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"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" Memo from Purgatory (1964)
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Harlan Ellison (story)
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Original Air Date:
21 December 1964
(Season 3, Episode 10)
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The teleplay was adapted by Harlan Ellison from his autobiographical story "The Gang", which appears in his book "Memos from Purgatory"...
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Youth Gang
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Derelict
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Mugging
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"Memo..." not in usual Hitchcock mold
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Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Alfred Hitchcock | ... | Himself - Host |
 | James Caan | ... | Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone |
 | Lynn Loring | ... | Filene - Girl Gang Member |
| Walter Koenig | ... | Tiger |
 | Tony Musante | ... | Candle |
| Zalman King | ... | Fish |
| Simon Scott | ... | The Defender |
| Mark Slade | ... | Slats |
| Michael Lamont | ... | The Trooper |
| Johnny Silver | ... | Ben |
| Jacquelin Palmer | ... | Cherry (as Jacque Palmer) |
| Chuck Courtney | ... | Ski |
| Jimmy Joyce | ... | Proprietor |
| Will J. White | ... | Guard |
| Leonard P. Geer | ... | Derelict |
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48 min
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Occasionally, Alfred Hitchcock would forgo his usual suspense vehicle and give viewers an hour-long public service episode. In "Memo from Purgatory" the story involves Juvenile Delinquency and how it preys on the community-at-large. A young James Caan, who is interested in writing about juvenile crime first-hand, infiltrates a New York City gang and records their activities. At first, Walter Koenig and Tony Musante, the leaders of the group, take a liking to him but eventually their suspicions are aroused. When Musante mistakenly stumbles on Caan's diary of events, he convinces the other gang members to kill him. The rest of the story is predictable and follows the pattern of many other early 1960's TV crime shows. The acting here is first-rate, however, and the three leads (especially James Caan) went on to bigger and better things.
After the proceedings, Hitchcock informs the audience about the seriousness of the problem they've just witnessed and he dispenses with the usual wry commentary.