A bit dull for a Hitchcock film; half the cast was out-acted by the corpse. The only real fun came from little Jerry Mathers, which makes me wonder, as I often do when writing these silly little comments, would any of Hitchcock's other films have been improved with an appearance by young Jerry? Or anyone from the cast of Leave it to Beaver? Ooohhh, I can see it now......
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - While taking the train to Centerville to compete in a soap-box derby, Beaver crosses paths with debonaire psychopath Eddie Haskell. Eddie becomes convinced that if he kills Beaver's hated rival Gilbert, Beaver will do his math homework for him.
ROPE - A cocky, arrogant Beaver convinces naive friend Larry Mondello to murder their pal Whitey, then brazenly invites his revered mentor Miss Canfield to solve the crime.
REAR WINDOW - Confined to his room with the chicken pox, Beaver gazes out the window and thinks he sees Fred Rutherford club his wife to death with his prized nine-iron. Beaver enlists the aid of his beautiful, high-society girlfriend Judy Hensler to bring him to justice.
SHADOW OF A DOUBT - A visit from beloved Uncle Billy pleases Beaver, until he begins to suspect his uncle is actually Sid Gimp, the Mayfield Weasel Strangler.
VERTIGO - Traumatized by his near death experience inside a giant coffee cup high above Mayfield, Beaver develops a fear of heights. This fear renders him helpless when local thug Lumpy Rutherford chases him up a light pole for spilling chocolate milk on his best comic book.
PSYCHO - Beaver's attractive young teacher, Miss Landers, is on her way to a passionate rendezvous with her lover, Gus the Fireman, when she pulls into the Cleaver Motel for the night. There she meets polite, mild-mannered proprietor Wally Cleaver, who seems unusually preoccupied with his mother June.
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