Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Avon Emeralds
TV Flash files “The Avon Emeralds” as hour 141 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 4, episode 24, aired 1959-03-22, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E24: listed hour 141 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 24 of 36 in season 4. It aired 1959-03-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “I'll Take Care of You” (S04E23). Next is “The Kind Waitress” (S04E25).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Scotland Yard is tasked with ensuring that the recently widowed Lady Gwendolyn Avon doesn't smuggle an expensive necklace known as the "Avon Emeralds" out of England. Most of her late husband's estate was given up in death taxes and the police are sure she could sell them at a premium abroad. Inspector Benson is tasked with ensuring the jewels' safekeeping but when they are stolen from the hotel safe, it appears Lady Avon has a perfect plan.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Avon Emeralds sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S04E24 is listed hour 141 of 268 — hour 24 of 36 in season 4, season 4 episode 24.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S04E24 air?
The Avon Emeralds aired 1959-03-22 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…