"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" The Cheney Vase (1955)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Robert Stevens

Writer:

Robert Blees (written by)

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

25 December 1955 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.

Plot Keywords:

Invalid | Art Museum | Vase | Old Woman | Manhattan

Cast

Patricia Collinge	...	Martha Cheney
Darren McGavin	...	Lyle Endicott
Carolyn Jones	...	Pamela Waring
George Macready	...	Herbert Koether
Kathryn Card	...	Bella
Ruta Lee	...	Ruby Boyenton

Runtime:

USA:25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shamley Productions

Quotes:

[first lines]
Homer Koether: I don't intend to discuss it any further. I want you to leave the museum this afternoon.

Don't Mess with Little Old Ladies!

When you have someone in a wheelchair being taken advantage of, you know that at some point the bad guys are going to pay. In this case a man finagles his way into a vulnerable woman's confidence in order to steal a valuable vase. He manipulates her every way he can, employing a confidante, and getting ready to strike. The old girl isn't dumb and evidence begins to build. As with many of these people, the man has a flaw and doesn't play things out to the end. The episode has a satisfying ending where justice is served. The acting is reasonably good and the story has some credibility. It calls for some pretty drastic action and things like this often get in the way, but it's a pretty good Hitchcock effort.