Annabel

Episode aired Nov 1, 1962
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

545

YOUR RATING

Susan Oliver in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

A disturbed man's other identity snares others in a perilous web. David is a successful, quiet young scientist - but on weekends he has an impeccable country cottage where as the confident W... Read allA disturbed man's other identity snares others in a perilous web. David is a successful, quiet young scientist - but on weekends he has an impeccable country cottage where as the confident William, he fantasizes as if actually entertaining ex-girlfriend Annabel, now happily marri... Read allA disturbed man's other identity snares others in a perilous web. David is a successful, quiet young scientist - but on weekends he has an impeccable country cottage where as the confident William, he fantasizes as if actually entertaining ex-girlfriend Annabel, now happily married nearby. When his co-workers, one of whom has a crush on David, follow him up the coast,... Read all

Director
- Paul Henreid
Writers
- Robert Bloch
- Patricia Highsmith
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

545

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Henreid
Writers
- Robert Bloch
- Patricia Highsmith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, "This Sweet Sickness" published in 1960.

Goofs
Daisy says David was born in 1936; his file says he was born in 1926 (you have to pause it to see it).

Connections
Version of Tell Her That I Love Her (1977)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Obsession and Beyond

Dean Stockwell who often played spooky characters is front and center here, playing a man who dreams of getting a beautiful married woman back. He won't leave her alone. She is kind and puts up with his stalking but it only encourages him. Eventually, he comes to realize that if he is to get her, he has to get rid of the husband. This is a more violent offering than most of the Hitchcock opuses. The sad thing is the incompetence of the police and their willingness to listen to Stockwell's carefully contrived story. Hitchcock allows us to speculate on what happens next. There are lots of closeups of the psycho which makes realize his charisma.