Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Right Price

Introduction

"The Right Price" was originally broadcast on 08/Mar/1959 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Synopsis

Mort and Jocelyn Barnhardt are a constantly fighting married couple. One evening a burglar enters their home and makes a startling proposal. He tells Mort that he will rob him and that he wants to split the insurance money acquired from the robbery. Mort makes another offer. He wants him to kill his wife. They debate about the price and reach a compromise. The burglar goes upstairs to kill Jocelyn. After a while Mort becomes worried. He goes upstairs to find out what's taking so long. He is subsequently murdered. Jocelyn, it seems, made a higher counteroffer and the burglar decided to kill Mort. (TV.com)