James Best, Billy Barty, George Lindsey, Jane Darwell, Jocelyn Brando (Marlon's sister) and Pat Buttram as the star of this piece.
Collin Wilcox is his wife, Thedy Sue.
With this lineup, they were backwoods country folk. Buttram would entertain the locals with a jar containing a mysterious content. They would marvel at it or try to guess what it was, I can't remember.
It has been over 30 years since I have seen this thing, but Wilcox's scream (as well as Buttram slowly pursuing her) and the results scared me tremendously as a child.
Mr. Haney on Green Acres wasn't a lovable figure for me as a kid, after seeing this black and white program.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." "Meow, meow." Can you believe it could send shivers down a spine? Then out came the jar. The locals looked at it, wondered about it. What could it be.
And the little girl stepped forward and, smiling, read what she saw. The name 'Thedy Sue' which was known to be printed on her hair ribbons.
Now I don't recall the details of why Buttram put his wife's head in that jar, but I definitely got the message.
Funny thing is, Buttram would do a similar sinister turn on the very short lived ABC show "The Dark Room" hosted by James Coburn. Only about seven episodes were made.
In that one, Buttram would deliver unsuspecting wanderers, in this instance, it was David Carradine, to a sea monster for dinner, with Buttram collecting any money and jewelry they may have had.
But this Hitchcock story was much scarier.
Collin Wilcox is his wife, Thedy Sue.
With this lineup, they were backwoods country folk. Buttram would entertain the locals with a jar containing a mysterious content. They would marvel at it or try to guess what it was, I can't remember.
It has been over 30 years since I have seen this thing, but Wilcox's scream (as well as Buttram slowly pursuing her) and the results scared me tremendously as a child.
Mr. Haney on Green Acres wasn't a lovable figure for me as a kid, after seeing this black and white program.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." "Meow, meow." Can you believe it could send shivers down a spine? Then out came the jar. The locals looked at it, wondered about it. What could it be.
And the little girl stepped forward and, smiling, read what she saw. The name 'Thedy Sue' which was known to be printed on her hair ribbons.
Now I don't recall the details of why Buttram put his wife's head in that jar, but I definitely got the message.
Funny thing is, Buttram would do a similar sinister turn on the very short lived ABC show "The Dark Room" hosted by James Coburn. Only about seven episodes were made.
In that one, Buttram would deliver unsuspecting wanderers, in this instance, it was David Carradine, to a sea monster for dinner, with Buttram collecting any money and jewelry they may have had.
But this Hitchcock story was much scarier.