Henry Jones stars in "Nightmare in 4-D"...a very disappointing episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It started off well enough but then it lost its way and the ending...well...it seemed to come from left field and was hard to believe.
Harry Parker (Jones) is apparently an impressionable man...or so his wife (Virginia Gregg) says. In much of the first portion of the show, you really aren't sure whether it's real or a dream...and ONLY makes sense if it's a dream. You see, Henry recalls going into the neighbor lady's apartment and finding her...and a dead body. For no discernible reason, he helps her dispose of the body. Later, he learns that there really was a dead body and it wasn't a dream...so once again, WHY did he help the woman? Later, when there's an investigation, a detective pulls the solution to the crime out of thin ari with nothing to support it in any way. And so the episode ends.
The best review I see for this one gives it a 4, so the fact I disliked it strongly isn't a major surprise. It's just a poorly written episode and wastes some good acting talent. A confusing mess of a show.
Harry Parker (Jones) is apparently an impressionable man...or so his wife (Virginia Gregg) says. In much of the first portion of the show, you really aren't sure whether it's real or a dream...and ONLY makes sense if it's a dream. You see, Henry recalls going into the neighbor lady's apartment and finding her...and a dead body. For no discernible reason, he helps her dispose of the body. Later, he learns that there really was a dead body and it wasn't a dream...so once again, WHY did he help the woman? Later, when there's an investigation, a detective pulls the solution to the crime out of thin ari with nothing to support it in any way. And so the episode ends.
The best review I see for this one gives it a 4, so the fact I disliked it strongly isn't a major surprise. It's just a poorly written episode and wastes some good acting talent. A confusing mess of a show.