The Alfred Hitchcock Hour • CBS & NBC
CHARACTER: Dexter Dailey
EPISODE: One of the Family (#3.16)
AIRDATE: 8 February 1965
DIRECTOR: Joseph Pevney

DESCRIPTION: Dexter Dailey (Jeremy Slate) and his wife Joyce (Kathryn Hays) hire a German nursemaid named Frieda (Lilia Skala) to take care of their newborn infant. Dexter treats Frieda like one of the family, because she was his nursemaid when he was a child. Joyce, however, doesn't feel the same way. She becomes worried when she hears about a nurse who is wanted for a child killing in San Francisco. When she calls the murdered baby's aunt she discovers that Frieda may be the baby killer and that her child may be the next victim.

CHARACTER: Harold Drummond/Keith Holloway
EPISODE: Beyond the Sea of Death (#2.14)
AIRDATE: 24 January 1964
DIRECTOR: Alf Kjellin

DESCRIPTION: Grace Renford (Diana Hyland) is a wealthy and attractive woman who is interested in meeting a man who will love her, not for her money, but for what she is. She begins to correspond with a young engineer named Keith Holloway (Jeremy Slate) who she met through an ad in a spiritualism magazine. When he arrives from Bolivia, Grace pretends to be a middle class woman by renting a modest apartment. Her friend and surrogate mother Minnie Briggs (Mildred Dunnock) becomes displeased at her deceptive actions. Later, Grace finally tells him about her wealth and he tells her that he is not interested in her money. His charm even manages to win over Minnie. Keith returns to South America, but soon after he arrives Grace recieves a telegram telling her that he died in a mining explosion. Grace goes to a mystic named Dr. Shankara (Abraham Sofaer) who holds a seance to contact Keith. Grace is grateful and she decides to give her fortune to Dr. Shankara's foundation. Minnie grows suspicious and learns that Keith is alive. Apparantly Keith, whose real name is Harold Drummond, has been working scams with Dr. Shankara for years. Minnie tells Grace that she is being conned. Grace, however, prefers her romantic notion of Keith. Overcome with anger, Grace kills Minnie for trying to destroy her fantasy.

CHARACTER: Tent Parker
EPISODE: Day of Reckoning (#1:10)
AIRDATE: 22 November 1962
DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 60 minute episode included opening and closing vingettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors.

The series premiered on CBS on Thursday, September 20, 1962 in the 10:00-11:00 PM timeslot. In its third season the show moved to NBC and was shown on Monday 10:00 to 11:00 PM.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a one hour expansion (or spinoff) of the half-hour anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents.