The Right Kind Of House is an above average Hitchcock episode. I'd rate it higher but for the ending seeming to me to have been telegraphed too early; but then not everyone's so clever at seeing where a story's going to go,--which is a mixed blessing to begin with--so there's no reason to give it away.
A retired businessman visiting a small town checks into a real estate office looking for a house. The realtor has many for sale, but the man wants a particular house, one whose owner is asking much more money for than most people would likely want to pay for such a rundown old place, and one cannot help but wonder why.
Does the house harbor a dark secret? By the end the viewer shall find out. The ambiance is, as is so often the case for the Hitchcock series, cozy, and this somewhat conceals the maneuverings of the two main characters. They are superbly played by the always reliable Robert Emhardt and Jeanette Nolan.
A retired businessman visiting a small town checks into a real estate office looking for a house. The realtor has many for sale, but the man wants a particular house, one whose owner is asking much more money for than most people would likely want to pay for such a rundown old place, and one cannot help but wonder why.
Does the house harbor a dark secret? By the end the viewer shall find out. The ambiance is, as is so often the case for the Hitchcock series, cozy, and this somewhat conceals the maneuverings of the two main characters. They are superbly played by the always reliable Robert Emhardt and Jeanette Nolan.