The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · SEASON 1

The Long Silence

Episode 25 · 1963-03-22

★ 5.3
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Season 1Episode 25★ 5.3/10
  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Drama

Episode overview

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.

50 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. A Piece of the Action1962-09-20 2. Don't Look Behind You1962-09-27 3. Night of the Owl1962-10-04 4. I Saw the Whole Thing1962-10-11 5. Captive Audience1962-10-18 6. Final Vow1962-10-25 7. Annabel1962-11-01 8. House Guest1962-11-08 9. The Black Curtain1962-11-11 10. Day of Reckoning1962-11-22 11. Ride the Nightmare1962-11-29 12. Hangover1962-12-06 13. Bonfire1962-12-13 14. The Tender Poisoner1962-12-20 15. The Thirty First of February1963-01-04 16. What Really Happened1963-01-11 17. Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog1963-01-18 18. A Tangled Web1963-01-25 19. To Catch a Butterfly1963-02-02 20. The Paragon1963-02-08 21. I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury1963-02-15 22. Diagnosis: Danger1963-03-01 23. The Lonely Hours1963-03-08 24. The Star Juror1963-03-15 25. The Long Silence1963-03-22 26. An Out for Oscar1963-04-05 27. Death and the Joyful Woman1963-04-12 28. Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans1963-04-19 29. The Dark Pool1963-05-03 30. Dear Uncle George1963-05-10 31. Run for Doom1963-05-17 32. Death of a Cop1963-05-24