
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 reporter's (Harold J. Stone) prank makes a wino (Russell Collins) believe the world will end at 11:45pm that night.

A policeman working the night shift encounters an old man with amnesia (Claude Rains) and a lost boy (Bill Mumy).

A humiliated horror-movie star yearning for a big comeback seeks revenge after discovering that the producer of a low-budget horror has dubbed his voice and turned the film into a complete farce.

After being taken in by a kind carnival magician, a mentally challenged boy is duped by the magician's deceitful wife.