"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" You Got to Have Luck (1956)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Robert Stevens

Writers:

Eustace Cockrell (teleplay) and
Francis M. Cockrell (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

15 January 1956 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

During a massive manhunt for an escaped convict, the fugitive invades a house where a young wife is home by herself.

Plot Keywords:

Manhunt | Kitchen | Knife | Escaped Convict | Tattoo

Cast

John Cassavetes	...	Sam Cobbett
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Marisa Pavan	...	Mary Schaffner
Lamont Johnson	...	Husband
Ray Teal	...	Warden
Vivi Janiss	...	Maude
Hal K. Dawson	...	Secretary
Robert Patten	...	Willis (as Bob Patten)
William Pullen	...	Co-Pilot (as Bill Pullen)
Wendy Winkelman	...	Child (as Wendy Winkleman)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steven Clark	...	Pilot (as Steve Clark)

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

It Could Have Been Better

This is about power and threat. It's about the John Cassavetes character. a thief and murderer who comes to a farm house and holds the woman there hostage. He terrorizes her and threatens her. There is a building of suspense, but there seems to be something wrong with this whole thing. I won't spoil it, but while Cassavetes is quite good in his nervous, hyperactive role, the crossing of characters doesn't seem very realistic. He's also a bit too kind. He is in a desperate situation and his self preservation should come first. He makes way too many mistakes. He also is very slow to get on with what he is going to do. He tells her, "If I kill someone, what can they do to me?" The answer is that they can throw him in prison. That's a very powerful threat. Why does this sociopath get so careless? I may watch this again to see if it works very well a second time.