Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Murder in the First (Season 2, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Murder in the First (Season 2, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A shy, first-year law student goes to work as a live-in gardener for a wealthy family. He falls in love with the wife, and she leads him on with an affair. But then she breaks it off, with consequences leading to "murder in the first."

Director

Sydney Pollack

Writers

Stirling Silliphant (teleplay) | E. Barrett Prettyman (story)

Composer

John Williams (as Johnny Williams)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 9, 1964

Release date

Oct 9, 1964 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 16 nominations

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Lloyd Bochner Michael Hartley Michael Hartley See fewer	Point Blank (1967)
Bobby Darin Brad Kubec Brad Kubec See fewer	Come September (1961)
Ivan Dixon Forest Forest See fewer	A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Eduard Franz Victor Seaton Victor Seaton See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Steve Ihnat Lieutenant Malloy Lieutenant Malloy See fewer	Countdown (1967)
Janet Leigh Carol Hartley Carol Hartley See fewer	Psycho (1960)