The dining scenes in this film are two of the funniest bits I've ever seen in any movie. How about an hour long TV show called "Inspector Oxford Has His Supper" - each week he tries to solve a murder case while enduring Mrs. Oxford's culinary experiments.
Don't forget Michael Bates, who sadly died very prematurely only six years after this film. He also played the hilarious guard in A Clockwork Orange (1971), who's always screaming at Alex.
I loved this film! So many stand out scenes. The potato truck ride, the gruesome murder, these dinner scenes. Later on, the inspector tucks into a delicious " normal " meal that looks so tasty. A Hitchcockian delight from start to finish.
This movie wouldn't be as good without the scenes involving her "interesting" dinners. They really add something unique to the experience, as well as a chuckle which eases the tension that runs throughout the film. Highly enjoyable sequences. And the lady seems rather sharp in her thought processes.
@eduardo_corrochio I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. However, I still am not deprived of many great thrillers, especially from Hitchcock. I just stay away from rated-R films (though I don't much care for that rule, but I am respecting what my wife is comfortable with me watching), and any films dealing with the supernatural. I do have the film Psycho, and here's why we allow it in our household; when the film originally came out, it was not rated, so I don't follow the R rating the edited version has. I still have a huge library, so I am far from deprived, and I viewed many other classic R-rated titles, even used to own many, before I became a Witness. Some I do miss (like Chinatown, though I do have the wonderful soundtrack to that film), but my library keeps me from missing them for long.
@eduardo_corrochio it didn't happen all at once; it took some time. First, it was the films that were decently violent (such as the Godfather Trilogy, Dressed to Kill, and Blow-Out), and horror movies (like The Exorcist, the first two Omen films, and Rosemary's Baby) though I held on to a few non R-rated titles that were semi-horror (like The Witches [1990] and The Fearless Vampire Killers). A few years later, I got rid of them too, and a few other R-rated titles that frankly should be re-rated (such as Ryan's Daughter, About Schmidt, and Chinatown). My last two R-rated titles that I got rid of were Alien (1979) and Lost in Translation; the last one definitely should be re-rated. I think it's only R-rated because of the bare-breasted girl at the strip club; never mind the fact that Kate Winslet got to have one boob hanging out in Titanic, a PG-13 film. So, it wasn't an instant goodbye for some titles.
Maybe after Hitchcock experienced his wife's choices for dinner, he decided to make a film about strangling women. I also wonder what the inspector did to cause her to have such horrible choices to put him at an uncomfortable disadvantage.
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The dining scenes in this film are two of the funniest bits I've ever seen in any movie. How about an hour long TV show called "Inspector Oxford Has His Supper" - each week he tries to solve a murder case while enduring Mrs. Oxford's culinary experiments.
One of the greatest ideas I’ve ever encountered.
I just loved this, probably the first time I giggled during a Hitchcock film
This is funny. This film is one of the best cast and acted of Hitchcock's Hollywood films: McCowen and Finch especially.
It's a great movie, very underrated
Just saw this the other day.....classic!
RIP Alec McCowen... and Vivien Merchant. Brilliant scene.
Absolutely great
Don't forget Michael Bates, who sadly died very prematurely only six years after this film. He also played the hilarious guard in A Clockwork Orange (1971), who's always screaming at Alex.
Alec McCowen and Vivien Merchant (formerly married to Harold Pinter) in Hitchcock's superb thriller, "Frenzy."
“You are positively glutenous with self-approbation.”
Well, what are you waiting for, Sargent? A revel of drums?
I loved this film! So many stand out scenes. The potato truck ride, the gruesome murder, these dinner scenes. Later on, the inspector tucks into a delicious " normal " meal that looks so tasty. A Hitchcockian delight from start to finish.
@jamesdrynan The tasty meal occurred earlier, actually; it happens after Blaney and Babs are spoken to by Blaney's friend and his bitchy wife.
Geez, she even knows that the poor man wants steak and potatoes, yet still serves him pigs feet!
RIP Alec. Very funny scene, excellent film!
So satisfying seeing him tucking into a full English back at the station canteen.
This movie wouldn't be as good without the scenes involving her "interesting" dinners. They really add something unique to the experience, as well as a chuckle which eases the tension that runs throughout the film. Highly enjoyable sequences. And the lady seems rather sharp in her thought processes.
I sadly can't watch this film anymore because of my principles, but at least I can still view these marvelous dinner scenes.
@@garrettbays6942 What caused you to acquire principles which inhibit you from enjoying well made thriller movies?
@eduardo_corrochio I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. However, I still am not deprived of many great thrillers, especially from Hitchcock. I just stay away from rated-R films (though I don't much care for that rule, but I am respecting what my wife is comfortable with me watching), and any films dealing with the supernatural. I do have the film Psycho, and here's why we allow it in our household; when the film originally came out, it was not rated, so I don't follow the R rating the edited version has. I still have a huge library, so I am far from deprived, and I viewed many other classic R-rated titles, even used to own many, before I became a Witness. Some I do miss (like Chinatown, though I do have the wonderful soundtrack to that film), but my library keeps me from missing them for long.
@@garrettbays6942 I can't imagine giving that stuff up but I respect your choices.
@eduardo_corrochio it didn't happen all at once; it took some time. First, it was the films that were decently violent (such as the Godfather Trilogy, Dressed to Kill, and Blow-Out), and horror movies (like The Exorcist, the first two Omen films, and Rosemary's Baby) though I held on to a few non R-rated titles that were semi-horror (like The Witches [1990] and The Fearless Vampire Killers). A few years later, I got rid of them too, and a few other R-rated titles that frankly should be re-rated (such as Ryan's Daughter, About Schmidt, and Chinatown). My last two R-rated titles that I got rid of were Alien (1979) and Lost in Translation; the last one definitely should be re-rated. I think it's only R-rated because of the bare-breasted girl at the strip club; never mind the fact that Kate Winslet got to have one boob hanging out in Titanic, a PG-13 film. So, it wasn't an instant goodbye for some titles.
haha the breadstick breaking must be what inspired that scene in Better Call Saul.
Fantastic observation!
Funny. Horrifying. Thought provoking. What a BRILLIANTLY observed film...
film stupendo frenzy hitchock non ha sbagliato mai...sempre coinvolgente.
You know the food's bad when a Brit finds it inedible.
Newspaper headline :"Woman beaten to death with pigs feet"
"I've put it in the same sauce the French use for tripe"
It's pig guts.
@@benemlaw6428 YUK!!
That margarita looked pretty good. Shame the Sergeant didn't like it.
She is beautiful
Michael Bates, along with James Mason, are to mind the only actors to work with Kubrick and Hitchcock.
What about Charles Laughton?
Barry Nelson and Joe Turkel were in episodes of Hitch tv shows.
On a DVD which you can buy :D
Maybe after Hitchcock experienced his wife's choices for dinner, he decided to make a film about strangling women. I also wonder what the inspector did to cause her to have such horrible choices to put him at an uncomfortable disadvantage.
that food looks nasty i wonder what do people in London eat so that way i know when i'm on tour
Haggis.
its a pigs trotter lol