Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Crystal Trench
Overview
Dangerous secrets are revealed when a devoted widow travels to the glacier in Switzerland where her husband's body has been preserved since his deadly fall forty years earlier.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1959-10-04
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
The Crystal Trench is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1959-10-04. The runtime is 27 min.
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