
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 teen (Carol Lynley) devises a scheme to escape the influence of her domineering aunt (Jeanette Nolan).

A couple (George Peppard, Mary Scott) hires a local detective (Peter Lorre) to locate a missing dead body.

A handsome plumber (Lee Phillips) blackmails suburban housewives until his latest victim (Phyllis Thaxter) turns the tables.

A lonely woman (Dorothy Stickney) believes she has murdered the man (Fred Graham) who killed her cat.