Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.
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The story is pointless where the elder brother Fitzhugh (Hume Cronyn) and sister Katherine (Carmen Mathews) living together in an old house, they'd bought an insurance police which if one of them comes to die, whom stays alive will got the money, however the overbearing Katherine overpowers a faltering Fitzhugh, manages a bold plan to kill someone else in place of Fitzhugh, the cold Katherine finds a perfect victim the wanderer Mr. Jorgy (Jackie Gleason) in a nearby park, she invites him to got a supper aiming for cheating the old Jorgy that starts distrust over such goodness.
Meanwhile Katherine put a sleeping bill a couple of milk of Jorgy to taking him to upstairs at Fitzhugh's room to let him sleeping in the bed and sets fire in a house whilst Fitzhugh flees in order to aftermaths the fire the police finds out the incinerated body of the jinxed Jorgy, not so fast some unexpected facts will spoil the whole thing.
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First Watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD /Rating: 7.
And I enjoyed seeing Mathews' sweet old lady facade crack and show her true spirit when she shared with Gleason her secret glee at squashing one of her brother's beloved butterflies.
The entry depends more on character interest than suspense. Bird-watcher and butterfly-fancier Fitzhugh is too ditzy and bumbling to generate menace. That's left to sister Katherine (Mathews) who squashes butterflies rather than petting them. Trouble is she relies on her bumbling brother to do the dirty work. So we wonder just how much danger old Gyorgy is really in.
Cronyn specialized in eccentric parts and is clearly enjoying this ripe slice of ditz. Mathews was an early Hitch favorite, especially as Lizzie Borden's sinister sister, The Older Sister (1956). At the same time, Gleason makes a convincing penniless old man. The upshot however is fairly mild, while the episode as a whole remains largely a quirky Hume Cronyn showcase.
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- GoofsAs Mr. Hitchcock lights his cigarette, a crew member can be noticed in the bottom right of the screen who presumably activates the smoke machine.
- 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.
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
Details
- Runtime
- 26m
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1