Toby

Episode aired Nov 4, 1956
TV-14
25m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

747

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Robert H. Harris and Mary Wickes in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

New York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.New York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.New York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.

Director
- Robert Stevens
Writers
- Victor Wolfson
- Joseph Bates Smith
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

747

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Stevens
Writers
- Victor Wolfson
- Joseph Bates Smith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Jessica Tandy appears just two episodes after her husband, Hume Cronyn.

Goofs
The character Edwina Freel holds a bottle of milk in her left hand and a key to open the door with her right. In the close up the bottle has completely disappeared as she opens the door with both hands.

Quotes
[first lines]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Hitchcock looks down as steam rises] "Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
[the camera pulls back to reveal he's heating a baby bottle then pours a few drops on his wrist]
Alfred Hitchcock: I don't know why people do this. It's not at all good for the cuffs. Takes the starch out of them. I wonder if it does that to babies? Of course, that must be the idea. As you shall soon see, tonight's play bears a relation to the foregoing, however slight. It is a tragical, comical, historical, pastoral, musical mystery entitled "Toby." "Toby" takes place in New York in 1910. And on your television screen in just a moment.

Soundtracks
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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7/10

Good sad episode made by a great supporting cast of actors.

Robert H. Harris returns for what is his fourth appearance so far in this series to play a kindly book keeper who is excited by the fact that a long lost love from his past is finally returning to him. They finally meet and reconcile, but, she's defiantly an odd one, and keeping what is said to be the baby of her deceased sister locked in a room for no one to see. The cast makes this pretty sad entry enjoyable you have Harris, character actors George Mathews, Ellen Corby, and Mary Wickes. The best however is the frantic performance from Jessica Tandy.