Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Return of the Hero
Overview
Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1958-03-02
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
The Return of the Hero is Episode 22 in Season 3 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1958-03-02. The runtime is 26 min.
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