"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" The Legacy (1956)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

James Neilson

Writers:

Gina Kaus (teleplay) &
Andrew Solt (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

27 May 1956 (Season 1, Episode 35)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When a prince who is well known as a playboy takes a sudden romantic interest in a shy, plain housewife, everyone is baffled and fascinated.

Plot Keywords:

Prince | Actress | Resort | Writer | Threatened Suicide

Cast

Leora Dana	...	Irene Cole
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Jacques Bergerac	...	Prince Burhan
Enid Markey	...	Cecelia
Alan Hewitt	...	Howard Cole
Walter Kingsford	...	Col. Blair
Ralph Clanton	...	Randall Burnside
Roxanne Arlen	...	Donna Dew
Rudolph Anders	...	Cafe Host
Joan Dixon	...	Waitress

Runtime:

USA:30 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

I Never Bought any of It

I know the acting was OK, but in the worst soap opera way. These rich obnoxious people play and pretend. The husband in the episode, runs around with some idiot blonde and his wife accepts that this is the way it is. There is no sparring; she is totally fine with this. Along comes some dippy prince, who starts putting moves on her. She isn't that bad looking, but she isn't exactly princess material. Of course, there is something going on. The byplay continues and it eventually ends in a boring, predictable way. I never was able to care about these people. They were smug asses who treated each other with disdain. Anyway, I wouldn't bother with this one, even if it was a little out of the Hitchcock milieu.