
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.

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A publisher (John Williams), intrigued by an unpublished murder mystery, visits the author (Patricia Collinge).

A mystery writer with an overactive imagination conjures up murderous thoughts about her new neighbors.

A wife (Leora Dana) regrets having her sane husband (Russell Collins) committed to a mental institution.