Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Forty Detectives Later
TV Flash files “Forty Detectives Later” as hour 181 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 5, episode 28, aired 1960-04-24, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E28: listed hour 181 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 28 of 38 in season 5. It aired 1960-04-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Cuckoo Clock” (S05E27). Next is “The Hero” (S05E29).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
William Tyre is the forty-first detective hired by Munro Dean in order to track down his wife's killer. William manages to track down a man named Otto. Munro then offers William money to kill Otto, but William turns it down. He arranges a meeting between Munro and Otto. At the encounter, Otto is killed. Before dying he confesses to the murder but also adds order to track down his hit man in order to keep him quiet. William Tyre is the forty-first detective hired by Munro Dean in order to track down his wife's killer. William manages to track down a man named Otto. Munro then offers William money to kill Otto, but William turns it down. He arranges a meeting between Munro and Otto. At the encounter, Otto is killed. Before dying he confesses to the murder but also adds that he was paid by Munro to do so. Munro hired the detectives inder to track down his hit man in order to keep him quiet.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Forty Detectives Later sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S05E28 is listed hour 181 of 268 — hour 28 of 38 in season 5, season 5 episode 28.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S05E28 air?
Forty Detectives Later aired 1960-04-24 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…