Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The Crystal Trench (1959)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction, Hitchcock is on a mountain with a rope] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I thought I would cut this rope since it seems to be obstructing my path. I can't seem to find my partner. He was here a moment ago then let out a cry and disappeared.

  [the rope breaks and Hitchcock watches something fall to the ground] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : My, my. I seem to have made a faux pas. My friend was on the other end of that rope. Rotten luck. He was also my business partner, but the show must go on. Tonight, we are presenting a chilly little tale entitled "The Crystal Trench". It follows at a respectful distance.

• [afterword, Hitchcock is tying the rope around himself] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : So much for our version of "The Iceman Cometh". I shall return for a final word in a moment. First, we have come to one of those treacherous crevices that riddle the glacier of television.

  [commercial break] 

  Alfred Hitchcock - Host : I think I should begin my descent before I become the source of a legend about an abdominal snowman. Next week, I shall once again return with another story spiced together by commercials. Until then, good night.

  [Hitchcock climbs down the mountain and another mountain climber, his business partner, cuts the rope as payback for Hitchcock's faux pas]