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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow

Introduction

"The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow" was originally broadcast on 14/Apr/1964 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

Synopsis

Bruce Richmond is gambler who is worried about his cat-loving aunt Adelaide Snow telling everyone that he is a check forger. He cooks up a scheme where he will lock his aunt in the bank vault of her house before he goes on vacation. He hopes she will suffocate and that her death will be ruled an accident. He locks Adelaide in the vault with one of her cats. While on vacation, Bruce's wife Lorna gets worried when she calls Adelaide and gets no answer. She demands that they cut short their vacation to investigate. Lorna and Bruce arrive at Adelaide's home and find nothing. Lorna assumes that Adelaide must have left the house for the weekend. Bruce almost gets away with murder, until Lorna hears Adelaide's cat wailing inside the vault. Lorna opens the vault. (TV.com)

DVD Releases

The following official DVD releases contain this episode:

9093.gif The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Second Season - Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013)
PAL 1.33:1

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