Cell 227 is a well made Hitchcock entry, and while above average I don't rate it as one of the series best. It's a good story even as one can see the ending coming in the first five minutes. Brian Keith plays a college professor, Herbert Morrison, who's on death row, having been convicted of murder he did not commit.
Morrison's back story is vague, as the viewer gets to know little about him aside from his bitter rage against a system that has failed him. The man's integrity means more to him than his life; and he refuses to beg for mercy. For all this, Morrison comes across as more petty and mean spirited than dignified, and the show's final minutes bear this out.
Morrison's back story is vague, as the viewer gets to know little about him aside from his bitter rage against a system that has failed him. The man's integrity means more to him than his life; and he refuses to beg for mercy. For all this, Morrison comes across as more petty and mean spirited than dignified, and the show's final minutes bear this out.