Man from the South with Peter Lorre and Steve McQueen (1960)
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2023
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960)
Season 5 Episode 15 - Man from the South
www.imdb.com/title/tt0508196/
In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.
R.I.P To A Great Actor Steve McQueen, Still Miss You Always 😢
Right on! For more McQueen, see Greg Laurie's video
@@jeph33 Will Do
The stunning Neile Adams is the only one left of the entire cast. She was 28 years old here and is still with us as of this writing in 2024 (91 years old!) This was directed by Normal Lloyd, a lifelong collaborator of Hitchcock's who also was Producer for this series along with Joan Harrison, another lifelong collaborator of Hitchcock's. Adams also appeared in a later episode in this 5th season, "One Grave Too Many," with Jeremy Slate and a supporting role played by Howard McNear (Floyd the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show.)
The short hairstyles of the 1950's and 1960's really allowed people to see the beautiful faces and profiles of young women, her simple dress and lovely form really draw the attention, Neile Adams is beautiful agreed.
Obviously she didn't smoke in REAL life!
Steves 1st wife
And Howard Mc Near, radio's Gunsmoke Doc Adams and countless other radio characters.
No matter how many times I watch Lorre act I believe he’s not acting..
The mark of a good actor!
Peter could act, and did; his sleepy-eyed look belied what he truly could do. But I would go along with the perception that his performance in Fritz Lang's M simply couldn't be topped. Picture getting the cinematic (and non-German-speaking) world's attention quite the way he did.
@@johcafra 'M' was a classic. Lorre was great in that role. I believe it was his best.
We are all on stage ...
I real life he was nothing like this.
This what Hitch called a classic 'water cooler' episode. He liked his TV shows to have shocking ending that everyone would talk about the next day, for instance around the office water-cooler. This was not typical of his films but his own idea for doing great tv.
It was originally stolen form a W. Somerset Maugham story.
@@user-lt7ne9mv9b Really? I loved Maugham's two 'anthology movies "Trio' and 'Quartet". Both of which are free to watch on UA-cam.
@@user-lt7ne9mv9b The story was actually a story by Roald Dahl.
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@@user-lt7ne9mv9b Actually, the story was written by Roald Dahl.
I never get tired of this episode - - great acting by all, and it has my favorite - Peter Lorre!
Remember him best as Bogart's side kick in " Casa Blanca ".-!!! 😉.
Never get tired of Hitch Presents.
Unfamiliar with the movie but Lorre and McQueen drew me in, and it was worth it
The fact it's in black & white makes it so much better. Peter Lorre still scares me to this day.
My favorite Hitchcock Presents episode.
I've loved noir since I can remember, and Peter Lorre is a Master of his craft. Between that reedy voice with a bit of a lisp - to his appearance, those huge eyes - he is one of a kind, a genius, a legend. My little artist brain (before the '60's), thought he was a toad, like Wind In the Willows.
He;s one of the best actors ever! people misunderstand him because of the roles he played, i would loved to see him play a heroic charactor. he'd have killed it !
16:34; "How is that? Good?"
Peter Lorre never met a scene he couldn't steal!
Having seen Tarantino's "Four Rooms" and Walter Hill's "Tales from the Crypt's" adaptation of this story, this version is so great because you have no idea what's coming. Thank you.
0:40 Gee, I wonder what attracted Tarantino to this material.
everything tarantino did was a ripoff ,he's such a fraud
My All Time Favorite Episode
lotta star power for a half hour tv show.
Thanks for sharing this classic.
Hitchcock with Lorre, then Steve and his first wife...hot as a firecracker, she could melt you with those eyes..yeowww!!
Thought so
Thank you from Manhattan ©2024
4-21-2024. Big Apple? Little Apple?
Superb ! When the old woman arrived near the end I guessed correctly why she had her one hand in her coat pocket and revealed it at the very end. The young woman co-starring with Steve McQueen looks like McQueen's first wife Filipino American actress
Neile Adams (m. 1956; div. 1972)
Very nice one thank you.❤❤
It took him 2 times to light the lighter at breakfast
I caught that also and felt it was foreshadowing.
And in the end, it didn't light for his honey pie. That I think would have been the 8th try.
Had to be intentional IMHO.
Something for those who watch it twice.
this is from a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl, called Someone Like You
Thank you
All of the variations on this episode make for interesting viewing. It makes me think of doing a video on this very subject in the near future with Tarantino's "The Man from Hollywood" as a framing device. Thanks for posting it in good quality.
One of my favs. This and home away form home
After years of tireless academically-challenging research, I discovered that Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) wrote this.
Just checking in - what have you been doing with yourself since your important research concluded?
Yes this was remade for his hosted anthology show.
You could have just googled it... xD
Hitchcock was a fan of Dahl's stories and used 6 of them in his teleplays. He also used at least that many in his anthology magazine stories.
3 minutes took me
A wonderful story. 👏👏👏
Wow...... McQueen s adaptive sponge senses........exposed to Genius of Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre, what a character on an Hitchcock production? 2 freaky guys at once
Steve McQueen set a record back in 1973 for getting 2 million dollars up front for "Papillon".William Friedkin wanted McQueen for the movie "Sorcerer", which was his follow up to a little film called"The Exorcist". McQueen wanted the script rewritten to accommodate his then wife Ali McGraw. Friedkin said forget it and hired Roy Scheider instead. After the movie bombed Friedkin said he should have accepted McQueen's conditions. Francis Coppola offered McQueen the lead in "Apocalypse Now"but didn't wanna pay McQueen's 3 million asking price because he had already agreed to pay as much to Brando. Coppola then offered McQueen a supporting role of only three weeks work. McQueen said OK, that would come 1 million dollars a week. Coppola said no thanks and the role went Robert Duvall.
ok queen !!!
First time watching this episode
Peter Lorre omg...he 's like an artistic extension of Hitchcock's presence (by his little finger)
I remember watching this as a kid and being a little freaked out by the ending… at the time I had no idea who Steve McQueen was. Great story!!!
It was an episode of “ Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected” which was a popular U.K. TV show in the 70s.
RIP Peter Lorre.
He’s a natural ,McQueen
GOOD SHOW.... 🔱⭐
Four Rooms brought me here . I’d scoured the internet before after initially renting Four Rooms to see this episode. It was hard to find until today! Thank you for sharing!
Gives a new meaning to Cool Hand Luke!
I think you mean Three Fingers Luke
You spend a Night in the Box !!
This was done on Tales of the Crypt in the 80s .John Houston played in Lorre's part..
If Peter can't heal my sore heart who else can.❤
Super creepy episode! Thanks for sharing!
Some how some way this found me. I wish it was the entire episode with AH and the theme music.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is currently streaming on Peacock, but this episode is missing! It’s one of my favorites, as is the creepy Roald Dahl story that it’s adapted from. Freaked me out when I was a kid though! 😂
That woman is absolutely stunning 😍 The perfect blend of sweet & sultry!
She is McQueen's first wife. They got married in '56. Neille Adams, a dancer..
@@keithschwartz5723 i was thinking it was a far cry to claim she was from Moscow , Id.......thanks , i wondered who she was , a real vixen who stole the show
Neile Adams is the only one left of the entire cast. She was 28 years old here and is still with us as of this writing in 2024 (91 years old!)
EXCELLENT story. My stomach was in knots. Anyone here who doesn't know Roald Dahl's adult short stories, I strongly suggest them. They never disappoint.
@@SallySallySallySally wow!
There was another version of this, also by Hitchcock, with John Houston and Kim Novak.
The episode was made in 1959, McQueen was married to Neil for 3 yrs at that time!
Amazing to me that so many ppl understood that Neil, was an absolute knockout, but didn't know she was his wife for 16 yrs....... A lifetime in Hollywood! She was the star at this time, but he eclipses her big time. Highest paid star in America in 1976. Neil's Mgr said he is a gold digger and later apologized profusely that he read McQueen wrong! True story.😊
By the time this show aired, McQueen was the star of the Top 10 TV show WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE...
LOL! never saw this one. Wasn't expecting that ending.
It's referenced in the movie Four Rooms, the fourth part of it is written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, it's one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history. They go through with the same bet. The short story by Roald Dahl has been frequently adapted. 2 notable adaptations besides this one are by American TV series Tales From The Crypt and British TV series Tales Of The Unexpected.
I saw a film called 3 rooms that I believe had a scene based on the lighter bet.
Great writer (Roald Dahl) great acting
Same story was filmed w Kim Novak by Hitch.
she gave him the finger
The hotel room looks like the Hollywood I Love Lucy episodes with a little redecorating and view.
First read this Roald Dahl story and then saw Jose Ferrer as Carlos in the British Tales of the Unexpected TV series made by Anglia Television and broadcast in 1979. All series 1 stories were by Roald Dahl and introduced by him.
I remember seeing this as a kid freaked me out forgot Steve McQueen was the guy.
McQueen with his first wife in this one "Neile Adams", then "Ali Mcgraw". "Harvey Mushman" had the same taste in woman as me. 2:43 Notice McQueen Loses the 1st time he uses the lighter a double strike on it. Thank You sir for posting.
I thought he had wanted to see the convertible before he made the bet but he’s about to start working the bet without having seen the convertible so what’s this all about since the full terms of the bet haven’t been fulfilled??? 😮😮😮
They showed the car in the 1979 version of the film, a white Jaguar. In this one we're supposed to assume they saw it before going up to the room. But obviously they didn't check the title. Keys aren't enough.
There is a version of this, in colour, Tales of the Unepected.
It's a frequently adapted short story.
That lady was Steve McQueen's first wife in real life. Hubba-hubba!
My favorite Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode. Thank you!!
Was it a Hitchcock EP where theres a dinner club that turn out to be cannibals?
@@Matthias-sl6jr "The Specialty Of The House" looks like it.
No-one was ever more sinister than Peter Lorre!
Moscow, Idaho.....greetings from Orofino....
0:04 Copyright date is MCMLIX . That's 1959 in our number system . Eons ago in roman catholic grade school we had to learn Roman numerals
Yes, but the release date on IMDB is Jan 3, 1960.
When did Peter Lorre turn into Orson Welles? Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Whew, bad everything.
This was from the Alfred Hitchcock television show.
This was from 1960 with Neile Adams his first wife.
The bet should have been if Lorrie could belly laugh for one full minute.
Oh, it took some slight of hand, did it?
Peter in his later years. Gained a bit of weight, but that voice! Often immitated but never duplicaed!
I didn't realise that Any Roald Dahl stories had been filmed for tv before the 70's
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Interesting/informative/entertaining. A nice comparison of lorrie & Mc Queen. Lorrie is ending his career & Mc Queen is starting his-!!!😉. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024) 🌈🎉💵😉.
I just watched a show called Polide Station where the room service waiter was a young JD murder. He got no credit.
It misses the very first time he tried to light her cigarette.
Is that Steve McQueen 's first wife?
I'm a huge McQueen fan and never heard or seen this before as he was known in Great Escape and Bullitt. I believe Nellie Adams happens to be his wife later?
A brandy for 40 cents & for breakfast 🤣
He was married to Neile Adams for many years. And she had a one-night stand with Maximillian Schell during troubled times in their marriage (she says so in her book).
Fastest growing actor from the blob, wanted dead or alive 2 a HUGE star -oh the luck of the irish!
Inspiration for the final scene in "Four Rooms" Movie.
Looks like an old 'Estwing hammer.
Joel Grey the bus boy . RIP He knew The Earth is Flat
That’s Marc Cavell. He also played the role of Rabbitt in “Cool Hand Luke”.
Golden
Only Peter L. Could play the part of a pathetic old man.
Why does she wear gloves that accentuate the missing fingers?? They could easily be replaced with inserts, and nobody would be the wiser.
And another thing, how many dead ferrets is she wearing around her neck??
The woman is Steve's wife (at the time), Nelie Adams.
6:45 steve missed on the first try to light his butt, weren't they paying attention?, i would have reshot that , Geez !
She is the most beautiful woman west of the Los Angeles River.
Dam TT 😲 sent me here
👎👎👎🐒🐒🐒 DAMN thing about the word DAMN is that so many DAMN STUPID people don't know the DAMN correct spelling of the word DAMN.
Still has her little finger ..
Queve McSteen! 😂
Too bad you cut the credits at the end. The woman is Neile Adams, Steve McQueen’s wife at the time.
The source that I copied this from didn't have the credits, but that's why I linked to the IMDB page in the description.
Estwing hammer
Not only that but no other then Quentin Tarantino in a movie named "4 rooms" did this same bit cept he had a 65 malibu convertible what he wagered true fact
She should have given him the car anyhow😢.
OMGosh! I remember this show in my time but not this episode, sooo riveting. Steve McQueen here in his early years must have been amazed By Peter Lorre. I don't remember the lovely young actress either.
Now that is a good looking couple.
Original short story by Roald Dahl
read synopsis, doesn't do justice to actual
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That's McQueen's first wife.
Hitch would have told the audience that Steve not going out to look at the 12:14 12:14 12:14 12:14
Tales of the unexpected Roald Dahl 1970’s