S1.E5

Into Thin Air

Name: Into Thin Air
Genre: Drama
Released: 1955-10-30
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Hitchcock, Geoffrey Toone

Episode aired Oct 30, 1955
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Mary Forbes and Patricia Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Drama

When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.

Director
- Don Medford
Writers
- Marian B. Cockrell
- Alexander Woollcott
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Patricia Hitchcock at an event for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Mary Forbes, Patricia Hitchcock, and Maurice Marsac in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Mary Forbes, Patricia Hitchcock, and John Mylong in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

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Trivia
The story is based on a late 19th Century legend known as the Vanishing Hotel Room. It previously served as the basis for one of the segments of Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) and So Long at the Fair (1950).

Quotes
[first lines]
Himself - Host: Tonight we are going to tell the story of a woman who disappears into thin air. By the way, have you noticed that thin air seems to be the type of air most conducive to disappearances? There, certainly, is a fact well worth knowing. Now, in case you seem to recognize parts of the story, don't be alarmed. It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind. Many, many people have borrowed this legend, quite profitably, too. Two novels have been written about it, and it has been made into a motion picture called "The Lady Vanishes." Once by no less a personage than, uh, Alfred Hitchcock. It was also related by Alexander Woollcott in his book, "While Rome Burns." Here, following our sponsor's all too brief message, is our version of that famous old tale. Now I had better get out of the way to enable you to see better. May I have a bit of thin air, please?

Connections
References The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Soundtracks
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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Review

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7/10

Into thin air

When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were booked in.

Patricia Hitchcock is quite endearing as a daughter who finds her mother missing. You can feel her desperation. The story is a reworking of 'So long at the Fair' and the Lady Vanishes. It's quite impressive how the plot and good characterisation can be efficiently condensed into 25 mins. It's a watchable thriller with a satisfying twist.

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