Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Most Likely to Succeed
Overview
A bragging, successful businessman takes pity on a former down-on-his-luck college friend by giving him a job, revealing how he has cheated the government out of tax revenue. Perhaps he should have kept his mouth shut.
Details
- Series
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 1962-05-08
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Most Likely to Succeed is Episode 31 in Season 7 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It aired on 1962-05-08. The runtime is 26 min.
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