Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Festive Season (1958)
Season 3, Episode 31
More Curious Than Suspenseful
19 April 2011
Rather sour entry with weak payoff. Feuding brother and sister in same household conspire against one another over strange death of brother's wife. It's a talky 30-minutes with basically only a single set. Fortunately, the small 3-person cast comes through with the series strength of good performances, especially Ryan as the on-looker and Mathews as the sister.

The episode manages some suspense— actually more like curiosity—over undercurrents among the characters; however the plot is more character study than involving story. In fact, the humorous Hitchcock wraparound may be the best feature. In my book, it's an unfortunately lesser entry.
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