Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

I Killed the Count: Part 3 (1957)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

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.

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : I knew we'd finish that story if we kept at it. I'm sure Inspector Davidson is longing for the good old days when on investigating a robin's death, he simply went out and arrested the first sparrow he saw carrying a bow and an empty quiver. A policeman's lot is not a happy one. However, the Inspector's bulldog spirit did finally pay off, and our little band of conspirators eventually faced trial. Fortunately, they were let off with light sentences. In fact, when the jury found out what kind of a chap the count was, it recommended the defendants for the Order of the Garter. This, of course, was the end of our trilogy. Next time we shall resume our policy of telling a complete story on each program.

  [Hitchcock leans slightly forward politely] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : I hope you will join us then. Good night.