Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.
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Did you know
- TriviaHitchcock is referring to the Disney cartoon "Who Killed Cock Robin?" in his outro. That cartoon figures quite prominently in the Hitchcock film "Sabotage."
- GoofsInspector Davidson makes several references to a revolver but, the weapon on the floor with which the Count was shot is an automatic pistol.
- Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Those of you who have been sitting on the edge of your chairs since last time will be glad to know that tonight we shall definitely present the final chapter in our story, "I Killed the Count." For those of you who have missed the earlier installments, or have lost your scorecards, I shall present a résumé. Within a few hours after Count Victor Mattoni was found dead in his London flat with a single bullet hole in his head, the detectives found themselves with three persons, each of whom confessed that he, and he alone, killed the count. They were Bernard Froy, an American; Mullet, the lift man; and Lord Sorrington, an important industrialist. In each case, there is some corroborating evidence. Mullet obligingly left his fingerprints on the count's wallet; Froy had written an incriminating letter; and Lord Sorrington's pistol was found on the scene. There was also a fourth bit of evidence. Skin and blood under the count's fingernails, indicated he had scratched his assailant, yet none of the three suspects bore any scratches.
[Hitchcock is tiring visibly]
Alfred Hitchcock: Neither Froy, nor Lord Sorrington, nor...
[breathlessly]
Alfred Hitchcock: I don't know why I bother to explain all of this,
[swallows]
Alfred Hitchcock: for the brief three scenes which preface tonight's story will make everything quite clear.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Sajan (1969)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
It's Inspector Davidson's assistant Det. Raines, Charles Davis, who comes up with a clue to why these four admitted murderers are so willing to take the rap in the Count's murder. And it turns out to be a fool proof way to keep the actual killer of Count Mattoni from facing justice and paying for his or her crime! A crime that everyone feels was fully justified.
***SPOILERS*** Like the saying four into one don't go the fact that four persons admitted to a murder that only one actually committed short circuited the courts from prosecuting the actual murderer. But fear not "The Master" Alfred Hitchcock came up with a answer, like he always does, in how this baffling murder case was finally solved and those responsible paying for it in the final few minutes of the program. An answer that was far more bizarre and confusing then the murder and the cover up of it was.
- sol1218
- Mar 28, 2013
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1