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Alfred Hitchcock Presents:The Long Shot (1955) [TV] Douban
Alfred Hitchcock Presents:The Long Shot
director: Robert Stevenson actor: Peter Lawford / John Williams |
Down on his luck and heavily in debt, Charlie Raymond reads a newspaper advertisement asking for a native Londoner who is willing to accompany a British visitor on a trip from New York to San Francisco. He meets with Hendricks, the man who placed the ad, who agrees to hire him for the trip. As they drive across the country, Hendricks talks and incessantly asks questions about London, as Charlie grows increasingly bored. Charlie is just about to run off and leave Hendricks on his own, when he discovers his employer's reason for going to San Francisco, and sees an opportunity for himself
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Portrait of Jocelyn (1956) [Movie] Douban
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Portrait of Jocelyn
director: Robert Stevens actor: Philip Abbott / Nancy Gates
other title: 乔斯林的画像 / Portrait of Jocelyn
Mark Halliday takes his wife to an art gallery, to show her a painting he has purchased for their first anniversary. But instead of the painting he had seen, he is given a portrait of his first wife Jocelyn, who disappeared five years ago. Both he and his new wife are shocked and upset, so Halliday shows the portrait to Jocelyn's brother, who locates the artist for him. When Halliday goes in search of the artist, he encounters further coincidences and confusing developments, suggesting that Jocelyn is living very close by.