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The Six Million Dollar Man: Straight on 'til Morning (1974)
Good episode with strong hints of ET
This is a good episode that pre-dates ET by 7 years yet the are a number of similarities - benign aliens stranded from the mothership, the aliens growing weak and dying, pointing at the sky for home, the menacing official search party, saving an alien to help them back to the mothership, and Steve's open outward facing palm against the window.
Co-incidence? Probably, these are not unusual themes, but it was interesting to see them all together in one place so long prior to ET.
You should definitely have a look at this one to make up your own mind, but it made the episode very enjoyable for me.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Not the Running Type (1960)
A slowly pace but intriguing episode.
An humble and unremarkable clerk steals a lot of money over a long period of time but upon discovery quickly gives himself up to the police. Why ..... ?
I feel the other reviews are a little harsh on this episode. Certainly it is slowly paced and you wonder where it is going, but it has a delightful ending. So don't start watching and give up half way through. Hitchcock is as quirky as usual in the prologue and epilogue.
Like some AHP episodes it looks and feels a bit dated , but you just have to look past that at the story, and try to watch it as if you were watching in the early 60's when TV was not quite as sophisticated as today (well some modern stories are sophisticated and made with great production values, but there is a lot more dross today too.) Just watch it and enjoy it for what is is.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Day of the Bullet (1960)
Great story, superb performance by young Barry Gordon
I thought this was a tremendous morality tale with a twist, not the typical AHP crime story. Barry Gordon, then aged about 11 when it was filmed, but small for his age, is tremendous. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth a watch.
I've used IMDB a lot but this was the first film or episode that jogged me into writing a review.
I love the Alfred Hitchcock Presents series as whole, from the quirky prologue and epilogue to the stories themselves. The stories are entertaining, some predictable but many are not. With access to so much entertainment these days we might feel as if we have seen it all and can guess most endings but it's not always the case here. Even if you do spot the twist that is coming, the stories are mostly well told and well acted.
If you just allow yourself to see the stories through the eyes of 1950-1960s audiences, then you will appreciate what little treasures these stories are. This one, with Barry Gordon, is one of the best.