She didn't try to get away because she wanted to exact revenge.and promptly does so. I know how waiters and hosts were given their feminine versions, but this is the first time I've ever heard "manageress." **ENDING SPOILER ALERT*** Ray goes to sleep in the motel room, and awakens to find Lisa pointing his own gun at him, as she explains that the love of her life was Fred, the man Ray killed at the station. ![]() She convinces him to check into a motel with her, pretending to be husband and wife to the disinterested "Hotel Manageress" as the credits call her. He begins trusting her when she doesn't try to escape while he dozes off. When the other two pull weapons, he trumps them with a gun, quickly chasing them away. He hauls himself out and punches out the trio's tough guy. Then they spot her companion, lifting his head from his reclining position. Lisa tries to chase them away, but only makes them mad. A car of hoodlum hot rodders drives by, backs up on seeing a beautiful woman changing a tire. One-good-armed Ray rests in the car while Lisa does the changing. Ray doesn't trust her, but because the cops put a bullet in his arm on his escape from prison earlier, he has limited use of his left arm, so he agrees to let her drive him to safety. The woman, Lisa, scared Ray is about to shoot her too, volunteers to drive him away, even going so far as to say, "I'll do anything you want" professing that she just wants to live. ![]() Other reviewers here apparently were fooled. The way she honked, then entered the station did not say "another customer" but "Fred's driver" to me. Now I instantly figured she is Fred's ride home. Before she can react, Ray shows himself and makes her drive him on his escape. When no one comes out, she quickly gets out of the car and enters the station, seeing the body on the floor. Just after Fred is shot, a car pulls up to the station and immediately the driver honks her horn. This came just after he explained that the truck outside is having its motor overhauled and he has no car keys AND no car to drive home. Fred thinks he spots a chance and reaches for the robber, but is shot, dead. Gas station operator, Fred, is closing up for the evening when Ray Bardon (Charles Bronson) stops by, with a gun, intent on robbing the place. The closing scene provides the startling answer, as we learn that Lisa was bent on exacting her revenge on the man who killed her companion, the unfortunate garage attendant! In hindsight, the only difficult thing to accept about the story is how Lisa was able to keep her composure for so long in order to put the thug Bardon out of his misery. An unexpected flat tire which drew the attention of three Dragon gang members would have been a favorable moment, as well as any time Bardon got woozy from his gunshot wound and lack of sleep. What keeps you guessing as the viewer is why Lisa didn't take a chance on running away during any number of times the opportunity presented itself. Seeing an opportunity to grab a car and a hostage, Ray Bardon (Bronson) forces Lisa (Lola Albright) to drive him away as she pleads for her life, knowing that he had already killed the garage employee. About the same time, a woman rolls up to one of the pumps and enters the station when no one answers her car's horn. ![]() Making his way to a gas station at closing time, he holds up the attendant, and winds up shooting him as the man (Ray Montgomery) makes a threatening move. Bronson portrays a criminal on the run with a bullet wound in his arm. This was his third and last time he showed up in a Hitchcock, while his character just about made it to the end of the story. He appeared in other series like 'The Twilight Zone', 'One Step Beyond' and even showed up in a Roy Rogers television program as a boxer. I would have been disappointed if Charles Bronson had never appeared in an 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' story.
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