The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Night of the Owl (1962)
Season 1, Episode 3
5/10
Night of the Owl
27 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
While the two bad boys (as the brain and the muscle) as well as the father act very well in their roles, this episode suffers from various problems:
  • There isn't a case in the first place. After the blackmail attempt daddy just needs to tell his daughter that she was adopted and under which circumstances ("Honey, we need to talk"). THE END.
  • All scenes between the parents and the kids, but especially the scence between the mother and their two daughters are a pure cringefest.
  • Even with the blackmail going along the climax in the woods could have been handled so much better. If the daughter just went home as told to do and daddy shoots the remaining bad guy off the tree (could easily plead selfdefence / defence of property as the attacker was armed) all problems would have been solved and the daughter would have never known.


5/10
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