Ride the Nightmare

Episode aired Nov 29, 1962
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

488

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Gena Rowlands and Hugh O'Brian in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his ... Read allA perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

488

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This episode's opening credit sequence is unusual in that it does not show the title and producer, writer, actor and director names against a plain white background as in other episodes, but rather superimposes them over the initial filmed shot of the story, showing the suburban street and exterior of the house where the principal characters live.

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There's a silencer on the revolver. Silencers do not work on revolvers because of the gap between the front of the cylinder and the frame of the gun which will allow the blast and sound from the firing of the bullet to escape and be heard.

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This episode's opening credit sequence is unusual in that it does not show the title and producer, writer, actor and director names against a plain white background as in other episodes, but rather superimposes them over the initial filmed shot of the story, showing the suburban street and exterior of the house where the principal characters live.

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7/10

Not just another 'past catches up with former criminal' plot...

This episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" for quite a while seems to resemble classic Noirs and gangster movies, where a former criminal who's gone straight for years is suddenly being confronted with his past deeds, which upsets the neat little suburban idyll he's built up with his sweet young wife - murder threats and blackmail from his former 'associates' - but, as always with Hitch, be prepared for some VERY unexpected twists!!

A wonderful thriller, with an outstanding performance by Hugh O'Brian, and a literally breathtaking finale - and upsetting all the rules of 'law and order' which were absolutely binding at the time for movies and especially TV shows; and which NO one but Hitch would have been able, and allowed, to break...