Help Wanted (14 Jun. 1949)

An elderly man who's barely getting by looks for employment to continue giving his daughter the institutional help she requires. He receives an offer from a "Mr. X" that turns things around... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Stevens

Writers:

Mary Orr (adapted for television by), Reginald Denham (adapted for television by),

Stars:

Otto Kruger, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Peggy French

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Otto Kruger	...	Chester Crabtree
D.A. Clarke-Smith	...	Mr. X (as Douglas Clark-Smith)
Peggy French	...	Mrs. X
George Mathews	...	Police Detective
Ruth McDevitt	...	Mrs. Griffin
Rex Marshall	...	Himself - Announcer

Storyline

An elderly man who's barely getting by looks for employment to continue giving his daughter the institutional help she requires. He receives an offer from a "Mr. X" that turns things around for him. That is, until he finds out that he must kill "Mr. X"'s wife's first husband who is blackmailing them.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 1949 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Delightful...

This is one of the first episode of this TV show I watch. Suspense (49-54). I did not know it. The picture is poor, the first "degrees" of television, but the stories seem very interesting as well. This one in particular. See for yourself. A poor man in distress, who has many difficulties to pay his tiny room rent, who suddenly finds a job through classified advertisement. A strange young woman proposes our lead a job, in a office, to do weird things... And, the following is absolutely delirious, unexpected, I will let you find it out. But I promise you won't regret it.

The only other thing I'll say is that the ending is not like the Alfred Hitchcock Presents' ones, twists endings, with very often a sort of ironical taste; know what I mean. This kind of endings seem not to exist in SUSPENSE, just short "usual" films topics, with a very ending, like classic features.

A little shame for me. But that's all.

I am impatient to watch the other episodes...