Welcome back to another installment of Saturday Frights! This evening for your viewing enjoyment we have episode 15 from Season 5 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled ‘Man From The South”. This 1960 episode stars Steve McQueen (The Great Escape, Bullitt) as a young man who runs afoul of Peter Lorre (M, Casablanca), an unpleasant man who plays on the young man’s own greed and wish to impress a woman he has just met, played by McQueen’s then wife Neile Adams, by offering him a rather gruesome wager.
So turn off the lights and get comfy, grab your favorite beverage and snack as you join us with Saturday Frights and the “Man From The South”!
[Via] TL Ricketts
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After you watch the original, watch this remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nswF0mO504. Terrified me as a kid.
Absolutely, Doug! Thank you for sharing the remake…take a look at that cast. John Huston, Melanie Griffith, Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren, and Steven Bauer. Though to be honest…I think McQueen had a bit more charm than Bauer. :)
An amazing ensemble with Alfred Hitchcock piloting the entire series. I always enjoyed these kinds of serials, especially on the television.
You are quite right, James. Miss TV shows like this but at least we can watch the classics still, right? :)