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Release Date:
2 October 1955 (USA)
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Plot:
Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several short stories. The stories are invariably surprising...
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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14 nominations
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(19 articles)
Irish Actor Davis Dies
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This Week on DVD: Funny People, Angels & Demons, Gomorrah
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This Week on DVD: Funny People, Angels & Demons, Gomorrah
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even if you've only seen a few episodes, it's still great
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(Series Cast Summary - 1 of 405)| Alfred Hitchcock | ... | Himself - Host / ... (268 episodes, 1955-1962) |
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26 min (266 episodes)
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Alfred Hitchcock himself directed 17 episodes.
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[Hitchcock arrives for his introduction dressed in a safari outfit and pith helmet]
Himself - Host: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to darkest Hollywood. Night brings a stillness to the jungle. It is so quiet, you can hear a name drop. The savage beasts have already begun gathering at the water holes to quench their thirst. Now one should be especially alert. The vicious table-hopper is on the prowl, and the spotted back-biter may lurk behind a potted palm. To take me through this most savage of lands, I have hired a native guide.
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Himself - Host: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to darkest Hollywood. Night brings a stillness to the jungle. It is so quiet, you can hear a name drop. The savage beasts have already begun gathering at the water holes to quench their thirst. Now one should be especially alert. The vicious table-hopper is on the prowl, and the spotted back-biter may lurk behind a potted palm. To take me through this most savage of lands, I have hired a native guide.
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Referenced in "Tripping the Rift: Ghost Ship (#2.4)" (2004)
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I've only seen a few episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", but just those few identify it as a great show. The opening with his shadow approaching his outline gives a hint of suspense, but when we see the Master of Suspense offering a slight explanation of what's about to happen, there's no turning back.
One can see that Hitch - who would have turned 108 yesterday - occasionally used the show to introduce his movies, and did a really clever job with it: one episode featured a woman stealing money (remember in which movie that happened?). Another episode was set on a train (now where did we see a train?) All in all, I would call this the perfect way that any director could get involved in TV, and who else could do it except Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock? You just gotta see it to really get a feel for it. But when you do watch it, just be prepared for what sorts of things you're about to see.