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Henry Slesar (story)
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Original Air Date:
25 October 1962
(Season 1, Episode 6)
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On the way back to the nunnery, a beautiful novice loses a priceless statue donated by an aging criminal...
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Sounds like your prayers hasn't been working out for you
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Cast
(Episode Cast) (in credits order) | Alfred Hitchcock | ... | Himself - Host |
 | Carol Lynley | ... | Sister Pamela Wiley |
 | Clu Gulager | ... | Jimmy K. Bresson |
 | Don Hanmer | ... | Wormer |
 | Carmen Phillips | ... | Bess Macken |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Reverend Mother |
| Charity Grace | ... | Sister Jem |
| Nora Marlowe | ... | The Landlady |
| Sam Gilman | ... | Lt. Shapiro |
| John Zaremba | ... | Mr. Meecham |
| Sara Taft | ... | Sister Lydia |
| Gaylord Cavallaro | ... | Arnold The Butler |
| Bridget Rohland | ... | The 1st Girl |
| Darlene Lucht | ... | The 2nd Girl |
| Craig Duncan | ... | The Sergeant |
| Virginia Aldridge | ... | The Lay Sister |
| Hinton Pope | ... | The Train Conductor |
 | R.G. Armstrong | ... | William Downey |
| Episode Crew |
Directed by | |||
| Norman Lloyd | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Henry Slesar | story and teleplay | |
Produced by | |||
| Gordon Hessler | .... | associate producer | |
| Norman Lloyd | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Lyn Murray | (as Lynn Murray) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| John L. Russell | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Douglas Stewart | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Martin Obzina | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Glen Daniels | (as Glen L. Daniels) | ||
| John McCarthy Jr. | (as John McCarthy) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jack Barron | .... | makeup artist | |
| Florence Bush | .... | hair stylist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Earl Crain Jr. | .... | sound | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Vincent Dee | .... | costume supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| David J. O'Connell | .... | editorial department head | |
Music Department | |||
| Stanley Wilson | .... | music supervisor | |
| Series Crew These people are regular crew members. Were they in this episode? |
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Oliver Barrett | story (one episode) | |
| George Bellak | story (one episode) | |
| Andrew Benedict | story (2 episodes) | |
| John Bingham | story (2 episodes) | |
| Nicholas Blake | story (one episode) | |
| Robert Bloch | story (4 episodes) | |
| Robert Branson | story (one episode) | |
| Thomas H. Cannan Jr. | story (one episode) | |
| Avram Davidson | story (one episode) | |
| Lewis Davidson | story (2 episodes) | |
| Amber Dean | story (one episode) | |
| Richard Denning | story (one episode) | |
| Francis Didelot | story (one episode) | |
| Nigel Elliston | story (one episode) | |
| Lee Erwin | story (one episode) | |
| Kenneth Fearing | story (one episode) | |
| Richard Fielder | story (one episode) | |
| Celia Fremlin | story (one episode) | |
| John Garden | story (one episode) | |
| Andrew Garve | story (2 episodes) | |
| C.B. Gilford | story (one episode) | |
| Robert Gould | story (one episode) | |
| Larry M. Harris | story (one episode) | |
| Elizabeth Hely | story (one episode) | |
| James Holding | story (one episode) | |
| Randall Hood | story (one episode) | |
| S.B. Hough | story (one episode) | |
| Clark Howard | story (one episode) | |
| W.W. Jacobs | story (one episode) | |
| Selwyn Jepson | story (one episode) | |
| Veronica Parker Johns | story (one episode) | |
| Henry Kane | story (2 episodes) | |
| Roland Kibbee | story (one episode) | |
| Hilda Lawrence | story (one episode) | |
| Richard Levinson | story (one episode) | |
| William Link | story (one episode) | |
| Marie Belloc Lowndes | story (one episode) | |
| John D. MacDonald | story (one episode) | |
| Margaret Manners | story (one episode) | |
| Max Marquis | story (one episode) | |
| André Maurois | story (one episode) | |
| Margaret Millar | story (one episode) | |
| Emily Neff | story (one episode) | |
| Helen Nielsen | story (one episode) | |
| V.S. Pritchett | story (one episode) | |
| Jack Ritchie | story (2 episodes) | |
| Samuel Rogers | story (one episode) | |
| Arthur A. Ross | story (one episode) | |
| Sidney Rowland | story (one episode) | |
| Mann Rubin | story (one episode) | |
| Charles Runyon | story (one episode) | |
| Henry Slesar | story (7 episodes) | |
| Boris Sobelman | story (one episode) | |
| Julian Symons | story (one episode) | |
| Robert Twohy | story (one episode) | |
| Gabrielle Upton | story (one episode) | |
| Douglas Warner | story (one episode) | |
| H.G. Wells | story (one episode) | |
| Hugh Wheeler | story (one episode) (as Patrick Quentin) | |
| Ethel Lina White | story (one episode) | |
| Cornell Woolrich | story (one episode) | |
| John Wyndham | story (one episode) | |
| James Yaffe | story (one episode) | |
Film Editing by | |||
| David J. O'Connell | |||
Sound Department | |||
| John C. Grubb | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | .... | stunts | |
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1962) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Revue Studios filming location
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60 min
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***SPOILERS*** After receiving an original Donnatello statue for her Covent St. Catherine's novice nun Sister Pamela,Carol Linley, has it stolen from right under her nose at the train station by petty hoodlum who's out on bail Jimmy Bresson, Clu Culager. The statue was given to Sister Pamela by ex-convict William Downey, R.G Armstrong, who's now a big time art dealer. It was Downey a student of hers at Catholic parochial school that the now bed ridden Sister Lydia, Sara Taft, straighten out over the years by by keeping in touch with him through the mail.Now rich and well off Downey want's to repay her for all the good she's done for him by donating the priceless statue to her Covent.
With the statue now gone Sister Pamela starts to lose faith and after thinking things over quits being a nun,just before her final vows, and goes out into the workforce to find a job and support herself. As things worked out the job she gets, as a typist, is at the same place where Bresson works loading trucks. It's later when an overbearing Bresson, who's about as obnoxious as one can get,invites her to a party his girlfriend is throwing at her pad that Pamela finds a pawn shop ticket for the statue that Besson stole from her at the train station.
Trying the right the wrong that she holds herself responsible for former Sister Pamela, now calling herself Pamela Willey, goes to the pawn shop to retrieve this statue only to have Besson follow her there! Feeling that the what seemed like worthless statue is worth a fortune Bresson and the pawn shop owner Wormer, Don Hanmer, try to knock off Pamala in them suspecting that she's an undercover cop, and also her knowing that the two are involved in a theft ring, and keep the statute all for themselves.
****SPOILERS*** The story has an unexpected out of the blue and boomerang effect ending that it not only ends up saving Pamala's life but resorts the statute to it's rightful owner St. Catherine's. It's after that life saving incident that Pamela finally sees what the Lord's grand plan was not only in her losing and then recovering the Donnatello statue but having her regain her faith which she all but lost. Which among other things mirrors that famous religious quote "The Lord works in Strange Ways". And the circumstances of Pamela both losing and, with her life in danger, finding that priceless statute is what finally convinced her of that!