Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Last Escape
Overview
An escapologist with a daring new act, a deceitful wife with a passion for music and the musician performing it, and a last escape worthy of Houdini himself, make cheating death a circus act to bend anyone's sanity.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1961-01-31
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
The Last Escape is Episode 17 in Season 6 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1961-01-31. The runtime is 26 min.
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