MovieChat Forums > Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) Discussion > Alfred Hitchcock Presents. . . .The Movi...

Alfred Hitchcock Presents. . . .The Movie ?

posted 9 years ago by Sandoz
2 replies | jump to latest

I was reading up on this series today--mostly to find out if there were any plans to release it on disc, or even re-run it somewhere (sadly, didn't find any evidence of either)--when I ran across this strange note from Wikipedia:

In 1985, NBC aired a new TV movie pilot based upon the series, combining four newly filmed stories with colorized footage of Hitchcock from the original series to introduce each segment. The movie was a huge ratings success. Alfred Hitchcock Presents revival series debuted in the fall of 1985 and retained the same format as the pilot

I do remember the series, but I have no recollection of a pilot anthology movie airing first...does anyone else? Strangely, there is no listing here on IMDB for this film, either. If anyone has seen this, were the stories in the film different from what aired for the TV series later? Or were they re-used as separate episodes for the TV series?

...da fuq?!

[–] sjbradford 9 years ago

Yes, I do. It aired in the spring of 1985, and featured new versions of "Man From the South", "An Unlocked Window", "Incident in a Small Jail" and "Bang, You're Dead".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088692/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

Later on, they split it up into four episodes for syndication. You can tell when they air because the intro is different from the one used for the rest of the series.

[–] Sandoz 8 years ago

Thanks for the reply, that's very interesting. I'm guessing that first airing of the pilot movie with the 4 episodes was probably the only time this "movie" was shown before they were separated out for the anthology. Incidentally, the "Unlocked Window" episode is available on Youtube.

...only one thing lower than a sideshow freak: a scum-sucking grit-eating Pencil-Necked Geek!