Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Madame Mystery
Season 5, Episode 24 · Aired 1960-03-27
Synopsis
Jimmy Dolan works for Goliath Studios. When star actress Betsy Blake drowns, he hopes to turn the publicity surrounding the murder into publicity for her last movie which was produced by Goliath Studios. When Betsy later turns up alive and seriously overweight, he drives her to the beach and drowns her. Later he is arrested. The police tell him he would kill his own mother if it served his purposes. He responds by asking how the police knew she was his real mother?
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