Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Mr. Blanchard's Secret (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [holding an umbrella and wearing a bowler hat]  Good evening, friends. Would you all please examine the tops of your television sets and see if one of you doesn't find a goldfish bowl with a crack in it?

  [puts out his hand to test for rain] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Thank you. By the way, I've been asked to announce that some of you are missing this program unnecessarily. You have moved and not kept us informed of your address. So we don't know where to send the show to you. I hope you'll take care of that matter at once. Tonight, we are presenting a tale of mystery and intrigue laid in middle-class suburbia.

  [takes off hat] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : It is called "Mr. Blanchard's Secret." I realize this doesn't tell you much about the story, but several fine actors have been hired to do that, and I would hate to rob them of the privilege. And so, without further ado, we reveal Mr. Blanchard's secret.

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : This concludes our show.

  [puts on bowler hat and hangs umbrella in the crook of his arm] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Now, if you'll excuse me, I must hurry off to a little social affair. A dear friend is guest of honor. It's a stoning. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Good night.