Title from container. Host: Alfred Hitchcock. Steve McQueen, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Walter Matthau, Brian Keith, Elizabeth Montgomery, Art Carney, Mary Astor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Denholm Eliot, Dick York, Leslie Nielsen. Originally broadcast as individual episodes on television during the 1958-1959 season. Contains all 36 episodes from season four. Special features: Disc 4: "Fasten your seatbelt: the thrilling art of Alfred Hitchcock" featurette (Special feature not rated, not captioned, not all subtitled).
Contents:
A Murder me twice. Don't interrupt -- The jokester -- The crooked road -- The $2,000,000 defense -- Design for loving -- A man with a problem -- Safety for the witness -- Murder me twice. The last dark step. And the desert shall blossom -- Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore -- Six people, no music -- The morning after -- A personal matter -- Out there - darkness -- Total loss -- The last dark step. The waxwork. The diamond necklace -- Relative value -- The right price -- I'll take care of you -- The Avon emeralds -- The kind waitress -- Cheap is cheap -- The waxwork. A Invitation to an accident. Banquo's chair -- A night with the boys -- Your witness -- The human interest story -- The dusty drawer -- A true account -- ToucheĢ -- Invitation to an accident.
Summary:
Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake; A young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it; It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating; When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home the answer arrives in the form of a killer on the run from the law; A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother; The week before his retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client; A middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality; A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.
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