The Diplomatic Corpse

Episode aired Dec 8, 1957
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Peter Lorre, George Peppard, and Mary Scott in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.

Director
- Paul Henreid
Writers
- Robert C. Dennis
- Alec Coppel
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

699

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Henreid
Writers
- Robert C. Dennis
- Alec Coppel
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The story is a variation of the Urban Legend often called "Grandmother on the roof rack" which was current in the US and western Europe from at least the late 1940s.

Goofs
Early in the show, when talking with the Mexican border guard, there are three people in Evan's car (him as the driver, his wife next to him, and the wife's aunt in the back seat). But, in the very next clip, as the car is slowing to park alongside a curb, only Evan the driver, is in the car. And, after the car has stopped, all three people are now magically back in the car.

Quotes
[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Two men looking like Hitchcock in large sombreros covering their faces are sitting asleep and snoring away on opposite ends of a huge hardcover book with its text block facing the camera; the real Hitchcock on the left of the book wakes up and turns to the audience] Good evening, senors and senoras, and members of our little "Book of the Week" club. Originally, I was to play a different role, but I proved to be a rather bulky bookmark.
[gets up]
Alfred Hitchcock: Tonight's little volume takes us to exotic nearby Mexico, home of the tortilla, the bullfight, and the 40-hour coffee break. It is called, "The Diplomatic Corpse". Allow me.
[goes to book and opens the cover, then looks back at the audience]