Alcoa Premiere: The Jail (1962)

USA, 6 February 1962
60m
35mm film, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Alcoa Premiere (1941-1963) – season 1, episode 13

An American science fiction television episode directed by Norman Lloyd and written by Ray Bradbury.

Plot Summary

40 years in the future, a man is charged with crimes against the state and put on trial before a jury of computers and has his body swapped with another, much older, prisoner.

Credits

Crew
Directed by:Norman Lloyd
© MCMLXII by Shamley Productions, Inc.
An Alfred Hitchcock production
Produced by:Joan Harrison
Associate Producer: Norman Lloyd
Written by:Ray Bradbury
Assistant Director: Edward K. Dodds
Director of Photography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Editorial Dept. Head: David J. O’Connell
Film Editor: Edward W. Williams
Music Score: Johnny Williams [real name: John Williams]
Musical Supervision: Stanley Wilson
Sound: Joe Lapis
Costume Supervisor: Vincent Dee
Makeup: Jack Barron
Hair Stylist: Florence Bush
Art Director: John J. Lloyd
Set Decorators: John McCarthy, Robert C. Bradfield
Title Design by: Saul Bass

Cast
Fred Astaire presenting
John Gavin (Fortnum)
James Barton (Hobbs)
Barry Morse (the guard)
Bettye Ackerman (Ellen)
Robert Sampson (Dr Bernard)
Eve McVeagh (the young woman)
Noah Keen (Peters)