The story has been adapted for the theatre and also appeared in this form on the radio. It was also adapted into a 1960 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,[18] starring Zachary Scott and Phyllis Thaxter.
A 1979 television adaptation aired on PBS called 3 by Cheever: The 5:48,[19] with Laurence Luckinbill and Mary Beth Hurt in the lead roles.
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The Question and Answer section for The Five-Forty-Eight is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Mr. Blake is a business man who holds an important enough executive position to warrant having a private secretary. He is petty and snobbish and almost certainly suffering some manner of a personality disorder dependent on an elevated level of...
The Five-Forty-Eight is a reference to the train Blake caught to take home. It reminds Blake of the bomb shelters in the not so distant past, and it metaphorically represents the "bomb" that will go off in the train..... Miss Dent's emotional...
In my opinion, Blake will definitely take more time and excercise caution when hiring personal employees. He might also have learned to extend a little generosity before firing someone.... maybe finding out what they're really like. In the end,...
