Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reward to Finder
TV Flash files “Reward to Finder” as hour 84 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 6, aired 1957-11-10, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E06: listed hour 84 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 6 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1957-11-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Silent Witness” (S03E05). Next is “Enough Rope for Two” (S03E07).
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John Gaminsky loves the coffee his wife makes. He finds a wallet containing a lot of money. He sees an ad in the paper asking for its return. His wife tells him to give the wallet back, but John lies to her and tells her that he did so. When she sees the ad again, she realizes he kept the cash for himself. She gives him a choice: either let her spend some of the money at an expensive store or she'll call the police. John opts for the former. When her buying spree goes out of control, however, he realizes there is not enough to share. His wife comes to the same conclusion. She gives him a poisoned cup of coffee, and is killed shortly after by him. He picks up the cup and drinks it after committing his crime.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Reward to Finder sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E06 is listed hour 84 of 268 — hour 6 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 6.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E06 air?
Reward to Finder aired 1957-11-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Hitch's hosted half-hours rather than assuming he directed the lot. Sample the dry intros and the snap endings; the silhouette is the franchise.
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Why this series still plays
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made the director himself the franchise: silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, and closings that sometimes 'corrected' crime to soothe censors. Watch it in 2026 as branded anthology swagger — Joan Harrison's engine, Hitch's persona, and twist endings as moral architecture you can still hum.
Calendar first: CBS, October 2, 1955. Then a later NBC window. Original half-hour run through 1962 — **268 episodes, seven seasons** — before the expansion as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962–1965). That is not nostalgia cosplay. That is a branded anthology with a host who was the franchise, a silhouette you could hum, and a weekly drop of murder with a wink. Rex can keep the three-network hymn. This was already a logo, a window, and a closing card that sometimes reversed the crime to soothe Standards & Practices.
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- Alfred Hitchcock as Host
Alfred Hitchcock made himself the franchise on Alfred Hitchcock Presents — silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, closings that sometimes “corrected” crime to soothe censors. Branded anthology swagger, Joan Harrison’s engine, twist…