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Title: Final Performance (18 Jan 1965)
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| Episode cast overview: | |||
| Alfred Hitchcock | ... | Self - Host | |
| Franchot Tone | ... | Rudolph Bitzner | |
| Sharon Farrell | ... | Rosie | |
| Roger Perry | ... | Cliff Allen | |
| Kelly Thordsen | ... | The Sheriff | |
| William Challee | ... | Wint Davis | |
Cliff's driving when a young woman flags him down and asks for a ride. He soon has trouble - both legal and automotive, when they're stopped by the police and she lies, and says he forced her. What's more, his car won't start, and it's towed to a repair shop. While he waits for the car, Cliff gets a room at the hotel, run by Rudolph Bitzner - a former vaudevillian, with a specialty act with his only employee, Rosie. She pleads with Cliff to help her escape from Rudolph, who plans to marry her as soon as she becomes 18. There's a lot about Rudolph, and the relationship between the two, which Cliff isn't aware of, but he should, because it'll soon be one of their last performances. Written by Seriously edited by Rob
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This is a phenomenal piece of work by all concerned. Everyone delivered in every department, from the writing, acting, directing, to the sets, music etc. There's a kind of Andy Griffith/Mayberry meets "Psycho" vibe to the piece that is deliciously unsettling. I don't think it would be a stretch to say that genius director, David Lynch, in all possibility, could have seen this episode and been inspired by it. In fact, I'm jealous that I didn't write it and direct it. Director, John Brahm deftly directs, convincing veteran actor Franchot Tone and the excellent Sharon Farrell, Roger Perry, and Kelly Thodsen who all do a superb job with the great script by Clyde Ware and Lee Kalcheim based on a wonderfully twisted story by Robert Bloch. A young, screenwriter's road trip back to Hollywood is inadvertently cut short, causing him to become involved in the lives of a washed up vaudevillian, (who runs a ramshackle motel/coffee shop somewhere in the sticks), and the old man's teen age fiancé. The tension builds beautifully throughout this tale of desperation. A true gem, with a great ending. -Dan Kessel-