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July 2nd Mini-Marathon / Hitch-Hiker comments


When watching "The Hitch-Hiker"--the part when Nan tries to call her mother--I recognized the voice of the woman on the phone as Eleanor Audley who played Barbara Harper's mother on My Three Sons.

One thing I've always found odd about this phone call is the fact that Nan asks to speak to Mrs. Adams, and states that Mrs. Adams is her mother. The woman on the phone then states that Mrs. Adams is upset because her daughter was just killed a few days ago. It's as though she doesn't even hear Nan indicate that she IS the daughter.

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I've forgotten exactly what was said in that conversation, but Mrs. Adams could have had more than one daughter.

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That's true, but then Mrs. Adams would believe that she was telling this woman about her sister's death, so the tone would have been different. She sounds like she's speaking to a stranger.

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