The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Season 3 Episode 1 - The Return of Verge Likens
Verge Likens is a farmer whose father was killed by a crooked politician named Riley McGrath. Verge returns home to avenge his father's death. He manages to get close to Riley by getting hired as an assistant at a barbershop. After asking the barber to run an errand, Verge is alone with Riley and proceeds to lather up the murdering politician for a shave. Verge vividly describes how he is planning to cut Riley's throat. When the barber returns to the barbershop he finds the door locked. He gets the police who break down the door. Inside they find Verge standing over Riley's dead body. Berge has avenged his father's death and he is not guilty of a crime. Riley died of a heart attack.
Episodes in Season 3
The Return of Verge Likens
60 min
Change of Address
60 min
Water's Edge
60 min
The Life Work of Juan Diaz
60 min
See the Monkey Dance
60 min
Lonely Place
60 min
The McGregor Affair
60 min
Misadventure
60 min
Triumph
60 min
Memo from Purgatory
60 min
Consider Her Ways
60 min
The Crimson Witness
60 min
Where the Woodbine Twineth
60 min
The Final Performance
60 min
Thanatos Palace Hotel
60 min
One of the Family
60 min
An Unlocked Window
60 min
The Trap
60 min
Wally the Beard
60 min
Death Scene
50 min
The Photographer and the Undertaker
60 min
Thou Still Unravished Bride
60 min
Completely Foolproof
60 min
Power of Attorney
60 min
The World's Oldest Motive
60 min
The Monkey's Paw - A Retelling
60 min
The Second Wife
60 min
Night Fever
60 min
Off Season
60 min