Appointment at Eleven

Not a particularly effective effort. It is about an incredibly emotional young man who carries great hatred toward his father. We hear of an appointment that he has at 11:OO. Of course, we are left in the dark as to what is going to happen at that time. While we wait he engages in a series of destructive acts. The odd thing is the patience shown by the people he encounters. Personally, no matter what his father was, the apple settles right next to the trunk. It's hare to empathize with this childish rant, and when things are finally explained, it's a disappointment. One interesting figure is that of Clu Guligar, who often played young toughs, sort of a poor man's James Dean. He did a lot of snarling, sort of that gunfighter who seeks out the old gunman so he can get himself killed.

This is without a doubt the most poorly written, acted and directed Alfred Hitchock episode I've ever seen. Regardless of some hidden purpose some may think they had for having the most annoying main charcter ever, which I don't believe is so, it doesn't take away from the fact that watching it just once is more than enough.

I totally disagree with the other reviewer who stated this character is obnoxious. Or a bad actor. Or that the dialogue was bad.

I'm a physician who has an autistic son and I believe this character was written to be autistic. In that case, they did an excellent job.

I love this episode because it is so different from all the others in this anthology series.

This episode is simply and undeniably bad. First of all,it is a weak story. The attempt at suspense falls flat,because it is an empty gimmick. The story itself is not believable,plausible,or very likely. The star of the show is supposed to be 17 years old. He looks to be around 25 years old and behaves as if he's about 7 years old. If he'd behaved in real life 1959 anything like the way he did in this episode,he'd have been beaten to a pulp and tossed into the clink,quickly.

Somehow,his outrageous behavior is given a pass ? Baloney. A main plot point of this episode has something that is supposed to happen at 11pm. This point is mentioned over and over again in a weak attempt to build some suspense. When 11pm finally does come,the first thing that comes to mind is thank goodness it's almost over! This is a very poor episode of a usually much-better tv series. Skip it.

Big fan of this series, but this entry was beyond weak. No suspense, no mystery -- so to compensate, they add in heaping tablespoons of the worst overacting you could possibly imagine. This is almost unwatchable, and if you've had the pleasure of viewing it, you will see what I mean.

Probably the most unrealistic episode of the series... a train wreck of a performance by the lead actor.

The story picks up vignettes in the life of a emotional 17 year old. You begin to imagine that these vignettes have a point -- that there is some sort of irony or Hitchcockian twist on the way. But no. This was based on a short story that I now must find and read, because I cannot believe that what I just saw on screen is what the author intended. Least I hope not.