"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Safe Conduct (1956)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jus Addiss

Writer:

Andrew Solt (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

19 February 1956 (Season 1, Episode 21)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

An American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler.

Plot Keywords:

Journalist | Iron Curtain | Interrogation | Watch | Train

Cast

Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Claire Trevor	...	Mary Prescott
Jacques Bergerac	...	Jan Gubak
Werner Klemperer	...	Professor
Peter van Eyck	...	Officer (as Peter Van Eyck)
John Banner	...	Train Conductor
Konstantin Shayne	...	Customs Officer
Ralph Manza	...	Waiter

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shamley Productions

The Threat Is Always There!

This episode deals with that interesting feeling that one gets when traveling under the threat of a government that could arbitrarily detain or arrest someone. Will they accept your passport? Will they identify you as an undesirable? That's what happens here. As she travels in such a location, an American reporter finds herself at the mercy of some pretty scary characters. She is duped by a young soccer player and finds herself under arrest. She is strong, but she knows that she really has little power other than a lot of bluster. She also feels betrayed. This is cold war stuff with an element of spy drama. It builds suspense well and has a satisfying conclusion. Note that there is a contingent of "Hogan's Heroes" characters: John Banner (Sergeant Schultz) and a supposed researcher, Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink). This is a well done little fifties drama.