Nightmare in 4-D

Episode aired Jan 13, 1957
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

681

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Barbara Baxley in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A man who reads too much pulp fiction finds himself playing Sir Galahad to the blonde in the apartment downstairs. It seems she's burdened with a corpse.A man who reads too much pulp fiction finds himself playing Sir Galahad to the blonde in the apartment downstairs. It seems she's burdened with a corpse.A man who reads too much pulp fiction finds himself playing Sir Galahad to the blonde in the apartment downstairs. It seems she's burdened with a corpse.

Director
- Justus Addiss
Writers
- Robert C. Dennis
- Stuart Jerome
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

681

YOUR RATING

Director
- Justus Addiss
Writers
- Robert C. Dennis
- Stuart Jerome
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Goofs
When Harry and Miss Elliott lift Bill Nelson's dead body, the corpse bends its leg at the knee to help them.

Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: Good evening. Tonight's play is entitled, "Nightmare in 4-D." It will be presented in only two dimensions, however. We could present it in 3-D. In fact, we did in America, but the viewers kept getting involved and during one of the more violent scenes, we lost half our audience. We wouldn't want that to happen here. In this case, 4-D indicates the number of an apartment. And "Nightmare in 4-D" concerns the goings-on in that apartment. The goings-on will begin going on in just a moment.

Alternate versions
Two different versions of Hitchcock's wraparound commentary exist; one concerning a disastrous 3D airing of the episode in America, the other about commercial interruptions (with a voiceover by Paul Frees).

Soundtracks
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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Featured review

4/10

Just Too Much to Swallow

Realizing the low budgets and lack of consistent scripts, I'm generally pretty forgiving of these dramatic forays. This one, however, is lacking badly in just about every aspect. First of all, we are given almost no foundation for the motivations of the characters. We know that Jones is enamored with the sexy actress downstairs. We know he helped her dispose of a body in her apartment. We know the wife is kept knowledgeable of the whole business, so there isn't even anything secretive. So when Norman Lloyd shows up, he leaps to fantastic conclusions for which I was unprepared. The perpetrator had to be one of the principles in the episode. I still don't know what evidence the guy had to reach the conclusion. Other than a good cast, there's not much to work with. I found this one of the weakest of the series.