Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Into Thin Air (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Himself - Host : Oh, I'm glad to see that so many of you are still with us. There was a disturbing suggestion at the very close of our story, which I wish to clear up at once. You will be relieved to hear that Diana and Basil's story ended happily. They did not get married. And now for that part of the program you have all been waiting for... after which I'll be back.

  [Commercial break] 

  Himself - Host : And that completes our offering for tonight. However, I am not giving up. Next week, I plan to stage a comeback. I shall present another in our series of situation tragedies. Good night.

  [Exits, then returns] 

  Himself - Host : Oh, incidentally, I thought the little leading lady was rather good, didn't you?

• [first lines] 

  Himself - Host : Tonight we are going to tell the story of a woman who disappears into thin air. By the way, have you noticed that thin air seems to be the type of air most conducive to disappearances? There, certainly, is a fact well worth knowing. Now, in case you seem to recognize parts of the story, don't be alarmed. It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind. Many, many people have borrowed this legend, quite profitably, too. Two novels have been written about it, and it has been made into a motion picture called "The Lady Vanishes." Once by no less a personage than, uh, Alfred Hitchcock. It was also related by Alexander Woollcott in his book, "While Rome Burns." Here, following our sponsor's all too brief message, is our version of that famous old tale. Now I had better get out of the way to enable you to see better. May I have a bit of thin air, please?