Kraft Suspense Theatre: "The Trains of Silence" (1965)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Season 2 episode 28, written by Ben Maddow & William Wood and directed by Douglas Heyes; with Jeffrey Hunter, Tippi Hedren, Warren Stevens, Lloyd Bochner, Patrick Whyte, Dale Johnson, Francis De Sales, Paul Bradley, Brenda Howard, Roy Jenson, Chuck Roberson, Bob Bernard and Hal Hopper. 'Kraft' theme by John Williams. Original air date: 10 June 1965.
The 60s were so stylish. Tippi Hedren will for ever be Melody and Marnie from Hitchcock movies.
Only until 1965-66.
@@bovnycccoperalover3579 That's when the hippies took over, and the 60s became better.
@@BrentWilkins7777Did they, really? I was a member of that "hippie" generation, & at the time, I thought everything was "better", too. "You can't put an old head on young shoulders." Real-life experience eventually woke me up. Looking back, I now realize it was the beginning of the end... for our culture, our values, & our country.
@@suraya1224 Oh brother...The hippies were dumb kids alright. But their biggest mistake was voting for Ronnie Raygun when they grew up.
I love how their hair is so perfectly coiffured. Not a single lock out of place.
Hair spry, this is how it was done those days.
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Shutup😂😂😂😂 yall sound stupid hair spray they still use it 2023 hahaha goofy
A can of hair spray
Perfect.Nothing out of place. this was A year Before I was Born
*Two sci-fi connections here: Jeffrey Hunter, Warren Stevens, and Roy Jenson all appeared in original Star Trek. Secondly, the show's theme song was composed by the same composer who created the theme music for the original Lost In Space TV series, as well as the Star Wars and Jurassic Park movies.*
I'd kind of say Hedren being attacked by those birds does qualify her a scifi connection, near Twilight zone, actually.
Love that music!
🤯🙉 I love this guy's black rimmed glasses
You would be thinking of the young Johnny Williams who would obviously grow to become one of cinemas greatest film composers, if not the greatest
@@2up3rm4n1 I agree. 👍
They really understand the importance of sound in these old movies. Great job of using suspenseful and dreary sounds in this movie.
I always loved Lloyd Bochner. Fabulous cast.
I remember he played Cecil Colby on Dynasty as one.of Alexis husband's .
One of the all-time greats.
@charlymegezze8536 - Lloyd Bochner was always so elegant & intelligent!! A real class act!! Warren Stevens was right there, a mere step or two behind, until he discovered how thrilling it was to play the sleazy, smarmy character lurking in the shadows!!
Hong Kong with Rod Taylor
Also, guest appearances on The Golden Girls. He was fabulous and funny.
I first saw"kraft suspense theatre"when it was in reruns under the title"crisis!"on new York's ch.7 as a kid on Saturday nights at 7:00.what a great show and oh,that theme music!
Jeffrey Hunter was always Drop Dead Gorgeous.
One thing is for sure, the writers of anthology series of the late 50's and early 60's were amazing, They had a keen insight into the human condition and all its failings. Today's writers can do nothing but recycle endlessly the same old crap . I doubt today's writers could even get the skills set back, as the concepts are so foreign to them . . .. What a shame.
Lou Pole so true i am a writer myself these writers from 50 's and 60's were really on point with content and delivery of the story..
WELL SAID THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO
This condition exists in all fields today.My theory is that the culprit is modern birth control has allowed the intelligent people to limit their family size resulting in far fewer intelligent people.
Lou Pole w
@Southeastern777 You're very condescending. You're watching some one else's work and taking credit for his creativity and imagination.
What a great cast.
Jeffrey Hunter was a good actor as well as handsome. Sad how he died so young.
Unfortunate for him his wife at the time urged him to decline the role of the Captain in Star Trek because she felt it was beneath him and wanted him to focus on the movies. Fortuitous for a 40 year old Canadian Shakespearean actor☺
@@Vps-eb7ej What a dumb broad! He would of been set for life! Not to mention, all the Star Trek movies.
Hope the cat was ok
Died at 42 years old.
Lloyd was gorgeous. Always enjoyed his intensity.
Thank you.....many more please.
1:20. The best acting advice tony Curtis ever got, his first role was a bellhop, the cab pulls up ,but before the scene the director says to tony, " you just want a tip".
Such classic writing
🎉😂❤Thank you for a fun rainy day!!
Hastings is a stand-in for Howard Hughes.
Great veteran actor WARREN STEVENS arguing with JEFF HUNTER!!!!
15:10, J.Hunter goes up to the penthouse.
Another Star Trek connection
Funny how I’ve seen Warren Stevens a hundred times and never knew his name!
Oh I thought it was 101 times before you learned his name.
I guess I was off by one.
I was close, though.
Only John Williams would conjure a bold tv theme
Strange parallel to Howard Hughes, but didn't he become a recluse later in the 60s?
Yes!
The thing with the specs really got on my wick!
Thank you.
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I recognize several of the male characters from various Westerns.
I think Jeff Hunter was offered about 16 drinks in this epi. I agree with everyone here; no one of my faves either.
Tippi Hedren was pretty/ perfect figure and I'm sure a nice lady. But her acting was always very stiff with no expression in her dialogue nor any emotion in her face/or body movements. She had the very same expression if she laughed or cried.
Miss Hedren was first rate as usual and well cast in this episode.
The role required a woman of mystery and Miss Hedren delivered.
Agree about T. H. She was lovely to watch but I never believed her characters. She seemed to play them all exactly the same.
I would say Tippi's acting is subtle
❤she is a gracious woman too
I wondering if the writer/s had Howard Hughes in mind when they made this episode?
Hey maby! i forgot about them.
Read the book Atlas Shrugged for some surreal insight into corporate construction, written by Ayn Rand.
I'm sure of it. Hughes lost everything because he lived without faith or virtue.
Back win cars were big and roomy and had bigger engines. You had to use a little muscle to roll windows up and down. You had room to set your drive in meals and glove box doors to hold more drinks. I would enjoy owning one of those boats 😃
When we see these clips of ordinary life we realize how disgusting 2024 is: awful clothes, awful shoes, awful hair, awful tattoos ... humanity has sunk.
Was this series rerun in syndication in the late '60's? The opening credits sequence looks so familiar, but I was born in '62. No way I could remember something when I was 2 or 3.
The networks would sometimes run these shows as summer replacements, or late at night after the night time talk shows like Carson, Cavett, or Joey Bishop. As TV started showing 24 hours a day (even in the 60's many stations went off the air after midnight or 1 am), stuff like this would be run at 3 or 4 in the morning. For those of us who worked the night shift, it was better than nothing. I'm a nurse and worked the night shift in an emergency room, after about 1:30 in the morning we usually didn't see any patients again until after 6:30 in the morning, so we'd just sit in the waiting room and watch tV most nights.
32:26 Traingasm!
I don't think I fully understand this one.
Yeah, I have to agree with the person who asked what Hitchcock saw in Tippi Hedren. Can she move her face?
If you're implying she had Botox then no, it hadn't been used yet, nor did she have any plastic surgery!
You're just unkind.
You can always learn to be kind. It's easy - just Be kind. 🥀
Having watched this great show 6 or 7 times, I'm wondering..... who was right about Hastings, Wilton or Girard? What therapy could have restored his mind in 1965 -- if ever? Wasn't the penthouse the best life he could possibly ask? If there were relatives to take him in, they'd surely have been aware of the situation.
I really want to know. Thoughts and facts, please!
Wilton already confessed he was going to have Hastings committed, once he'd gained enough trust of the people around him, so I think it's fairly obvious who was right and who was wrong.
@@Kiinell Thanks for the reply, but I don't think that's quote solves it.
DONT HURT THE MOMMYS LITTLE BABY BOY
Not sure that was actually Twilight Zone but see!!!? I told you, the OLD ones were better!
Have you seen the crap some serials are calling Twilight Zone?!
to serve man.
The barman looks & sounds a lot like Johnny Carson
do knot put animals tn boxes
Men looked so handsome back then in form-fitting dark sleek suits and narrow ties and shiny shoes.
People used to care what others thought about them, so we never left our house without looking our best.
Oh, here we go….nostalgia and tropes galore
Our Dads were the last Men Gentlemen😢 how sad
Loved the eyeglasses!
When I was a kid this was so real to us. We loved it.
Just discovered this fabulous series. Great scripts. Famous actors. Tight direction. Great setttings. Luscious colour. Way ahead of any thing today.
Simon F...and this series was yesterday
@Simon F These are from a period of time with maybe 4 or 5 TV channels that were free and no cell phones. Good days indeed.
I remember watching this series with my mom in 1965 when I was 5 years old. The prelude music and opening scenes with the cartoonish characters use to terrify me!
People were good looking back then.
And More Stylish
Agree!
Jeffrey Hunter and Tippi Hedren! AWESOME! 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
I see she survived the birds. She's good
Tippi, excellent actress and attractive. Jeffrey Hunter, the ORIGINAL Star Trek Captain! An all-star cast. 😃
He also portrayed "Jesus of Nazareth"!
Beautiful film!
@Joeblow-ms3cv....Yes about Jeffrey Hunter. And the man who played the business manager, Warren Stevens....I think...also was on the original Star Trek.
Theme by John Williams. What a legend 👍🏻. There's 2 versions of the theme. This show was also called Crisis.
You mean "Johnny" Williams.
I think it is strange that the comments under this video seem to blame Wolf for his mental illness. Wolf did not choose to go insane. Neither is he a bad man because he is insane.
The real villain of this movie is Wolf's brother, who willingly kept Wolf away from anyone who might have been able to help him, in the pursuit of financial benefit.
60's style is beautiful.
Love the fireplace in the middle of the living room.
everything is still in style
@@shydreamguyman4098, early to mid-sixties kitsch! How about a "cocktail table" with a miniature creek with a waterfall!? Not kidding!
Mid Century Modern style is the greatest.
Tippi Hedren,such elegance and style in an intriguing and mesmerising movie
I was 5 and would watch TV with my dad, all the detective shows. Thanks for video.
This was the world when I was a baby.
Never heard of Kraft theatre before and only was randomly suggested this. Although I will seek out more of these now, I do agree with a lot of comments, Tippi Hedren cannot act, is more wooden than the table she sat at, the storyline didn't make much sense. How any people can strike up such as close relationship as the two leads within only a few hours of meeting is ridiculous also. Plus the cat scene was very unpleasant and a ridiculous idea of a distraction.
This was much better than the garbage on tv today for sure.
Thank you for posting this. Bochner, Hedren and Hunter terrific.
Douglas Heyes directed a number of classic Twilight Zones.
I like thees old movies people have recpect for dressing properly not like nowadays sex sex sex wtf their is a time and a place for that kind of thing ❤️❤️❤️
Still not sure if your kind of place is y kind of place for that thing. lol As a slightly aging USA Polock, I do agree that sex has been used (progressive, started with the 60 hippy counter culture), to create dysfunction in a society. Great minds that could have created great things with free enterprise have massively been sabotaged and sacrificed. For a real life example, I have a slightly older brother with a 145 IQ, who was sharper than Bill Gates, (and worked for him early, but 10 years younger), who could have competed with the limes of Bill Gates, created a fantastic company hiring hundreds or thousands of employees, (how mankind got out of poverty), getting them out of poverty and giving them opportunity just like gated gave my brother. But what happened is he discovered he was Gay in late 70's HS, he did get rich working for Gates, but he became a gay political activist instead. What a waste of mind! How "Progressive!" How do we measure those losses? Really, how do we measure those losses?
Love Tippi Hedren. Marnie was my favorite film, I think she's wonderful. Thanks for the upload!
Same here, Tippi was a good actress.
Last scene rather frightening when you think what ( unfortunately ) happened in real life to Jeffrey Hunter ( a good actor )
Greed pure greed. I see it today. I see it in the "loser" children of elders who are abused by their children for their assets for their homes. I've watched as people sell their souls for a home as they kill their parents and destroy others for stuff. Incredible show!
@Gary Nelson How right you are Gary Happy Trails my Freind.
We must live on the same street! I seen the same shit......
If you're referring to the Menendez brothers you never heard THEIR stories & it's horrific. And it "souls".
Souls*
This is fiction!! Why do you comment as if it were a documentary?
I think the executive building office decor in this was the blueprint for the entire "Mad Men" TV series set! 🛋
Jefferey Hunter played Christopher Pike in the original Star Trek pilot but turned down the tv series to concentrate on films. He died as a result of an explosion on the set of a movie resulting in a concussion and later a fall in his home and brain hemorrage and untimely death at only 42.
This was excellent, thank you
What a weird dark movie reminiscent of The Twilight Zone. Can’t say I enjoyed it.
The script was taken off the mormon taking of Howard Hughes fortune.
So was the rumor of the time.
Tipping still wearing green, same as in the Birds!
The piece of music playing at the start of this, "Tomorrow" was written for a Wagon Train episode by John(ny) Williams and then used extensively in The Virginian. Fans of that show will recognise it as the music played at dances.
He takes "extraordinary precautions" to keep the world out of his home; but doesn't buy a $10 lock for the penthouse door?
Qiut you idiotic nitpicking..It a goddamn movie you idiot!
Richard Fallstich uncensor
Probably no change left after buying the appartment, many expensive houses have big older cars with private plates so they look rich without spending and wasting money on new cars they don't need.
Back then it wouldn't have cost $3.00
A well paid working man's monthly salary was about $75.00
Wellll, if we're going to start picking, Gerard wouldn't have heard the train record from the elevator or even the terrace -- ditto Miss W. reading to Hastings, the elevator to "penthouse" opens onto the terrace. I don't think the cat would have logistically made a very good decoy, and when Wilton and his thugs showed up at the penthouse (opening its door wide no less) the 3 people in the living room would have seen them a lot sooner.
That's simply how acted things are, from the greatest movie to the lowliest soap episode -- even operas. But The Trains of Silence is still a damn good show and I'm watching it repeatedly, seeing something new each time.
Intro music and atmosphere sounds & feels like the vintage TV series "the Invaders." Petite Tippi's daughter: Melanie Griffith and granddaughter Dakota Johnson. During the 60s we missed alot of TV shows because we were out cruising...thanks for posting this missed series. gr-granny NM
At 25:15, I would take the check, go home and cash it.
THEN, I would come back to attend to 'unfinished business'. But that wouldn't make as good a plot, and I don't think he will.
(No spoilers here, because I haven't seen it beyond this point yet. I'm just conjecturing.)
05jun2024
KST.Kraft Suspense Theatre.[S2E28].-The Trains of Silence.(_6.9_/ A geologist from Vancouver,Canada comes to the U.S. to see his old college roommate who is now a reclusive Howard Hughes-ish multi-millionaire industrialist. He has a mining investment to propose but is not allowed to see his friend,is rudely treated by the man's staff and is almost murdered.After being "bought off", he persists and finds an unexpected result.//
Shame Tippi Hedren always played the same character no matter what film/TV series she was in.
Jeffrey Hunter accomplished the finest characterisation of Jesus Christ in “The King of Kings” (circa 1962)-then he took a fall in the bathtub and was killed. He also played the captain in the Star Trek pilot. Shatner wasn’t the preferred choice for the role.
Good movie! It reminds me of the good old days.
Gosh dang . Creepy back then and still creepy now. what a great show.
I love the color, it's perfect to be viewed on my vintage tv set. Thanks.
I am watching it on youtube wow isn't it wonderful???
The beautiful & special Tippi !
The acting was great but I did not understand the plot.
I just discovered this series I am watching all you have while I clean house.. I love it
Mr. Hitchcock allegedly prevented Hedren from appearing in anything!!!
How did she get to make this one???
my thoughts exactly!
She was loaned out I think and then she did get Hitchcock to release her from a 7 year contract. She had served about 4 years of it maybe less. Fact is though who would take such a filthy role in `The Countess from Hong Kong`. Here was the Golden Girl whom hitchcock had spent millions top create. She takes a cheap shoddy role as the wife of the American ambassador, Chaplin`s mouthpiece for all he hated about America. She says `If you can`t make love, make money`. Hitchcock parodies this in `Frenzy` when Blaney says of Barbara, `She can`t make love so she sells it and she makes money`.
Incomprehensible and boring !!
Jeffrey Hunter is adorable in his professor glasses.
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I love this series!
me. too
Why oh why did Timeless video not release this..I recently discovered this and some of these are so good...
Tippi Hendren is Melanie Griffin's mother
I meant Griffith
And Dakota Johnson's grandmother
A story plot with a bizarre tone to it. Wolf was the one who was trapped by the man who took over the world wide business. This man would deal with those who did not conform in such a sinister manner, which includes murder.
Some of the background music and the "enforced consumption of alcohol" reminds me of North by Northwest.
Was this guy Fred the same actor as Pike on the Star Trek pilot?
Jeff Hunter,a fabulous star,not a method actor,but he had a great style,very busy star,always in movies and TV shows,interesting that his wife controlled what he would do and negotiated his fees,would he of been a affective lead for Star Trek, if his wife hadn't made exorbitant demands to the producers ,he would of been the lead,yes he would of been good,but no were near as effective as Shatner,interesting to speculate,
Fun to see Captain Christopher Pike from the first episode of Star Trek and both episodes of The Menagerie in another role.
The not so thinly-veiled reference to Howard Hughes is evident in this, which was pretty gutsy at the time, as Hughes still owned a good deal of the entertainment industry at the time. He, like the extremely eccentric character seen here, was a real nut in the last couple of decades of his life.
He was an example of what happens to people who live without moral values (or without faith)
A fake character.
@@Fred-mp1vf Left to a reprobate mind perhaps?
@@Fred-mp1vf Like all billionaires.
Why is it a crime to be sick and want to be left alone
When we abandon the anchor of faith, we live without purpose and we lose everything -- including our sanity.
That’s what’s happened to our world.
And America. They are coming for us now!
Cultists are such a bore.
Capt Pike!
Tippi can act!
Suspenseful!
And the moral of the story is: never trust a man in a silk dressing gown.
Hmmm, if you see a man in his dressing gown, then that means you must know him pretty well, therefore must trust him, as otherwise you wouldn't be there!
Unless it's a "one night stand" but then, he wouldn't bother with a dressing gown but I don't know, as have not taken a part in one night stand!🤭
@@E-Kat 😂👍
Tippi Hedren. Love it.
Jeffrey Hunter the Clark Kent look-a-like: 1:41 Why be Clark Kent, when you can be Superman.
+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D.
I still remember the classic MAD Magazine satire "Superduperman"...
Excellent show!
Jeff Hunter looks young here. It’s only his grey hair that stops him looking in his mid 30’s
This episode must have been based on Howard Hughes from back in the 1960's. Now it depicts the ethics and business tactics that the evil-doers in 'private equity' engage-in while doing their hostile take-over BS.
Thanks GR. Glad I watched, but at the same time won't be one of my favorites. Does have a bit of intrigue, as to what is really going on. Jeffrey Hunter was a good looking man. Know I've seen him in other roles hopefully that were better, but no memory of anything that stuck in the memory bank. Tippy was a pretty woman, yet I've never cared for her acting. Hitchcock must have been in love with her looks.
Jeffrey Hunter was the first captain of the starship Enterprise on Star Trek the pilot episode..he played Capt. Christopher Pike. He also played Jesus Christ in a much later film.
He was one of the hottest guys to play Jesus.
They just took a page out of the Howard Hughe story.
Thank you many.....more please