#ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS SERIES#
In a long-running series featuring a number of memorable twist endings, "Revenge" features perhaps the most potent one. When the police investigation goes nowhere, the couple seek their justice and go looking for the assailant. A distraught woman (Vera Miles) tells her husband she has been assaulted. Revenge - The very first episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents raised the bar very high. A suspenseful, well-acted classic featuring another one of Dahl's trademark twists.ģ. But if the lighter fares to produce a flame just once, he loses a finger. If he can, he wins Lorre's snazzy convertible. Man from the South - Based on another Roald Dahl story, this episode stars Steve McQueen as a young man who bets a wealthy oddball (Peter Lorre) that he can light his lighter ten times in a row. It was one of only 17 episodes (of the total 268) directed by Hitchcock.Ģ. This darkly amusing tale, written by Roald Dahl, works to perfection-right down to the killer punch line. She then calmly calls the police to report that her husband was murdered by an intruder. Lamb to the Slaughter - When a meek housewife ( Barbara Bel Geddes) learns that her cheating husband is leaving her, she whacks him-fatally-with a frozen leg of lamb. The list below includes only the 268 half-hour episodes.ġ. It ran from 1955 to 1962 in a half-hour format and then from 1962 to 1965 as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. In terms of longevity, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was the most successful American television anthology series.
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