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[spoiler]Sad ending, but I saw it coming once from the title and once Doc laid out his plan. The only question is whether the Captain knew or found out Paul Perry had escaped and did nothing. That would give him extra satisfaction.[/spoiler]
I first saw this episode when they remade The Alfred Hitchcock Hour around 1985. The escaped convict was a woman played by Season Hubley. I never saw the ending coming!
With Hitchcock, I just like to put my brain on "coasting along" so I can be shocked and surprised by the ending.
A few years ago I bought some of the one hour episodes on DVD. This episode was originally with Edd Burns. I was surprised and shocked all over again. (some memory I have!)
I doubt it. The guy didn't seem to care enough whether the younger man would live or die, escape from the prison or simply serve his time and get out. He said things that sounded good "in theory", but he was simply tormenting the younger men. All the Edd Byrnes character needed to do was play by the rules, do whatever the prison officials demanded of him, and get sprung. This sounds so prosaic, so unimaginative, yet sometimes it's best to go that route than try to beat the system.
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