Karen Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel. Can police officer Barrett stop him?Karen Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel. Can police officer Barrett stop him?Karen Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel. Can police officer Barrett stop him?
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- (as Mark Richman)
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- (as Victor Tayback)
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- TriviaThe rear projection in the hotel ledge scenes shows N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, particularly the Allerton Hotel and a sign advertising Wanzer milk, a local Chicago dairy.
- GoofsThe characters make numerous references to Manhattan landmarks, indicating the story takes place in Manhattan N.Y. But the skyline is of Chicago. The hotel manager says "Why didn't he pick on some hotel near Penn Station?" The police officer asks the manager to call Bellevue and have them send over a psychiatrist. Bellevue is a hospital in Manhattan frequently associated with the treatment of mentally ill patients. Charles Adams' suitcase contains a Manhattan phone book. When Carl Adams is on the hotel ledge the officer says "Got quite a view, huh? There's a better one from the top of the Empire State." The officer then points in the direction of Chicago's Allerton Hotel and beyond the Allerton, the Palmolive Building is visible.
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[introduction - Hitchcock is in a chair giving someone exercises]
Self - Host: One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Now raise your hands above your head. Higher. Higher. I wish to take this opportunity to welcome you latecomers to "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". Someone suggested I go to a slim & trim class and I decided to go even further and start one of my own. Here to encourage you beginners is an illustration of what hard work and determination can do.
[pull back to reveal a skeleton next to Hitchcock, which resumes exercising]
Self - Host: One, two, three, four. This is Mr. Webster, who I'm certain is the envy of all of you. When Mr. Webster first came to me, he weighed nearly 300 pounds. He was sluggish and run-down and was the object of ridicule because of his obesity. Furthermore, his wife had threatened to walk out on him. Now all that has changed for the better. He has his old energy back, he's quite popular socially and his wife has left him. He also has a pleasant job marveling in the anatomy department of one of our largest universities and, in evenings, is ink man in a minstrel show. And now, ladies and gentlemen, a special low-calorie story. However, first, for those of you who aren't dieting, we have this bit of treacle.
- ConnectionsRemade as Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Man on the Edge (1987)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
While "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" is a very good show much of the time, too often the twists at the end are pretty limp and you can't help but feel disappointed. This one in no way disappoints....as the writing and acting are just terrific. Dark...but terrific! What is NOT terrific is the epilogue by Hitchcock. It seems that some of the sponsors must have balked at the notion of crimes going unpunished and insisted that he say something along the lines of "the police later figured out he was responsible and he was sent to prison"....which is a total cop-out and this is exactly what they did here. Frustrating and unnecessary....and for this I deducted a point from an otherwise great episode.
- planktonrules
- Apr 2, 2021
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1