Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Dusty Drawer
Overview
When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 1959-05-31
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
The Dusty Drawer is Episode 33 in Season 4 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1959-05-31. The runtime is 27 min.
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Episode 32: Human Interest Story
A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.
Episode 34: A True Account
Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death. In the time since then, she married Mr. Hughes only to come to the conclusion that he murdered his first wife. Brett advises her that little that can be done without evidence, but he takes a liking to her and they eventually become lovers and marry when Gilbert takes his own life. Little does he realize the consequences of the choices he has made.
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