In 1962 the series adopted a longer 50-minute format and changed its name to the more fitting The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Who can forget the morbidly whimsical sound of Charles Gounod’s Funeral March for a Marionette, as Hitchcock’s shadow slowly fills the lines of his famous caricature? The opening sequence of the show itself has been imbedded within the consciousness of popular culture at large. The flashback ends as expected, and strangely Hitchcock doesn't deliver the sop to the censor as he does usually.Having already thrilled audiences with a good three decades of suspenseful filmmaking, Alfred Hitchcock turned his attentions to television and on OctoAlfred Hitchcock Presents premiered to home viewers everywhere.Ĭontaining individual stories concerned mostly with criminal acts and other dastardly goings-on, the show was a guaranteed means of fans getting their fix of Hitchcock’s trademark tension within a 25-minute time span in between sponsor commercials (which Hitch so brilliantly and balefully poked fun at during most of his opening monologues). Is she just crazy? Or is she a cold-hearted, calculating psychopath as in Out Of The Past? Certainly, her apparent innocence and naivety takes people in. Everything in the garden is rosy until, one night he hears her talking in her sleep, saying things that sound suspiciously like those she had reported Gilbert Hughes saying during his sleepwalk! Jane Greer's large black eyes and deadpan expression always give her an unnerving look. Then Mr Hughes dies and history repeats itself when Brett, who has fallen for her, marries Mrs Hughes. Brett explains that without concrete proof there is no way that Hughes can be brought to justice, and Miss Cannon/Mrs Hughes leaves disconsolately. The final straw is when she catches him sleepwalking and re-enacting his administering an overdose of medicine to his former spouse. Suspiciously, her husband Gilbert Hughes shortly proposes marriage to Miss Cannon but, when they are wed, he becomes a control fiend, forbidding her to see friends or go out. We see her as nurse to the elderly Mary Hughes who suddenly dies. ![]() As she talks about the case, the screen again dissolves into a flashback. The screen dissolves into a flashback and Miss Cannon arrives at Brett's office wanting advice about reporting a murder. The episode starts with a shot of a tape recorder playing the voice of lawyer Paul Brett relating his association with Miss Cannon (Jane Greer). The same one that Hitch himself used in Stage Fright (watch it and see) The director plays a little joke on the audience here. Jones soon found out that the police had been watching all along and before he could enjoy his wealth, he found himself in the electric chair"). I've always chosen to ignore these things because they ruin the story (e. One thing I did not like about this series was that Hitchcock always delivered a post-mortem. But will that wealth ever be enjoyed or has one set course for a live of chance and self-destruction. ![]() It's really about becoming independently wealthy. As with previous episodes, the fix is already in. The lawyer is a decent man and finds himself in over his head. Here we have a woman who has either no conscience or who has been driven to act the way she does through paranoia or abuse. Hence, we learn about them through a few significant actions. ![]() It's really hard to get to know anything about one dimension (plot driven characters). The problem with about 24 minutes of story is lack character development.
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