Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The Case of Mr. Pelham (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Himself - Host : [introduction]  Good evening. Due to circumstances beyond our control, tragedy will not strike tonight. I'm dreadfully sorry, perhaps some other time. However, I've just witnessed a sneak preview of this evening's story and I found it simply frightening. Sometimes, death is not the worst that can befall a man. And I don't refer to torture or any type of violence. I mean the quiet, little insidious devices that can drive a man out of his mind, like putting bubble gum in someone's coat pocket. Tonight's little frolic is called 'The Case of Mr. Pelham'.

• [last lines] 

  Himself - Host : [afterword, Hitchcock is struggling with two orderlies]  But I'm Alfred Hitchcock. I am, I can prove it!

  Orderly : Sure, sure, everybody is.

  Himself - Host : I am, I insist.

  [the orderlies carry him away as the camera pans to another Hitchcock] 

  Himself - Host : An astounding hoax. He carried off the impersonation brilliantly, except for one thing: bubble-gum in his pocket, indeed. Alfred Hitchcock wouldn't be caught dead with bubble gum in his pocket.

  [gunshot] 

  Himself - Host : Poor chap. If you'll excuse me, I need a moment to pull myself together.