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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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  • Episode aired Nov 29, 1959
  • TV-14
  • 30m
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Psychological ThrillerSuspense MysteryCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.

  • Director
    • Norman Lloyd
  • Writer
    • Ray Bradbury
  • Stars
    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Stephen Dunne
    • Beatrice Straight
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    • Director
      • Norman Lloyd
    • Writer
      • Ray Bradbury
    • Stars
      • Alfred Hitchcock
      • Stephen Dunne
      • Beatrice Straight
    • 20User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Alfred Hitchcock
    Alfred Hitchcock
    • Self - Host
    Stephen Dunne
    Stephen Dunne
    • Bill Fortnam
    • (as Steve Dunn)
    Beatrice Straight
    Beatrice Straight
    • Cynthia Fortnam
    Peter Lazer
    Peter Lazer
    • Tom Fortnam
    Frank Maxwell
    Frank Maxwell
    • Roger
    Cece Whitney
    • Dorothy
    Michael Burns
    Michael Burns
    • Joe
    Pat Hagerty
    • Delivery Man
    Jim O'Neill
    • Messenger
    • Director
      • Norman Lloyd
    • Writer
      • Ray Bradbury
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    • Trivia
      The verse spoken by "Roger" (played by Frank Maxwell), "By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes" is a quote from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Ray Bradbury, who wrote this 1959 episode of the series, published a full-length novel entitled "Something Wicked This Way Comes" in 1962, which was based on his 1948 short story "The Black Ferris." A 1983 movie was made with the same Bradbury title Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).
    • Quotes
      • Tom Fortnam: [sarcastically, to his mother] Boy, when are we going to have the next wet blanket sale in this house?
    • Connections
      Version of The Ray Bradbury Theater: Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Funeral March of a Marionette
      Written by Charles Gounod

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 29, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Shamley Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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