
The familiar "plink, plink" of the theme song, accompanied by the line drawing of a man in profile immediately identifies the show as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." The famed director opens almost every episode with the words "Good evening ..." After a joke -- usually about the evening's sponsor -- Hitchcock lays the groundwork for that episode's freestanding story of suspense and terror.
A wily old codger (Murray Matheson) gets the better of a younger, stronger man (Scott Marlowe) in their pursuit of a young lady (Joyce Meadows).
After spending six years in prison for a robbery he didn't commit, Ernie Walters decides to get even with the detective and district attorney who convicted him.
A priest (Claude Rains) asks for help from a gambler who believes prayers are helping his horses win.
When a traveling salesman (John Fiedler) stops in a small town, he runs into unexpected trouble. With Crahan Denton.