邮件预言家 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Mail Order Prophet (1957)

名称：邮件预言家
又名：Mail Order Prophet
年代：1957
类型：剧情 / 悬疑 / 惊悚 / 犯罪
语言：英语
国家：美国
导演：詹姆斯·尼尔森
编剧：Robert C. Dennis / Antony Ferry
演员：阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克 / E.G. Marshall / Jack Klugman / Judson Pratt / Barbara Townsend / Ken Christy / Linda Watkins / Victor Romito
剧情：One day, Ronald Grimes receives a letter from a Mr. Christianai who says he can predict the future. The letter correctly predicts the outcome of an upcoming election. More letters follow and through gambling, Grimes acquires a large amount of money. A final letter from Christianai asks for a contribution. Grimes gives it quite willingly. Later Grimes finds out that Christiani was a fraud. He was really a con man who sent out thousands of letters half of them predicting one kind of outcome, and the other half predicting another. Grimes was luck: he got the right predictions time after time.