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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/The World's Oldest Motive

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The World's Oldest Motive
Season 3, Episode 25
Airdate April 12, 1965
Teleplay by Lewis Davidson
Based on from the story by
Larry M. Harris
as published in "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine"
Directed by Harry Morgan
Produced by Gordon Hessler
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The World's Oldest Motive is the twenty-fifth episode of the third season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and the eighty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Henry Jones (Alex Marrow), Linda Lawson (Fiona McNiece)

Guest Star: Robert Loggia (Richard Schustak)

Co-Starring: Kathleen Freeman (Angela Morrow)

with Dee J. Thompson (Miss Rice), Joseph Mell (Jamieson), Susan French (The Cleaning Woman), Kai Hernandez (The Hatcheck Girl), Shawn Michaels (The Drinker), Syl Lamont (The Waiter), Tom Stears (The Taxi Driver)

Uncredited: Alfred Hitchcock (Host)

Contents

Plot Overview

A meek lawyer, plagued by a nagging wife and in love with a young beauty, is approached by an odd man who has the obvious answer to his problem...he'll kill the man's wife, for a nice price. When the mistress finds out, she's shocked and demands that he call off the killer, but he's unable to do so.

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