You Got to Have Luck
- Episode aired Jan 15, 1956
- TV-14
- 30m
During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
- Willis the Co-Pilot
- (as Bob Patten)
- Pilot
- (as Steve Clark)
- Prison Guard
- (as Bill Pullen)
- Susie Martin
- (as Wendy Winkleman)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSam Cobbett was born in 1929.
- GoofsThe state troopers are flying a Hiller Model 360 when first shown searching for the escapee. In their next flying scene, they are flying a Bell 47.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Himself - Host: Good evening. The, uh, hourglass is a wonderful invention. But I'm afraid it will never replace the sundial. Certainly not in my garden. This one doesn't even work. I sent it to a jeweler's to be cleaned and he removed all the sand.
[puts a small hourglass on top of the big one]
Himself - Host: Fortunately, the second hand still functions. Time is very important to the characters in tonight's story. One of them is doing it. For another, time seems to be running out. Time is also very important in television. We fill it. We must start on it. We must finish on it. And, appropriately enough, we occasionally kill it. I refer, of course, to my own fumbling efforts. Certainly not to the stellar entertainment which follows.
[flips the smaller hourglass]
- ConnectionsRemade as Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Prisoners (1985)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
Exceptionally written, and one classic early Hitchcock tv episode. Unless you have seen this before, you could never ever guess the ending.
More over, both leads are terrific young actors and shine in their roles. Cassavettes plays a desperate character, seeking refuge at Pavan's countryside house while her husband is away. Basicially a two character show on steroids. Popular character actress Vivi Janiss is good as the atypical nosey and easily insulted neighbor.
One strange thing, if you notice. The camera focuses a lot on the pie Marisa is baking. That's the one scene I always wondered about, and it seemed like Hitch to have Marisa toss the RED HOT pie in pretty boy's face! That may have been the original intention, but perhaps too gruesome. Rest assured, he gets his due.
Pavan would next appear in THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT. This role may have lead to Cassavettes landing parts in EDGE OF THE CITY and CRIME IN THE STREETS.
Best of SEASON 1. Universal remastered dvd box set. 4 dvd set. 2008.
- tcchelsey
- Aug 9, 2023
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1