A man fears his mentally unstable daughter has bought a gun to kill herself, but perhaps she has other plans.A man fears his mentally unstable daughter has bought a gun to kill herself, but perhaps she has other plans.A man fears his mentally unstable daughter has bought a gun to kill herself, but perhaps she has other plans.
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- TriviaAnn Todd played the daughter of John McIntire's character even though she was five months older than him.
- GoofsIn his closing monologue, Hitchcock refers to 'Mr Melton' dropping his interference with Sylvia Leeds' life, and vice versa, but there is no character named Melton in the story, unless it is her psychiatrist whose surname is not mentioned but who is listed in the credits as Dr Jason. Judging by the monologue however, it is more likely that 'Melton' may have been the originally scripted name for the Leeds.
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[afterword]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Close shot of Hitchcock] Well, I'm not sure the psychiatrist straightened out Sylvia's mind, but he certainly improved her aim. You will be pleased to know that Mr. Melton stopped interfering with Sylvia's life and her interference with his life was limited to this one culminating stroke. If you found this story amusing, you will be pleased to know that we have prepared another for our next presentation. So, until then, good hyphen night.
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
The bigger problem with this episode though is that it moves slowly and really never does go anywhere. The story borrow elements from other Hitchcock and non-Hitchcock related tales (rich family, sad heiress, no good son-in-law etc.) but does not bring anything new to the equation. The ending is out of place. Perhaps a more interesting story is out there if one uses this ending as the beginning of another story. There are better episodes out there and I recommend taking a pass on this one.
- cmontyburns99
- Dec 25, 2012
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1