In an alfred Hitchcock film or short film a guy was in prison trying to escape. He agreed with the gravedigger to dig him out after he heard a bell of respect ringing the previous night. This bell of respect signified the death of inmates.
He heard the bell climbed into coffin and when awaking he decided to have a look at who in the prison had died. To his absolute horror, the one who died was the gravedigger.
Bad Luck eh!
Can you tell me the name of the film?
2006-10-12 04:56:38 · 13 answers · asked by SunGod 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Thanks to all for searches. It is not for whom the bell tolls. It is not the final escape the one with the women in it.
elderly black guy is the gravedigger the criminal is a white guy 40ish dark hair.
Black and white film. I will keep flicking through the imdb stuff. thanks again
2006-10-12 08:26:31 · update #1
I'm pretty sure it wasn't a film, but a story on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", an anthology show from the late 50s-early 60s.
2006-10-12 04:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by lee17201 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No sorry but I do know exactly which film you're talking about and it was a female prisoner wasn't it? I'm almost sure of that.
It wasn't a cinema film it was in a tv series of his short stories.
Edit: I've just been checking out some of the links on here because I'm intrigued too. If the original was made in the 60s then the version I've seen is definitely a different one from the 80s and it did star a woman as the prisoner and the coffin maker was an old black man. In the version I saw the lady offered to pay for the coffin makers eye operation (because he was going blind) if he would help her. Still don't know the name of it but it definitely was Hitchcock.
2006-10-12 04:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was definitely one of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV shows - and I believe it was a lady who was trying to escape from prison. The list of all the episodes can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055657/episodes
2006-10-12 05:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The title for the original episode from "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" is "Final Escape".
www.imdb.com/title/tt0394041/
There's a remake with a woman as the lead character:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508387/
2006-10-12 07:44:31 · answer #4 · answered by gfogler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this site, that is from an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
http://www.tv.com/alfred-hitchcock-presents/show/238/episode_listings.html?season=2&tag=nav_bar;2
2006-10-12 05:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by witchyone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, witchyone is right! It is from an episode of Hitchcock presents! Very creepy! I've seen that one too!
2006-10-12 05:14:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
for whom the bell tolls. i knew you were going to describe that film when i saw your opening line Hitchcock. watched it when i was 8 and been shitting myself ever since....
2006-10-12 07:58:08 · answer #7 · answered by charlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 13:29:47 · answer #8 · answered by scheiber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the film you mean, but I'm not entirely sure it was hitchcock...I always thought it was a vincent price movie!
2006-10-12 05:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by gromitski 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cool.
I have no idea.
but it sounds like a Twilight Zone
or a Night Gallery kind of story....
2006-10-12 05:00:16 · answer #10 · answered by Zippy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋