Darlin Husband found him a bit of a cad from the get-go after they clashed at their first meeting. However, in time it was clear as this story continued that this bolshy character was concerned about himself first and then his girlfriend. Initially, when his character answers the phone to Janice, he seems a nice guy, concerned for his lover and wanting the best for her. Segal played his character so ambiguously at first. I did like this creepy and sinister role from Segal. But will she do it? Tune in to discover all… So he chillingly encourages her to kill her husband, by smothering him with a cushion… as he gives Janice precise instructions on how to kill Ed and then how to dispose of the body. But he doesn’t want to cause a scandal by her moving to Hollywood to be with him, in case it harms his acting career. She ends up losing her marriage and career, for this man who she would do anything to please.īack in the present day, however, Larry tells her he is keen for them to get together as a couple but only when she is free from her marriage. In time after their affair starts, she recommends him for roles over other actors. At her place, after some more sparring, they end up kissing. She turns him down, but he is very persistent and seems keen to spend time with her.Īfter she sprains her ankle as she walks to the taxi to go home, he scoops her up and takes her to the taxi. He confronts her as she’s waiting for a taxi, and asks her to lunch. Larry and Janice meet accidentally after his unsuccessful audition after he doesn’t convince the crew and doesn’t get the role. But despite her telling him he hasn’t made the audition, he brazenly pushes past her and makes his way into the office and auditions. Larry gets a bit angry that he doesn’t make the final three actors that she selects for an audition and he tells her so. She’s a happily married casting director whose husband is away. Janice and Larry meet during a casting call in New York. And by the power of flashbacks, this story is told. As she talks to Larry, Janice remembers how they met and how they fell in love while her husband was out of town. She tells him she is missing him and wants to be with him but Ed won’t divorce her. Larry takes charge of the situation as Janice is pretty hysterical. ![]() He looks like he is doing well for himself too as he’s got a debut role as a leading man coming up and a lovely apartment. Her lover is a successful actor, Larry Duke (George Segal) who is in Hollywood. ![]() She is in a bit of a state, and it’s late at night in New York, and she wakes him up to ask him for advice. Their fight really is painful to watch both literally and figuratively.Īfter this fight, Janice phones her younger lover, Larry Duke (George Segal) rather than call the police. At the end of the fight, there is broken furniture, she is in tears and he’s collapsed unconscious on the floor in a drunken stupor. This is as Ed confronts Janice about her affair in her New York Home. The A Nice Touch episode starts with a physical fight between a drunken husband, Ed Brandt (Harry Townes) and his wife Janice (Anne Baxter). Actresses included Angie Dickinson, Vera Miles and Carol Lynley. Other stars that appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Hour included Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, Lawrence Harvey and Lee Majors. This episode is presented by this famous director of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and movies such as Family Plot (1976). It was with some luck I discovered this episode of Alfred Hitchcock Hour, in a Season 2 Episode 2 called A Nice Touch (1963). I have of course seen him in other movies – as diverse as Rollercoaster (1977) and Look Who’s Talking (1989) and more – but none of his television work. These three performances in three different genres show just a little of the versatility of this much award winning and often award nominated actor. Segal won a Golden Globe for this performance as a married man who starts a casual affair with Glenda Jackson’s character Vicky, only for the pair to fall in love. However, my favourite film role of his career was in the romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973), where he starred in a leading man role. ![]() This was one of his first film supporting roles and his performance won an Oscar nomination. More recently, I spotted him in his early film role in a drama with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). I was sad to hear of the passing of George Segal, an actor who I watched in the cinema the recent disaster movie, 2012(2009). The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Bande announce, Digital Ciné
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