A man finds himself trapped in his mind, unable to break through an important memory which will make it possible for the police to catch the person who killed the woman he loves. A strange man keeps calling and finally comes over to say he can help this poor man remember an important number.
The ending, which will go unspoken here to avoid spoiling it, is the reason why the two previous posters did not like this episode. I for one loved the ending. Sure, there were many other choices and reasons for what the man had done, but since the viewers can easily remember the license plate, through the art of the cameraman, it is a wonderfully ironic ending which is so much less obvious than any other could be and makes you shake your head at bullet headed authority. One has to wonder what will happen next to this poor guy and his Svengali and the cops. The acting is wonderful by two Hitchcock regulars
The ending, which will go unspoken here to avoid spoiling it, is the reason why the two previous posters did not like this episode. I for one loved the ending. Sure, there were many other choices and reasons for what the man had done, but since the viewers can easily remember the license plate, through the art of the cameraman, it is a wonderfully ironic ending which is so much less obvious than any other could be and makes you shake your head at bullet headed authority. One has to wonder what will happen next to this poor guy and his Svengali and the cops. The acting is wonderful by two Hitchcock regulars