Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Night the World Ended (Season 2, Episode 31)
TV-14
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Night the World Ended (Season 2, Episode 31)

TV-14

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going to end that night, but the prank has deadly results.

Director

Justus Addiss

Writers

Bernard C. Schoenfeld (teleplay) | Fredric Brown (story)

Cinematographer

Joseph LaShelle (as Joseph La Shelle)

Editor

Edward W. Williams

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 28, 1957

Release date

Apr 28, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 5 wins & 15 nominations

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Alfred Hitchcock Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Psycho (1960)
Russell Collins Johnny Johnny See fewer	The Enemy Below (1957)
Harold J. Stone Mr. Halloran Mr. Halloran See fewer	The Wrong Man (1956)
Edith Barrett Felicia Green Felicia Green See fewer	I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Robert Ross Ned Ned See fewer	Woman to Woman (1947)
Bart Burns Nick the Bartender Nick the Bartender See fewer	Seven Days in May (1964)
Joseph Marr Security Guard (as Joe Marr) Security Guard (as Joe Marr) See fewer	Danger (1950)
Ned Wever Joe Joe See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Clark Howat Jim, a Bar Patron Jim, a Bar Patron See fewer	Airport (1970)
Robert Ellis Reporter Reporter See fewer	Space Master X-7 (1958)
Henry Corden Boarder Boarder See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Harry Shearer Street Kid Street Kid See fewer	The Simpsons (1989)
Billy Miller Street Kid Street Kid See fewer	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)
Charles Herbert Street Kid Street Kid See fewer	13 Ghosts (1960)
Michael Ross Timothy (as Mike Ross) Timothy (as Mike Ross) See fewer	D.O.A. (1949)
Paul Brinegar Mr. Stern Mr. Stern See fewer	Rawhide (1959)