Alfred Hitchcock presents

The Cuckoo Clock

Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 17.4.60

Filmlänge: 23 Min.

Drehbuch: Robert Bloch nach einer Geschichte von Frank Mace

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Regie: John Brahm

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Darsteller: Beatrice Straight (Ida Blythe), Fay Spain (Madeleine Hall), Pat Hitchcock (Dorothy), Don Beddoe (Burt), Donald Buka.

Inhaltsangabe: Ida Blythe wants to stay in her summer cottage despite the fact that there is an escaped lunatic on the loose. A strange woman named Madeleine Hall arrives at her cottage and she and Ida sit down for tea. Madeleine tells Ida a story about her aunt. Apparantly, Madeleine's aunt one cut the head off her pet canary. The story upsets Ida, but Madeleine later reveals that the story was a lie. Someone comes to the door. He tells Ida to be careful of the escaped lunatic because she is dangerous. Ida suspects Madeleine and the too soon get into a scuffle. Madeline is knocked unconscious and Ida calls for help. The man who warned her returns. He enters the house and bolts the door. He is the lunatic. When a cuckoo clock startles him, he braks it. He attacks Ida but motions her to the clock. The head on the cuckoo of the clock has been cut off.

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