Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Day of the Bullet
TV Flash files “The Day of the Bullet” as hour 173 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 5, episode 20, aired 1960-02-14, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E20: listed hour 173 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 20 of 38 in season 5. It aired 1960-02-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Not the Running Type” (S05E19). Next is “Hitch Hike” (S05E21).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Clete Vine discovers that his boyhood friend turned gangster Iggy has been murdered. He recalls the origin of Iggy's life of crime. Thirty five years ago a young Clete and Iggy saw a thug named Mr. Rose attacking a man. Clete was too scared to say anything while Iggy went to the police. Rose, however, was released. Later Iggy's father is intimidated by Rose and accuses his son of making up the whole story. Alienated, Iggy turned to a life of crime and later died from it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Day of the Bullet sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S05E20 is listed hour 173 of 268 — hour 20 of 38 in season 5, season 5 episode 20.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S05E20 air?
The Day of the Bullet aired 1960-02-14 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…