A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.
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- TriviaThe story is a variation of the Urban Legend often called "Grandmother on the roof rack" which was current in the US and western Europe from at least the late 1940s.
- GoofsEarly in the show, when talking with the Mexican border guard, there are three people in Evan's car (him as the driver, his wife next to him, and the wife's aunt in the back seat). But, in the very next clip, as the car is slowing to park alongside a curb, only Evan the driver, is in the car. And, after the car has stopped, all three people are now magically back in the car.
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[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Two men looking like Hitchcock in large sombreros covering their faces are sitting asleep and snoring away on opposite ends of a huge hardcover book with its text block facing the camera; the real Hitchcock on the left of the book wakes up and turns to the audience] Good evening, senors and senoras, and members of our little "Book of the Week" club. Originally, I was to play a different role, but I proved to be a rather bulky bookmark.
[gets up]
Alfred Hitchcock: Tonight's little volume takes us to exotic nearby Mexico, home of the tortilla, the bullfight, and the 40-hour coffee break. It is called, "The Diplomatic Corpse". Allow me.
[goes to book and opens the cover, then looks back at the audience]
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
Here is the first time what the couple does makes zero sense. Instead of going to the nearest police station or hospital, they stop at a cantina for a drink! And, when they finish, they find that their car AND aunt have been stolen. Here is zero sense incident number two. Instead of going to the police, they hire a private detective (Peter Lorre) to find the car! Here is zero sense incident number three...they mention the car but never mention the aunt!! I hate when shows have huge plot holes like this...and they are HUGE in "The Diplomatic Corpse". And, I won't even bother saying more about having Lorre (who was born in Slovakia) playing a Mexican!!
All this occurs in the first half of the show...and I must admit that I pretty much checked out on the episode after this. What follows, whether good or bad, simply cannot rescue this completely illogical show. A terrible episode.
- planktonrules
- Mar 8, 2021
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1