The Other Side of the Curtain: Donna Reed, Jeff Richards dir: James Neilson (teleplay by

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, story by Helen McCloy) *1:4 Hand in Glove: Fred Gwynne, Burgess Meredith, Cathleen Nesbitt dir: Jack Smight *1:5 The Story of Marjorie Reardon: Margaret O'Brien,

, Henry Silva,

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dir: John Brahm (teleplay by John Kneubuhl, based on a story by Susan Seavy) *1:6 Diary for Death: Macdonald Carey, Jack Klugman,

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, Julie Wilson dir: Perry Lafferty *1:7 Heartbeat: David Wayne,

Pat Hingle Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films. His first film was ''On the Waterfront'' in 1954. He often play ...

, Barbara Turner, Warren Beatty, Frank Campanella dir: Robert Stevens (teleplay by Ernest Kinoy, based on a story by Terence John) *1:8 The Sparkle of Diamonds Ralph Bellamy,

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, Betty Garde, Margaret Leighton dir: Jack Smight (written by James Parish) *1:9 The Flight: Audie Murphy, Jack Warden,

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dir: James Neilson (written by Halsted Welles and

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) *1:10 Rainy Day: Robert Flemyng, George Cole,

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, Tom Conway dir: James Neilson (teleplay by Michael Pertwee, based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham) *1:11 The Deadly Game: Boris Karloff, Gary Merrill, Harry Townes, Joseph Wiseman dir: Don Medford (teleplay by James Yaffe, based on a

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) *1:12 Doomsday: Dan Duryea, Robert Middleton,

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dir: Bernard Girard (written by Sy Bartlett) *1:13 The Dark Stairway: Jack Klugman, Marian Seldes, Phyllis Thaxter dir: Don Medford *1:14 Someone Is After Me ossibly lost Edward Andrews, Patricia Neal, Lee Bowman dir: David Greene (written by Robert Soderberg) *1:15 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Ronald Howard, Rosemary Harris,

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, Sebastian Cabot, Melville Cooper dir: Robert Stevens (teleplay by Francis Cockrell, based on a short story by

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) *1:16 End in Violence: John Ireland, Lisa Clark dir:

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(teleplay by Harold Gast, based on a novel by Lorenz Heller) *1:17 Comfort for the Grave: Paul Douglas, Jan Sterling, Anthony Caruso dir: Jules Bricken (teleplay by Halsey Malone and Virginia E. Spies, story by Richard Deming) *1:18 Meeting in Paris: Rory Calhoun, Jane Greer, Walter Abel dir: James Neilson ( Elliot West and Stirling Silliphant based on a story by Elliot West) *1:19 A Touch of Evil: Harry Guardino, Audrey Totter,

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, John Carradine dir: John Brahm (teleplay by Halsted Welles, based on a magazine article by

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) *1:20 If I Die before I Live ossibly lost Edie Adams, Joseph Congdon, James Gregory, Joseph Sweeney dir: Frank P. Rosenberg (written by James P. Davis) *1:21 The Hollow Man: Dane Clark, Georgann Johnson, Ross Martin dir: Elliot Silverstein (written by George Lefferts) *1:22 A World Full of Strangers: John Baragrey, Janice Rule, Kathryn Sergava dir: Don Medford (teleplay by James Yaffee, based on a story by William Wise) *1:23 The Eye of Truth: Joseph Cotten, George Peppard,

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, Philip Van Zandt dir: Robert Stevens (written by Eric Ambler) *1:24 The Voice in the Night:

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, James Donald,

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(teleplay by Stirling Silliphant, based on a short story by William Hope Hodgson) *1:25 Diagnosis: Death: Larry Parks, Anne Meacham, Nancy Wickwire dir: Don Medford (written by Ernest Kinoy) *1:26 The Bull Skinner:

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, John Beal, Sallie Brophy,

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dir: Lewis Milestone (written by Ernest Kinoy) *1:27 The Girl Upstairs: Douglas Campbell, Denholm Elliott dir: Don Medford (written by Patrick Hamilton) *1:28 Fraction of a Second: Bette Davis, Barry Atwater, Marian Seldes, Judson Pratt dir: John Brahm (teleplay by Kathleen Hite, from a story by Daphne du Maurier) *1:29 The Way Up to Heaven: Marion Lorne, Sebastian Cabot, Patricia Smith, dir: Herschel Daugherty (teleplay by Marian Cockrell, based on a short story by

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) *1:30 The Woman with Red Hair: Roddy McDowall, Dennis O'Keefe, Marian Seldes dir: William A. Graham (written by

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) *1:31 Protégé: Agnes Moorehead, Phyllis Love, William Shatner, Jack Klugman, dir: Jules Bricken (written by Richard Berg) *1:32 The Velvet Vault: James Congdon, John Heldabrand,

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, Elizabeth Montgomery dir: David Greene (written by William Altman) *1:33 The Slayer and the Slain: John Baragrey (written by Sarett Tobias) *1:34 Death Watch: Edmond O'Brien, Janice Rule,

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dir:

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(written by John and Ward Hawkins) *1:35 The Man with the Gun: Maureen Hurley,

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, Anthony Quayle, Alfred Ryder dir: Jack Smight (teleplay by Arthur Arent, based on a story by W. E. C. Fairchild) *1:36 The Woman Turned to Salt: Michael Rennie, Pamela Brown,

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, Rafael Campos, Pat Hitchcock dir: Robert Stevens (teleplay by Stirling Silliphant, based on a story by

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) *1:37 Eye for an Eye:

, Macdonald Carey, Kathleen Crowley, Andrew Duggan dir: Jules Bricken (written by John Kneubuhl and Jameson Brewer based on a novel by Leigh Brackett) *1:38 Return from Darkness *1:39 The Devil Makes Three *1:40 The Imposter *1:41 The Death of Paul Dane *1:42 The Last Town Car: Claudette Colbert, Kent Smith dir: Herschel Daugherty (teleplay by Kathleen Hite, story by Virginia Claiborne Orr)

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* {{IMDb title, id=0050064, title=Suspicion
''Suspicion'' at CVTA with episode listreview of lost episode 1:11 The Deadly Gamereview of lost episode 1:41 The Death of Paul Dane
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