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Man from the South
short story by Roald Dahl
"Man from the South" is a short story by Roald Dahl originally published as "Collector's Item" in Collier's in September It has been adapted several times for television and film, including a version that aired as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and starred Steve McQueen, Neile Adams, and Peter Lorre.
Plot synopsis
While vacationing at a resort in Jamaica, the narrator encounters an elderly South American man named Carlos.
They are soon joined by a young American navalcadet, who boasts about the reliability of his cigarette lighter. Carlos offers to bet his Cadillac against the American's left little finger that the American cannot ignite the lighter ten times in a row. The American accepts, with the narrator agreeing to act as referee and hold the car key, and they adjourn to Carlos' room.
After Carlos has a maid bring in the necessary supplies, he ties the American's left wrist to the table and the challenge begins.
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He has taken 47 fingers and lost 11 cars, but no longer has anything of his own to bet with; she won it all from him long ago, including the car he claimed to own. As the narrator offers the key to her, she reaches out to take it with a hand that has only its thumb and two fingers still attached.
Television adaptations
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( episode)
This short story was filmed as a episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents titled "Man from the South", with a teleplay by William Fay and directed by Norman Lloyd.
The episode stars Steve McQueen as the reluctant young gambler, Peter Lorre as Carlos, the man who bets his car, and Neile Adams (McQueen's real-life wife) as a ravishing young woman McQueen's character meets. The story takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The car itself is merely described as a convertible. Although the mysterious woman who abruptly storms in is wearing gloves, her index, middle, and ring fingers are missing.
In this adaptation, as part of the dramatic denouement after the woman appears and effectively aborts the bet, the gambler (McQueen) tries to relieve the stress of the young woman (Adams) by lighting her cigarette. The lighter fails to start when flicked for this, a sly indicator of how narrowly the gambler avoided losing the bet as well as his finger.
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Tales of the Unexpected ( episode)
The episode was remade in as the first episode of Dahl's television anthology seriesTales of the Unexpected.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( episode)
The episode was remade for the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Steve DeJarnatt wrote the teleplay based on William Fay's teleplay, and also directed.
The episode featured Steven Bauer in McQueen's role, John Huston as Carlos, and Melanie Griffith (Bauer's wife at the time), Kim Novak, and Tippi Hedren (Griffith's mother). In this adaptation, the lighter successfully lights ten times. When the wife comes in, the tenth flame is blown out. Carlos is startled and drops the cleaver, nearly cutting off the young man's finger.
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Radio adaptations
In , it was dramatized on BBC Radio 4 with Andrew Sachs playing the sinister old man.
In , the Dahl story was adapted by June Thomson for an episode of Radio City Playhouse.
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The adaptation, titled "Collector's Item", split the 30 minute run time with an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story, titled "The Lake". Shortly after meeting in the bar, Carlos offers the gambler his green Cadillac parked outside. Due to the tastes of the time, some of the more grisly details were omitted from the presentation.
The independent observer (the "referee") character realizes the female is a victim of the gambler, but we do not learn the exact details of the gambler's previous bets.[1]
Film adaptations
Ninaithale Inikkum
Dahl's story was adapted for a scene from the Tamil movie Ninaithale Inikkum, which involved a wager by a millionaire that a young man could not flick a cigarette into his lips ten times in a row without dropping it.
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Four Rooms
The story was the basis for "The Man From Hollywood", Quentin Tarantino's segment of the anthology filmFour Rooms.
The characters in this segment explicitly discuss the Hitchcock episode adaptation, although they incorrectly refer to the title as "The Man from Rio".
In this version, the lighter fails on the first try and the referee—the bellhop who has been paid $1, for his trouble—chops off the finger, sweeps up the money and swiftly departs.
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"Cut", a segment of the film Three Extremes (directed by Chanwook Park), was also inspired by the story.