Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Kill with Kindness (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [tied to a stake, surrounded by a bundle of sticks]  Good evening. Television fans can be so demonstrative and unpredictable. At the time this happened, I was under the impression I was being put on a pedestal. My wife's not going to like this. She's always telling me not to leave my ashes on the floor.

  [takes out a cigarette, lights it, throws the match onto the sticks] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Tonight, we present a very warm little story called "Kill with Kindness."

  [as smoke rises] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Reception seems to be rather bad tonight. Is your screen clouding up? Mine is. I think we better run a test film first. If you have no difficulty in seeing it, we will show you our story.

• [last lines] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [steps away from the stake]  I thought I'd better get out of there. I just remembered that my tumbrel is double parked. I shall return next week at the same time to bring you another story and to relate the further adventures of Alfred Hitchcock. Good night.