Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dry Run
TV Flash files “Dry Run” as hour 160 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 5, episode 7, aired 1959-11-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E07: listed hour 160 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 7 of 38 in season 5. It aired 1959-11-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Anniversary Gift” (S05E06). Next is “The Blessington Method” (S05E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Would-be gangland assassin Art is given a test by his boss, Barbossa -- a test that will prove fatal should Art fail. Assigned to kill an out-of-favor Barbossa henchman named Moran, Art bungles the job. Surprisingly, Moran doesn't kill Art, but instead arranges a deal whereby Art will knock off Barbossa for a tidy fee. Figuring that neither he nor Moran owe Barbossa a thing, Art accepts...and then....
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dry Run sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S05E07 is listed hour 160 of 268 — hour 7 of 38 in season 5, season 5 episode 7.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S05E07 air?
Dry Run aired 1959-11-08 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…