Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Post Mortem (1958)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [afterword - Hitchcock returns to the greenhouse to see the grown plants] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : You can see how effective the lamp is.

  [picks up a shovel that's grown larger] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : It looks as though I should turn off the lamp. I shall do so following the following.

  [commercial break] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : I'd better be off in case the lamp does something to me. I'll be back next week with another story. Until then, good night.

• [introduction - Hitchcock is in a greenhouse] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Good evening, members of the garden club. I have been asked to reveal some of my horticultural secrets. First and foremost, I recommend plenty of sunshine.

  [gestures to the lamp on his left] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : I think it is shameful the way some plants are allowed to loaf all night when they could be growing. Of course, the lamp has other uses. It also comes with a five-foot, eight-inch, motor-driven spit, a basting brush and a gallon of suntan lotion. This evening's entertainment well suits this sunny and bucolic atmosphere. It is called "Post Mortem". It begins quicker than you can say...

  [Hitchcock is cut off as we fade to black]