Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Right Price
Season 4, Episode 22 · Aired 1959-03-08
Synopsis
Mort and Jocelyn Barnhardt are a constantly fighting married couple. One evening a burglar enters their home and makes a startling proposal. He tells Mort that he will rob him and that he wants to split the insurance money acquired from the robbery. Mort makes another offer. He wants him to kill his wife. They debate about the price and reach a compromise. The burglar goes upstairs to kill Jocelyn. After a while Mort becomes worried. He goes upstairs to find out what's taking so long. He is subsequently murdered. Jocelyn, it seems, made a higher counteroffer and the burglar decided to kill Mort.
In the series
This episode is part of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC.
The master of suspense as dry host — murder with a wink and a silhouette.
Key cast
- Alfred Hitchcock as Host