"Breakdown" is a famous but very, very, very disturbing installment of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It also received an Emmy Award for its editing.
When the story begins, you see that Willam Callew (Joseph Cotten) is a rich but very hard man. He's humorless and when he has an older employee fired, he complains to his friend that the man should essentially take it and stop whining...and not be so emotional.
A bit later, Callew is driving home and a horrible accident occurs. Many folks are killed and he's completely paralyzed from head to toe. He cannot talk nor close his eyes and by all appearances he is dead. But he is alive and you hear Callew's voice as he talks to himself. This continues for about 80% of the episode...and when they wheel him into the morgue, it's quite disturbing! Does he stand a chance of anyone noticing that he isn't dead....just very, very badly injured.
This is well made...no doubt about it. But it's also very disturbing and something that some might just want to pass on because of it.
When the story begins, you see that Willam Callew (Joseph Cotten) is a rich but very hard man. He's humorless and when he has an older employee fired, he complains to his friend that the man should essentially take it and stop whining...and not be so emotional.
A bit later, Callew is driving home and a horrible accident occurs. Many folks are killed and he's completely paralyzed from head to toe. He cannot talk nor close his eyes and by all appearances he is dead. But he is alive and you hear Callew's voice as he talks to himself. This continues for about 80% of the episode...and when they wheel him into the morgue, it's quite disturbing! Does he stand a chance of anyone noticing that he isn't dead....just very, very badly injured.
This is well made...no doubt about it. But it's also very disturbing and something that some might just want to pass on because of it.