These programmes are fun, pithy and entertaining and still worth watching today. I think it's great that a top Hollywood director in his prime could make time to adapt so well to the TV market as Hitchcock did here. A man returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends are covering up the true details of that death. Verber disappears the next day, they cant help suspecting the worst. With Alfred Hitchcock, John Forsythe, Cloris Leachman, Warren Stevens. Crane hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment just above them, and then Mr. With Alfred Hitchcock, Judith Evelyn, Kathleen Maguire, Joe Mantell. All the episodes benefit from acerbic intros and outros by the man himself, playing up to his curmudgeonly persona while the sinisterly jocular theme music still conjures up that famous pencil-profile image which he would fill over the titles. Guilty Witness: Directed by Robert Stevens. The production values are high as is the acting talent involved famously this is how Hitch discovered Vera Miles, who was to feature in two of his features in the years ahead as well as a penchant for a low budget, black and white shoot which would result in a certain movie centring on a psychologically disturbed motel owner, the title of which escapes me. Snappily scripted, plotted and edited, these short programmes prefigure the likes of "Twilight Zone" in the 60's and "Tales Of The Unexpected" in the 70's. Of the first four episodes I've watched from series 1, I've been impressed by their coherence, consistency and diversity, for instance one was set in the wild west, a genre you can hardly imagine the Master covering in his own work. After all, it wouldn't have been nearly as interesting nor surprising if John Wayne or Robert Mitchum had played such a part! Overall, a very strange episode and one that you won't soon forget.I am a massive Hitchcock fan and would argue that his creative peak in features was in the mid-late 50's, ironically just at the time he commenced production of this short-form series bearing his imprimatur, even if he only had time to personally direct a handful of episodes. Surprisingly, no police arrive and Stepp's job calls him in the morning to ask him why he didn't come in to work! What about the dead boss? What about the blood and bullet? Here's the kicker.the boss IS there and things seem normal!! What is happening? And, what's Stepp going to do next? Hiring John Qualen for this role was brilliant, as he as among the meekest looking actors of his age, apart, perhaps, with the exception of Donald Meek (his real name), who died a decade before this episode was filmed. Stepp goes home and expects to be arrested any moment. ![]() Popular TV on Streaming View All Popular TV. Stepp's response is surprising for such a mousy man, as he soon enters his now ex-boss's office and makes him an ex-living person.shooting him at point blank range. 1 Video 99+ Photos Drama Mystery Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not. Watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 1, Episode 9 with a subscription on Peacock, or buy it on Vudu, Amazon Prime Video. Stepp (John Qualen), is fired from his nasty boss, Mr. A desperate couple (Charles Bronson, Norma Crane) plans to rob an. ![]() When the episode begins, a very meek man, Mr. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 1 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 View all. Watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 1, Episode 25 with a subscription on Peacock, or buy it on Vudu, Amazon Prime Video.
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