Horror On TV: Suspense 2.13 “Man In The House” (dir by Robert Stevens)


Look out!  There’s a man in the house!

In this case, the man (Alan Baxter) is an escapee from a psychiatric institution and he’s taken the owner of the house (Ruth McDevit) hostage!  Can Emily (Kim Hunter), the daughter of the hostage, maintain her daily routine without letting anyone in on what’s happening back at the house?  If she can’t, her mother will pay the consequences!

This suspenseful episode of Suspense originally aired on November 29th, 1949.  Two years after appearing on this show, Kim Hunter would appear in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire.  Hunter would go on to win an Oscar for playing Stella Kowalski.

Enjoy!