S1E25
The Long Silence
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · 1963-03-22 · 50 min
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what happens
In an elaborate con, Ralph Mason marries a rich woman named Nora Cory for her money. Unfortunately his schemes goes awry when he murders one of her sons from a former marriage. As he attempts to make the death look like a suicide, he is caught by Nora as he is writing a fake suicide note. Nora collapses and falls into a paralyzed, yet conscious, state. She is bedridden and worried that her husband will try to kill her. She is also unable to speak and cannot tell anyone about her dangerous husband. When her nurse Jean Dekker allows her husband to adminster her medicine, she grows fearful that he will try to poison her. Fortunately, the nurse figures out a way to communicate with Nora. Nora squeezes her hand in response to yes or no questions. Jean discovers the truth about Ralph, but when Ralph finds out he tries to kill both Nora and Jean . Fortunately, Nora comes out of her paralysis in time to scream. She alerts her second son who manages to subdue Ralph before he can kill again.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E25 →who made it
- directed
- Robert Douglas
- written
- William D. Gordon, Hilda Lawrence, Charles Beaumont
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Michael Rennie as Ralph Manson
Phyllis Thaxter as Nora Cory Manson
Jim McMullan as George Cory
Natalie Trundy as Jean Dekker
Vaughn Taylor as Dr. Babcock
Connie Gilchrist as Emma
Claude Stroud as Edgar Ogden- RRees Vaughn as Robbie Cory