
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 man (Robert Horton) stakes his job, home and life savings on the turn of a card. With Robert Middleton.
A young man is overcome with grief when he learns of his father's demise and accuses his new mother of the crime.
An underworld kingpin (Robert Middleton) learns that his wife (Kathleen Hughes) has been unfaithful to him. With Henry Silva.
A publisher (John Williams), intrigued by an unpublished murder mystery, visits the author (Patricia Collinge).