Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Enough Rope for Two
TV Flash files “Enough Rope for Two” as hour 85 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 7, aired 1957-11-17, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E07: listed hour 85 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 7 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1957-11-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Reward to Finder” (S03E06). Next is “Last Request” (S03E08).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
John Kedzie is released from prison after committing a robbery. Only Joe knows where the money is hidden: at the bottom of a mine shaft out in the desert. Maxie and Madge find Joe when he goes to retrieve the money. He agrees to cut them in. Maxie gets greedy and Joe shoots him. Unfortunately, he also puts a hole in their only canteen. Joe lowers himself down the mineshaft with a rope to retrieve the money. He ties the money to the rope and sends it up. When he tries to climb out, Madge cuts the rope and he falls and breaks his leg. Madge tries to get away, but discovers that Joe has the keys to the truck. She is now miles away from civilization with a hot burning sun beating down on her.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Enough Rope for Two sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E07 is listed hour 85 of 268 — hour 7 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 7.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E07 air?
Enough Rope for Two aired 1957-11-17 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…