The Canary Sedan

L’episodio è andato in onda il 15 giu 1958
TV-14
30min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,5/10

609

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Jessica Tandy in Alfred Hitchcock presenta (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA psychic buys a sedan after replacing its black exterior with canary yellow-which happened to be its original color. She soon discovers, however, there's much more to the sedan than just it... Leggi tuttoA psychic buys a sedan after replacing its black exterior with canary yellow-which happened to be its original color. She soon discovers, however, there's much more to the sedan than just its hidden color.A psychic buys a sedan after replacing its black exterior with canary yellow-which happened to be its original color. She soon discovers, however, there's much more to the sedan than just its hidden color.

Regia
- Robert Stevens
Sceneggiatura
- Stirling Silliphant
- Ann Bridge
Star

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,5/10

609

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Regia
- Robert Stevens
Sceneggiatura
- Stirling Silliphant
- Ann Bridge
Star

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Quiz
Jessica Tandy's husband, Hume Cronyn, starred in the next episode, The Impromptu Murder.

Citazioni
[introduction - Hitchcock stands in front of a dusty screen]
Self - Host: Good evening, ladies and - Please don't adjust your sets. I think the picture tube needs... little dusting.
[Hitchcock wipes the dust off the screen when a gong rings and another Hitchcock appears]
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: What is your wish, o master?
Self - Host: Who are you?
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: I am Alfred, the genie of the lamp.
Self - Host: Why, my name's Alfred, too!
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: Why is it, master, that when you can have any wish you desire, you prefer small talk?
Self - Host: Any wish I desire?
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: If you want me, rub the lamp.
[Hitchcock rubs the screen again and, at the sound of the gong, Genie Alfred reappears]
Self - Host: How long have you been in that tube?
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: Master, you have a mania for the unimportant. I have been there for years. No one ever dusts and whoever heard of a genie conjured up by a vacuum cleaner? And now, master, the wish. And remember the words of Allah: "Think big."
Self - Host: But what I want is priceless.
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: Nothing is too great. Diamonds. Rubies.
Self - Host: This will be too much to ask.
Alfred, Genie of the Lamp: Master! The wish! The wish!
[Hitchcock rubs the screen again]
Self - Host: Give me a commercial! Give me a commercial!

Connessioni
Remade as Alfred Hitchcock presenta: The Canary Sedan (1986)

Colonne sonore
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

Recensioni degli utenti11

Recensione in evidenza

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Rather slender episode that really serves as a showcase for Tandy. Laura (Tandy) is the genteel wife of an Englishman (Matheson), traveling to meet him at his post in Hong Kong. Nothing unusual here except she's also gifted with psychic powers made clear in a good setup scene aboard ship.

Once in the Orient, she begins to hear a woman's voice inside a rented car formerly owned by the mysterious woman. The woman speaks of a passionate affair that soon arouses Laura's envy since her own marriage is relatively loveless. But who is this mystery woman and what does her disembodied voice portend.

The entry makes good use of exotic Hong Kong locales to frame the strange occurrences. However, I wish director Stevens had aimed at creepier visuals in place of a more conventional style. To create an appropriate atmosphere, the weird sound of a theramin is used instead. But to me, that woo-woo is just too cheesy and obvious, especially for a quality series like Hitchcock.

Anyway, the 30-minutes ends in a strongly ironical payoff, and is also a good chance to catch one of the most respected actresses of the period.