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Don Hanmer and Robert Middleton in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock credited as playing...

Self - Host

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  • [afterword]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock is still holding the machine gun] To summarize the next reel, Harry did as he threatened, and Marian lived happily ever after. She had a rich, full life. It was too bad Harry was not there to share it with her, but of course,
  • [Hitchcock shrugs]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: crime does not pay, murder will out, etcetera, etcetera. And now, good night until we again bring you a saga of suspense and/or mystery. Good night.
  • [introduction]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: [carrying a cello case] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. A special word to those of you who have been arrested while speeding home to see this show. I can do nothing to bail you out. And I'm afraid the magistrate is only slightly in my debt. I shall, however, do everything I can to make you forget your troubles.
  • [walks over to a table]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Tonight's narrative is about gangsters.
  • [places cello case on table and opens it]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: And I thought I'd best test some of the props.
  • [takes out a machine gun and shoots it; it makes the sounds of piano keys]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: I would like to play "The Flight of the Bumblebee." But we must get on with the show.

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