Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Don't Come Back Alive
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Introduction
"Don't Come Back Alive" was originally broadcast on 23/Oct/1955 as part of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Frank and his wife Mildred are in need of cash as they are approach retirement. He thinks up a scheme where his wife will disappear for seven years. He will have her declared legally dead so that they can collect her insurance money. They set their plan in motion. A detective who thinks Mildred has been murdered promises to find the body and send Frank to prison. He relentlessly pursues Frank for seven years. Finally, two days before the seven-year time limit is up, Mildred reappears but emerges as a much changed woman. She doesn't want to be with Frank anymore and has only shown up for the money. Her enraged husband kills her. Her body is found by the detective. After seven years, he can finally charge Frank with murder. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (UK, 2005) |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One - Universal (USA, 2005) |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Written by:
- Robert C Dennis - story and teleplay
Starring:
- Sidney Blackmer - cast: Frank Partridge
- Virginia Gregg - cast: Mildred Partridge
- Robert Emhardt - cast: Insurance Detective
- Irene Tedrow - cast: Sister-in-law
- Edna Holland - cast: Librarian