Very difficult to forget this story, and with shades of Charles Dickens! The end of this strange tale is definitely what Hitch wanted you to remember.
Stirling Silliphant wrote this gem, along with nine others for the master of suspense.
Patricia Owens (best known for THE FLY), plays a young woman called Stella whose husband meets a tragic death mountain climbing, his body engulfed in a massive glacier. Two fascinating events to follow.
First, another gentleman, called Mark, enters her life soon after her husband dies, the one to break the news and who eventually falls in love with her.
Secondly, Stella refuses to do a thing, putting time on hold, awaiting the re-appearance of her husband's body once the glacier moves -- which according to scientific calculations will take about 40 years!
So she waits... and waits.
If this does not have "shades" of a real life Victorian story that inspired Charles Dickens. It was about a young woman whose husband also died suddenly. She would spend the rest of her life in mourning, and as if time stood still. Dickens it's believed based his tragic female character, Mrs. Havisham in GREAT EXPECTATIONS (who was instead left standing at the alter, wearing a rotting wedding gown for the rest of her life) on the event. Definitely a connection here, again thanks to Sterling Siliphant, who obviously did the research.
Two future tv stars add some spice to the story.
Warner Klemperer, with that distinctive personality, and Patrick Mcnee, playing the wise professor, a prelude to Steed on the AVENGERS.
Of course, Sterling Siliphant was a hero to all us kids, having created the greatest of tv road adventures, ROUTE 66, also the grandfather of cop shows, NAKED CITY. Siliphant was actually fired by Walt Disney and hired by Hitchcock, an interesting insider Hollywood story in itself. Sterling later wrote IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE ENFORCER, the list goes on... An imaginative writer, and with a real cool name we'll never forget.
Not to be missed. SEASON 5 EPISODE 2 remastered dvd box set. 5 dvds. Released 2012.
Stirling Silliphant wrote this gem, along with nine others for the master of suspense.
Patricia Owens (best known for THE FLY), plays a young woman called Stella whose husband meets a tragic death mountain climbing, his body engulfed in a massive glacier. Two fascinating events to follow.
First, another gentleman, called Mark, enters her life soon after her husband dies, the one to break the news and who eventually falls in love with her.
Secondly, Stella refuses to do a thing, putting time on hold, awaiting the re-appearance of her husband's body once the glacier moves -- which according to scientific calculations will take about 40 years!
So she waits... and waits.
If this does not have "shades" of a real life Victorian story that inspired Charles Dickens. It was about a young woman whose husband also died suddenly. She would spend the rest of her life in mourning, and as if time stood still. Dickens it's believed based his tragic female character, Mrs. Havisham in GREAT EXPECTATIONS (who was instead left standing at the alter, wearing a rotting wedding gown for the rest of her life) on the event. Definitely a connection here, again thanks to Sterling Siliphant, who obviously did the research.
Two future tv stars add some spice to the story.
Warner Klemperer, with that distinctive personality, and Patrick Mcnee, playing the wise professor, a prelude to Steed on the AVENGERS.
Of course, Sterling Siliphant was a hero to all us kids, having created the greatest of tv road adventures, ROUTE 66, also the grandfather of cop shows, NAKED CITY. Siliphant was actually fired by Walt Disney and hired by Hitchcock, an interesting insider Hollywood story in itself. Sterling later wrote IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE ENFORCER, the list goes on... An imaginative writer, and with a real cool name we'll never forget.
Not to be missed. SEASON 5 EPISODE 2 remastered dvd box set. 5 dvds. Released 2012.