Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

And So Died Riabouchinska (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : Good evening. This misty bit of ectoplasm forming on the inside of your television screen is one Alfred Hitchcock, coming to you from across that great barrier that divides the quick from the dead: the Atlantic Ocean. I have materialized for the express purpose of warning you that, during tonight's seance, you will witness a playlet entitled "And So Died Riabouchinska." Oh, yes. Before we have our play, I would like to make an announcement to those of you who can't stay until the end...

  [looks left and right furtively before leaning into the camera] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : The butler did it.

• [last lines] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : That was pleasant. It also reminded me of my youth. When I was once a part of a vaudeville act called: "Doctor Speewack and his Puppets." But I never cared for Doctor Speewack. He thought he was better than the rest of us. But so much for tonight's entertainment. Until the next time we return with another play, good night.