Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Diplomatic Corpse
TV Flash files “The Diplomatic Corpse” as hour 88 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 10, aired 1957-12-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E10: listed hour 88 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 10 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1957-12-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Young One” (S03E09). Next is “The Deadly” (S03E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Diplomatic Corpse sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E10 is listed hour 88 of 268 — hour 10 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 10.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E10 air?
The Diplomatic Corpse aired 1957-12-08 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.
In the series
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…