Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The Creeper (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

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• [first lines] 

  Himself - Host : [Hitchcock is seen through the shape of a life-sized keyhole]  Good evening, and thank you for peeping in at me tonight. I shall try to make it worth your while. Now, if you will look through the keyhole with your other eye...

  [hangs up an eye-chart. The camera zooms in through the keyhole] 

  Himself - Host : Excellent. Thank you. Incidentally, those of you who think these letters don't spell anything couldn't be more incorrect. The last line was copied from an old insurance policy. Now that we are all in focus, I should like to make a few preparatory remarks about tonight's librette. It is called "The Creeper," and is about a person who had a very peculiar way of striking up an acquaintance with women: He killed them. A distinctly antisocial tendency, for it never leads to any lasting friendship.

• [last lines] 

  Himself - Host : And so, once again, The Creeper commits the most heinous crime a woman can imagine: He takes the telephone away from her in the middle of a call. Obviously, this sadistic criminal will stop at nothing. For the record, The Creeper was subsequently caught and is now repairing locks at one of our leading penal institutions. If you liked our story, please write in. Perhaps we can give you a sequel to The Creeper, called: The Toddler. Good night.