The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Season 2 Episode 18 Final Escape
A convicted bank robber John Perry is sentenced to 15 years hard labor in a state prison lumber camp. Determined to get out, James befriend an alcoholic inmate named Doc. Doc is in charge of the prison infirmary as well as burials for the dead. Doc makes an offer to John: if John will fincance an operation for Doc's granddaughter, he will get him out of prison. Doc's plan is to hide Perry inside the coffin of the next inmate who dies. The coffin will then be buried and dug up after the gravediggers and guards leave. Perry will then make his escape. All goes according to plan, until Doc fails to dig Perry up. Perry then learns why when the shroud slips from the face of the corpse sharing the coffin with him. Its Doc who died of a heart attack the night before.
Year: 1965
Country: United States of America
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock
Crew: Charles Gounod (Main Title Theme Composer), Norman Lloyd (Executive Producer), Gordon Hessler (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 20, 1962
Last Air date: May 10, 1965
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 93 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.80/10 by 65.00 users
Popularity: 110.309
Language: English
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