Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Malice Domestic (1957)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [With his hands thumbs up and on the lapels of his suit, Hitchcock faces the camera and paces back and forth as if he is arguing a case in a courtroom]  Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the first case on today's docket is entitled "Malice Domestic." I hasten to add, however, that "Malice Domestic" is not about the servant problem, nor is it a puff for imported wines. It is concerned with some mysterious doings in a family of three: Carl Borden, his wife Annette, and their charming dog, Cassandra. To give you a clearer picture of exactly what happened, we now transport you to the scene of the crime where we shall reenact it.

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock points dramatically at the audience for a second]  You are all wondering, no doubt, how Carl Borden ended up in the jug. It is quite simple. His dog, Cassandra, was really a detective in disguise and turned him in at the next town. It's getting so a man can't even trust his best friend. This concludes this session of our little court of inhuman relations.

  [Hitchcock slicks back his er, hair, briefly] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : I hope you will rejoin us when we next present a different case. Good night.