tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post7739326706571499192..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Robert C. Dennis Part Nineteen: "The Deadly" [3.11]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-81145548953887496132017-07-28T06:02:20.400-07:002017-07-28T06:02:20.400-07:00Thanks, John. I liked the ending and thought it im...Thanks, John. I liked the ending and thought it improved on the short story.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-76674886477406161192017-07-28T01:11:13.178-07:002017-07-28T01:11:13.178-07:00Once more: thanks for a fine review, Jack. I like ...Once more: thanks for a fine review, Jack. I like The Deadly, though I still think the title was just plain wrong. It's a rare Hitch half-hour that doesn't feature a murder, hey? This one dang near promises one, then fails to deliver.<br /><br />No matter, It's a good, well acted episode. It worked like a charm till the end. I thought the suspense was nicely done, the pace just right, and then they go and spoil it all with what to my way of thinking was a dumb ending. <br /><br />The plumber got off way too easy: he was engaging in some seriously criminal behavior and in my opinion deserved to have the book thrown at him. The humorous quid pro quo style ending gave the viewer no sense of justice AND it made ALL the women look bad.<br /><br />Lee Philips' youth, charm and good looks took some of the menace out of the character initially,--imagine if it had been Ralph Meeker!--but then his making himself way too comfortable in Phyllis Thaxter's home made him feel like a real threat, and this was a nice set-up for his character: I mean, this isn't Robert Ryan terrorizing Ida Lupino in an old Victorian house, and yet he's dangerous in other, non-psycho ways.<br /><br />Otherwise, a very nicely made episode that I wish the Hitchcock production people had thought out more thoroughly.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-7510639439763897532016-04-09T10:30:29.713-07:002016-04-09T10:30:29.713-07:00Thank you, Steve!Thank you, Steve!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-48714867071773641302016-04-09T08:34:25.343-07:002016-04-09T08:34:25.343-07:00A fine, fascinating post, as always. A fine, fascinating post, as always. SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.com