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Into Thin Air

  • Episode aired Oct 30, 1955
  • TV-14
  • 30m
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6.8/10
1.7K
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Mary Forbes and Patricia Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

When a young English woman leaves her ailing mother in a Paris hotel room to procure medicine and returns later, she finds her mother is missing and all the hotel employees deny that she and... Read allWhen a young English woman leaves her ailing mother in a Paris hotel room to procure medicine and returns later, she finds her mother is missing and all the hotel employees deny that she and her mother were ever there.When a young English woman leaves her ailing mother in a Paris hotel room to procure medicine and returns later, she finds her mother is missing and all the hotel employees deny that she and her mother were ever there.

  • Director
    • Don Medford
  • Writers
    • Marian B. Cockrell
    • Alexander Woollcott
  • Stars
    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Patricia Hitchcock
    • Geoffrey Toone
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Don Medford
    • Writers
      • Marian B. Cockrell
      • Alexander Woollcott
    • Stars
      • Alfred Hitchcock
      • Patricia Hitchcock
      • Geoffrey Toone
    • 27User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Top Cast13

    Alfred Hitchcock
    Alfred Hitchcock
    • Self - Host
    Patricia Hitchcock
    Patricia Hitchcock
    • Diana Winthrop
    • (as Pat Hitchcock)
    Geoffrey Toone
    Geoffrey Toone
    • Basil Farnham
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Sir Everett
    Maurice Marsac
    Maurice Marsac
    • Clerk
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
    Ann Codee
    Ann Codee
    • Doctor's Wife
    Gerry Gaylor
    • Maid
    John Mylong
    John Mylong
    • Doctor
    Albert D'Arno
    • Bellhop
    • (as Albert d'Arno)
    Peter Camlin
    • Porter
    Jack Chefe
    • Detective
    Michael Hadlow
    • Maris
    • Director
      • Don Medford
    • Writers
      • Marian B. Cockrell
      • Alexander Woollcott
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    • Trivia
      The story is based on a late 19th Century legend known as the Vanishing Hotel Room. It previously served as the basis for one of the segments of Eerie Tales (1919) and the film So Long at the Fair (1950).
    • Quotes
      • [first lines]
      • Himself - Host: Tonight we are going to tell the story of a woman who disappears into thin air. By the way, have you noticed that thin air seems to be the type of air most conducive to disappearances? There, certainly, is a fact well worth knowing. Now, in case you seem to recognize parts of the story, don't be alarmed. It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind. Many, many people have borrowed this legend, quite profitably, too. Two novels have been written about it, and it has been made into a motion picture called "The Lady Vanishes." Once by no less a personage than, uh, Alfred Hitchcock. It was also related by Alexander Woollcott in his book, "While Rome Burns." Here, following our sponsor's all too brief message, is our version of that famous old tale. Now I had better get out of the way to enable you to see better. May I have a bit of thin air, please?
    • Connections
      References The Lady Vanishes (1938)
    • Soundtracks
      Funeral March of a Marionette
      Written by Charles Gounod

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 30, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Filming locations
      • Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Shamley Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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