Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Flight to the East
TV Flash files “Flight to the East” as hour 103 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 25, aired 1958-03-23, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E25: listed hour 103 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 25 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1958-03-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Foghorn” (S03E24). Next is “Bull in a China Shop” (S03E26).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ted Franklin is a reporter who is assigned to cover the trial of an Arab leader accused of murder. His stories about the Arab leader's guilt win him international acclaim. When his stories begin to stress the Arab's innocence he loses his prestige. When the Arab is found guilty and executed, Frank is fired and humiliated. Later, Franklin's past is revealed: he killed German general and stole a number of war souvenirs. Franklin finds himself in the news again, but this time he is on the receiving end.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Flight to the East sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E25 is listed hour 103 of 268 — hour 25 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 25.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E25 air?
Flight to the East aired 1958-03-23 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…