Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown
Overview
William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1955-11-13
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Breakdown is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1955-11-13. The runtime is 26 min.
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