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The Human Interest Story
Black
& White version
(AHP):
Reporter Bill Everett,
Steve McQueen,
goes to a bar to interview a
man
named Howard Wilcox (Arthur
Hill), who claims to be a Martian.
Wilcox insists quite seriously that he had been imprisoned in an asylum on
Mars, but had escaped during the total evacuation of the planet. Landing on
Earth, he had assumed an earthling's identity. As he and Everett leave the bar,
the reporter advises him to go home and
not say a word about this to anyone. Then Everett reports back to his editor,
admitting that he'd been forced to kill Wilcox, who had indeed been a Martian,
but one who was ignorant of the impending invasion plans. The editor agrees
that murder had been Everett's only option, as those plans must be kept a secret
at all costs until they and the rest of their Martian kind have completely taken
over the world. (This show was one of two Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
starred in by Steve McQueen - the other
being "Man From The South"). Directed by
Norman Lloyd.
First aired 5/24/59.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Quite a change in the storyline in this
color remake! In a small neighborhood bar, a national football game is
interrupted by an unknown transmission, featuring a man named Brian Whitman (John
Shea),
who claims: "My name is Garo. I come from the solar system you people call
Alpha Centauri. You must listen to what
I'm about to say. Some of them are here already and others are close behind.
They are going to colonize the Earth." Maggie Verona (Barbara
Williams), a newspaper reporter,
witnesses the broadcast and seeing a human interest story, seeks out Brian
Whitman. Knowing her influence with the press, Brian (claiming he's Garo in
Brian's body) asks her for help in putting his story out to the public before he
is killed by the Alpha Centaurians. If the aliens take over, all the Earth
people will look the same, but act differently. They're possessing human
bodies. Maggie hesitates at first, but when Brian insists on showing her proof,
she goes along with the madman. After some bizarre obstacles, they reach their
destination and Brian shows Maggie the proof she needs for her story. Returning
to work, Maggie reports her story to Everett (James
Callahan), the news director. Brian
was telling the truth - there is an alien invasion commencing. He had the proof
and she had to... First aired 11/17/1985. Directed by
Larry Gross.
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