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Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Kiss-Off (1955–1962) Online

Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Kiss-Off (1955–1962) Online
Original Title :
The Kiss-Off
Genre :
TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Year :
1955–1962
Directror :
Alan Crosland Jr.
Cast :
Alfred Hitchcock,Rip Torn,Mary Munday
Writer :
John Foran,Talmage Powell
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
7.5/10
Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Kiss-Off (1955–1962) Online

Ernie Walters has just been released after six years in prison. It was determined that he was falsely convicted of a gas station robbery and now wants to get even with the detective and District Attorney who convicted him. Wearing a disguise, Walters robs the local tax office but drops his hotel room key as he makes his escape. He's quickly re-arrested by the same detective who arrested him six years previously but the witnesses can't quite identify him. Will he get away with it?
Episode cast overview:
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock - Himself - Host
Rip Torn Rip Torn - Ernie Walters
Mary Munday Mary Munday - Florrie
Kenneth Patterson Kenneth Patterson - District Attorney
Florence MacMichael Florence MacMichael - Mrs. Simmons
Harry Swoger Harry Swoger - Taxi Driver
Don Keefer Don Keefer - Tax Clerk
Frank Sully Frank Sully - Desk Clerk
Bert Freed Bert Freed - Cooper


User reviews

Fearlessrunner

Fearlessrunner

****SPOILERS**** Just released from prison after serving a six year sentence for knocking off a gas station ex-convict Earnie Walters, Rip Torn, goes straight to the nearest state tax office and, using a gun, robs the place of $12,000.00! That's armed robbery which can land Walters behind bars if caught for 10 to 15 years! At first you think that this guy Walters planned the robbery well in advance but incredibly he leaves his hotel key at the office that in turn leads the cops straight to his door!

You start to wonder if the six years behind bars somehow damaged Walter's brain and sense of reason but soon you realize that what he's doing isn't stupid at all. It's a well planned strategy to right the wrongs done to him by the local D.A, Kenneth Patterson, and detective Cooper, Burt Freed, who put him behind bars six years ago! Walters in fact did everything that he could to get himself arrested but that's not all. He did everything he could possible do to make sure that the evidence, if there is any, of his robbing the state tax office won't be able to stand up in a court of law!

***SPOILER*** Brooding over the injustice done to him six years ago a vengeful and filled with righteous indignation Earnie Walters had planned this robbery for years and pulled it off with absolute perfection. He not only got compensated, the $12,000.00 he stole, in the pain and suffering that he was put through by a faulty justice system but made complete fools of those, D.A Patterson & detective Cooper, who put him through it!
Marr

Marr

An interesting, character-driven and quite well done episode in which, to get back at the Police for a six-year prison sentence over a false accusation, Rip Torn commits a bank robbery under heavy disguise but taking care to leave behind the incriminating key to his own hotel-room! Of course, he is immediately picked up for questioning (which pleases his old nemesis Bert Freed no end) but, though the three eye-witnesses of the theft acknowledge a comparable stature between Torn and the aggressor, they cannot bring themselves to point the finger of suspicion at him! When the cop threatens to indict him regardless, Torn dares him to do so, since he knows full well the evidence will not stick (especially in the face of the earlier miscarriage of justice he had sustained)…
Kage

Kage

The changes in Rip Torn over the years make him almost unrecognizable in this appearance from fifty-six years ago. And it's not how slim he is here. Or his face. His voice is so much different. That's what really threw me. We've seen a lot of stars who thanks to re-runs age from youth to retirement right before our eyes. This was a well-written caper story with a big twist. A conviction crazy cop got Ernie with a bum rap years before. Ernie wants to get some payback. Will he be able too? Without going back to prison.