A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.
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- TriviaThree characters - Dr. Mack, the nurse, and Mrs. Duffin - do not appear in the episode, despite being listed in the credits.
- GoofsRosine says she poured Jonathan a single drink, but a substantial amount is missing from the bottle.
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[opening narration]
Hitchcock's Stand-In: [Chewing gum, Hitchcock's stand-in looks like a college kid with a light-coloured jacket, white shirt, checkered bow tie, slicked back hair, and an American drawl] Hiya.
[holds up a finger briefly]
Hitchcock's Stand-In: I'm not Hitchcock. I'm Alfred, his stand-in. Someone has to stand here while the lights and the cameras are adjusted and all that stuff, see? And the old boy just don't have the time. I got the job 'cause I look like him. That's what they say, but not to my face.
[looks off-camera briefly and nods in that direction]
Hitchcock's Stand-In: I see they're rolling him in. You suppose I'll look like that when I'm his age?
Alfred Hitchcock: [the real Hitchcock walks into frame] That will be all, Alfred.
Hitchcock's Stand-In: Arrivederci, daddy-O.
[Hitchcock's stand-n saunters off after an exaggerated bow]
Alfred Hitchcock: Cheeky fellow, isn't he? Unfortunately, he may soon be more than a stand-in. We are planning to send out a second company to tour the provinces, and Alfred will play my part. Which brings us to tonight's thrilling shocker. It is called "Jonathan."
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
It's worth mentioning that back when this episode was made that sons often looked up to their fathers, sought their company, went fishing with them, played sports,--and this still goes on, of course--but it was a time when in America anyway it was a Man's World. It was a patriarchal society in which fathers (presumably) knew best, and this story reflects its era accurately.
The aforementioned is for those who were not around at the time and who might find the father/son relationship downright weird. As things turn out, it is weird; on the son's part, that is, not the father's. His resentment of his father's marriage to a much younger woman (he was a widower) goes beyond resentment and turns pathological.
Jonathan plays well at many levels, as it works well as melodrama, a thriller, a psychological study of disturbed youth and probably several other things as well, and as such it offers an embarrassment of riches. The story is so complex that it could easily have been stretched out to an hour's length. It misses it mark somewhat due to time constraints, as its focus demanded a hurried last act and a hasty conclusion.
- telegonus
- Jun 30, 2017
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1