Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater (1957)

Raymond Bailey: Psychiatrist in Introduction

Quotes 

• Self - Host : [afterword] 

  Psychiatrist in Introduction : [Hitchcock is snoring on the psychiatrist's couch. The psychiatrist looks exasperated. He leans in to look closely at Hitchcock, then turns to the camera with a shushing gesture]  Shhh...

• Self - Host : [introduction] 

  Self - Host : [Hitchcock is lying on a couch with a psychiatrist sitting next to him, taking notes]  And then I dreamed I was in a huge theater, where one of my motion pictures was being shown, but the theater was absolutely empty. Not a full seat anywhere. On one wall was a gigantic mirror, and when I looked into it, I didn't see my own face. I saw my wife's. I supposed I accidentally wandered into her dream.

  Psychiatrist in Introduction : [cuts to close-up of the bespectacled psychiatrist's face]  That's not unusual. Do you and your wife sleep in a double bed or in twin beds?

  Self - Host : [close-up of Hitchcock]  Both. She has a twin, and I have a double bed.

  Psychiatrist in Introduction : [cuts back to the two men]  Of course.

  Self - Host : And then I dreamed...

  [Hitchcock turns his head and notices the audience] 

  Self - Host : Oh, good evening. As you can see, this week, I'm very much pressed for time. However, I shall be very glad to squeeze you in for our customary session. Tonight's story is about a man whose driving ambition was to become a widower. It is called "The Three Dreams of Mr Findlater."