Episode
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown
Overview
After closing a major drug deal, a ruthless businessman is paralyzed in an auto accident, and presumed dead by all who see him- including the coroner.
Details
- Series
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1985-12-01
Episode context
Breakdown is Episode 8 in Season 1 of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1985-12-01.
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