Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Very Moral Theft
Overview
Lumbered with more than an enormous debt, a businessman needs money - and fast. His doting fiance-in-waiting provides an instant solution, but in so doing, her act of desperate kindness leads to fatal consequences.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1960-10-11
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Very Moral Theft is Episode 3 in Season 6 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1960-10-11. The runtime is 26 min.
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