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The usual high standards, intriguing characters and surprise twist endings included in 95% of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents series are completely missing here. Sadly, I found Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty boring, illogical and contrived. But mostly boring. Try as I might I just couldn't become interested in her incessant babbling. Where's the suspense? Totally absent. Where's the surprise twist Hitchcockian shows are famous for? In this episode, the silliness of it falls complete flat. Why this episode was greenlighted and included in the otherwise usually excellent Alfred Hitchcock Presents series escapes me completely.

I really enjoyed this episode and am at a total loss to understand the poor reviews and hate directed toward it in some of the other reviews here. A good story and a great cast including the very memorable Henry Jones (Harry Parker) Everybody knows his face, even if you can't remember his name, Virginia Gregg (Norma Parker) who appeared in all the 60's & 70's series, especially the ones produced by Jack Webb, and the very familiar face of Percy Helton (Charlie the building super) another character actor everybody recognizes but can't name. I especially liked watching Norman Lloyd (Police Lieutenant Orsatti) in his younger years. I really liked Norman Lloyd in the almost 50 episodes he appeared in, in the TV series 7 Days which aired over 30 years after this Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episode Nightmare in 4-D.

We're all used to watching for the "twist" at or near the end of each Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode and this delightful presentation of Nightmare in 4-D gives us not one single twist, but a double! Watch it and enjoy (I did and will again).