• Series: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

• Movie Type: Anthology Series
• Director: Robert Stevens
• Release Year: 1961
• Country: US
• Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

Once one of the biggest names in Hollywood, horror-movie star Ernest Von Kroft is now regarded as a pathetic has-been by everyone -- except, apparently, low-budget producer Hal Ballew (Sam Jaffe). With Ballew's sponsorship, Von Croft stages a comeback in a new vampire movie, only to discover on the night of the premiere that he has been set up to be cruelly humiliated by the film's director Morty Lenton (Robert H. Harris). Before the episode is over, however, a few unfortunate characters learn the hard way that Von Kroft is still "the greatest monster of them all." Listen for the unbilled voice of Mel Blanc during the movie-premiere sequence. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Hale - Ernest von Kroft
Robert H. Harris - Morty Lenton
Baruch Lumet
John Marcus
William Redfield - Fred Logan
Meri Welles - Lara Lee
Sam Jaffe - Hal Ballew
Phil Adams
Mike Taylor
Charles S. Carlson
Ronnie Hiort Sorenson
Eve Lesley

Credit

Robert Bloch - Screenwriter; Robert Stevens - Director; Bryce Walton - Screen Story