A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.
- Party guest
- (as Sanford L. Gibbons)
- Party guest
- (as Bonne Greene)
- Frank - Policeman
- (as Frank Allocca)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActor Sam Buffington, who played Charlie, died two years afterward at the age of 28.
- GoofsA police car responds to the call from the lady with lights flashing and siren blaring, but a police car only uses emergency indicators on an emergency call.
- Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock is putting up a display of glasses and bottles of alcohol on an office desk] Good evening, fellow revellers. Tonight, we are indulging in an old city tradition. It is the event that turned a mild-mannered white-collar worker into a four-armed beast of prey.
[shows off the display]
Alfred Hitchcock: The office party. However, we had this room designed especially for the party
[looks back briefly]
Alfred Hitchcock: by the girls in the office. It has no corners. I am in charge of the entertainment which all should enjoy. After most of the hors d'oeuvres have been eaten, we're going to throw a company director to the lions. I realize it isn't much, but the lions are a great deal cheaper than the string quartet we had last year. They don't drink as much either. And now, for the party.
[pours himself a drink]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Altman (2014)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
Altman handles his cast well, particularly old pro Josephy Cotten, who you have to admit is the whole show here.
This is TEXTBOOK Hitchcock black comedy, albeit for the small screen. We all watched this one as kids, and its still fun. Cotten has a good thing going --for awhile --with a young gal friend(played by Christine White), except she's getting serious about their relationship and he's most not.
I especially like what the last reviewer wrote; "Why buy the cow when the milk is free?" TRUE. Cotton, as much as he would like to dump his wife, has second thoughts -- And just like that he kills the "other woman" and gets locked in his office with her body. What a Hitchcock fate!
You DO NOT want to miss what happens next. Another fine example of the eternal question... "what would you do if you were in his shoes?" Extremely well written, a classic act episode.
To note, Robert Altman owed a lot to Alfred Hitchcock who basically "gave him a break" and hired him to direct a few episodes of his legendary tv show. Prior to this, Altman had worked on independent film projects, also industrial and short films. He does a super job here. From SEASON 3 remastered dvd box set.
- tcchelsey
- Dec 17, 2022
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1