Crackpot

Episode aired Jan 6, 1957
TV-14TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Robert Emhardt in Alfred Hitchcock esittää (1955)

Comedy Crime Drama

A Good Samaritan helps a newlywed couple with a flat tire. But when the groom accidentally dirties the man's suit, the stranger reveals himself to be a dangerous crackpot.A Good Samaritan helps a newlywed couple with a flat tire. But when the groom accidentally dirties the man's suit, the stranger reveals himself to be a dangerous crackpot.A Good Samaritan helps a newlywed couple with a flat tire. But when the groom accidentally dirties the man's suit, the stranger reveals himself to be a dangerous crackpot.

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

663

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Meredyth Lucas
Writers
- Martin Berkeley(teleplay)
- Harold Gast(story)
Stars

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Trivia
Meg and Ray's car is a 1956 Mercury Montclair coupe. This was the 'top of the line' series for that year.

Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock is pacing around a small room with just a small bench in it] Good evening.
Echo: Good evening.
[Hitchcock looks up in annoyance]
Alfred Hitchcock: [whispering] Good evening.
[gestures to the camera to come closer, which it does]
Alfred Hitchcock: Certain parties have been objecting to my candid remarks. So, I'm doing tonight's show from this sealed chamber. It's as quiet as a tomb. Which is not surprising...
Echo: Good evening.
Alfred Hitchcock: ...since it was the only type of structure available to switch it out...
[stops in annoyance]
Echo: Certain parties have been objecting to my candid remarks. So, I am doing tonight's show from this sealed chamber.
[there is a slight pause and Hitchcock tries to speak again but the echo continues]
Echo: Which is not surprising.
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock in annoyance at the echo] Are you quite finished?... Here, in a moment, is tonight's play. It is entitled "Crackpot."
Echo: Are you quite finished?
[Hitchcock shrugs and sits down, defeated]

Soundtracks
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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8/10

Honeymoon with Moon

The first episode of 1957. A newlywed couple is stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire. An older man named Moon drives by to help, but quickly flashes a dark side.

We've seen the three leads before. Character actor Robert Emhardt, young Biff McGuire (still acting in 2013) and the short-haired brunette Mary Scott had more than a dozen series appearances among them. Emhardt has the most interesting role here as he more or less stalks the young couple.

The episode is tense, mysterious and, I have to say, not especially realistic, but sometimes that's the price you have to pay.

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