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De Mortuis

Episode aired Oct 14, 1956
TV-14
25m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

909

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Philip Coolidge and Henry Jones in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Professor Rankin's friends Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar filling a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled the hole with his unfaithfu... Read allProfessor Rankin's friends Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar filling a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled the hole with his unfaithful wife.Professor Rankin's friends Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar filling a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled the hole with his unfaithful wife.

Director
- Robert Stevens
Writers
- Francis M. Cockrell
- John Collier
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

909

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Stevens
Writers
- Francis M. Cockrell
- John Collier
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Self - Host

Robert Emhardt

Professor Rankin

Cara Williams

Irene Rankin

Henry Jones

Wally Long

Philip Coolidge

H.M. Wynant

Truck Driver
(as Haim Winant)

Bill McLean

Benny the cafe owner
(as William McLean)

Paul Frees

Swanson
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Stevens
Writers
- Francis M. Cockrell
- John Collier
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7.2909

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Trivia
The title is a shortened version of the Latin phrase "de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est" or "Speak no ill of the dead".

Quotes
[first lines]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock is wearing a dean's academic robe and mortarboard] Good evening, students of the macabre. This evening's lecture has as its text the short story "De Mortuis" translated from the Latin. This means "about the dead." At the risk of being facetious, I would like to point out that Latin is a dead language. Thank you.
[bows slightly]
Alfred Hitchcock: It is rewarding to know that there are still a few students interested in achieving high marks. If you can't hear me in the back of the room, please raise your hand and adjust the volume control. Regrettably, the author wrote only his title in Latin, and did the story in English. Writers are always compromising to attain commercial success. I shall leave it to your judgment as to whether or not it would have sounded better in Latin.