
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 soldier (Jacques Bergerac) returning home with a crippled comrade (Marcel Dalio) falls in love with a beautiful girl.

A woman (Jeanette Nolan) questions a man's (Robert Emhardt) motive for wanting to purchase her house.

A woman (Barbara Bel Geddes) falls in love with another man (Michael Rennie) at her engagement party.

A war correspondent's (Gary Merrill) stories about the post-war trail of an Arab leader suddenly change.