He would have been a suspect (he had contact with the girl she was next door when it happened) regardless of his stupid belief that the baby would turn him in once she started talking. The murder is certainly a solution since he has done everything he can to get his sorry butt out of this situation. This story has been told a million times. I was fine with the two-timing professor and his little sociopath student fling. Somehow, I suspect she enjoyed the departure. But she does it well, looking wholesomely innocent the entire time. Thus, seeing her here smiling sweetly while threatening to ruin Taylor's career is like seeing Mary Poppins shake-down a sidewalk Santa. She made Elvis appear available to any girl in the audience, and more importantly, in a way parents would approve. Few young actresses of the day were able to project the sweet, unforced wholesomeness that she could. ![]() Hart in two of his first starring roles (Loving You, 1957 King Creole, 1958). Actually, my interest was sparked by seeing professional good girl Hart in what may be her only villainous role before eventually leaving Hollywood to become a real professional good girl, a Catholic nun! There's a reason producers paired the then controversial Elvis with Ms. ![]() So, this being Hitchcock, Taylor takes a rather un-professorial way out by wringing Dolores' lovely neck. The trouble is Hart's not content with after-school playtime and wants to become the new Mrs. Tall, handsome Don Taylor is a college professor with a rather dowdy wife Pat Hitchcock, so it's not surprising that he hooks up with winsome young student Dolores Hart. If you can get past those stretches, the episode has some interest. The plot device here seems pretty far-fetched-that a baby would be able to articulate what it had seen before it learned to talk or that crying in the presence of the culprit (Taylor) would necessarily tip off his guilt.
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