Run for Doom (17 May 1963)

A young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her 3 previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.

Director:

Bernard Girard

Writers:

James Bridges (teleplay), Henry Kane (novel)

Stars:

Alfred Hitchcock, John Gavin, Diana Dors

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
John Gavin	...	Dr. Don Reed
Diana Dors	...	Nickie Carole
Scott Brady	...	Bill Floyd
Carl Benton Reid	...	Horace Reed
Tom Skerritt	...	Dr. Frank Farmer
Lew Brown	...	David Carson
Robert Carson	...	Mulloy
Gail Bonney	...	Sarah
Jackie Russell	...	The Waitress
Jon Shepodd	...	Curtis Cane
Barry Cahill	...	The Chief Petty Officer
Patricia Crest	...	The Teller (as Patricia Krest)
Audrey Swanson	...	The Nurse
Cathie Taylor	...	The Singer

Storyline

"Our love affair was too hot" coos lounge singer Nickie, heating up quickly when young Dr. Reed beckons her to his table. Her menacing combo leader Floyd warns the handsome physician off, but keeps his cool - his "boomerang baby" returned after each of three brief, lucrative marriages. The news that she's giving the physician's huge diamond a trial run (just to make Floyd jealous), kills Dr. Reed's father. Because naive Dr. Reed zooms from struggling to loaded, Nickie seizes his proposal. On their honeymoon voyage Nickie has a fling with an army officer, and when her drunken, seasick cuckold stumbles into them, their fight ends with the lover overboard. Blackmailing her husband for murder seems to deal Nickie an unbeatable hand. Dr. Reed looks ready to chuck in his cards, but the jilted pianist is hard to back off.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | jealousy | uxoricide | wife murdered by husband | strangulation | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 1963 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shamley Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the opening song in the lounge, the band calls themselves a "trio", and only three musicians are visible (piano, sax, bass), but you can clearly hear drums in the song being played (although no drummer is present).

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Soundtracks

"How Long Has This Been Going On?"
(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Diana Dors

User Reviews

Two Great Performances Worth Watching

Diana Dors is terrific, absolutely sexy and a fine actress. She is a great Hitchcock femme fatale. It is surprising he never starred her in a film. John Gavin is great too. Considering how stiff he was in Spartacus and Psycho, this role is a revelation. Sometime between 1960 and 1962 when this was made, he must have learned to act. He actually seems relaxed and there's real chemistry between him and Dors. It is too bad Sean Connery came back to play James Bond instead of giving Gaven a chance. He might have been great. The story of a doomed love affair isn't much, but it does have a nice ironic and unexpected ending.