A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.A husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.
- Party guest
- (as Sanford L. Gibbons)
- Party guest
- (as Bonne Greene)
- Frank - Policeman
- (as Frank Allocca)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActor Sam Buffington, who played Charlie, died two years afterward at the age of 28.
- GoofsA police car responds to the call from the lady with lights flashing and siren blaring, but a police car only uses emergency indicators on an emergency call.
- Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock is putting up a display of glasses and bottles of alcohol on an office desk] Good evening, fellow revellers. Tonight, we are indulging in an old city tradition. It is the event that turned a mild-mannered white-collar worker into a four-armed beast of prey.
[shows off the display]
Alfred Hitchcock: The office party. However, we had this room designed especially for the party
[looks back briefly]
Alfred Hitchcock: by the girls in the office. It has no corners. I am in charge of the entertainment which all should enjoy. After most of the hors d'oeuvres have been eaten, we're going to throw a company director to the lions. I realize it isn't much, but the lions are a great deal cheaper than the string quartet we had last year. They don't drink as much either. And now, for the party.
[pours himself a drink]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Altman (2014)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
While "Together" may not have the boldness of "The Young One", when it comes to talking about Altman's 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' episodes, and is more typical Hitchcock rather than the ahead of the time change of pace that episode was. It is still an excellent episode in my view, sees Season 3 and 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' back on form after a quality dip, is every bit as good as "The Young One" in its own way, one of the best of Season 3 and the best episode of the series since "The Young One".
It does occasionally rely agreed on a series of events that are not always believable.
Cotten however is incredibly chilling as one of the season's most loathsome and actually downright evil characters, one of those characters where his comeuppance is rooted for from the very start. Sam Buffington is strong in his role too. Altman directs with tautness and confidence, with the tension and intrigue not slipping a jot.
Production values are not elaborate but are strong and slick enough. Hitchcock delivers on the drollness and the tone of his bookending doesn't jar too much tonally. The theme music is a classic.
Furthermore, the script is thought provoking with no signs of fat and not too reliant on talk. The story is not too simple or convoluted, is laden with creepy suspense (helped by Cotten's performance) and drips deliciously with irony too.
Excellent episode all in all. 9/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Oct 28, 2022
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1