The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Season 2 Episode 18 Final Escape 1963
A convicted bank robber John Perry is sentenced to 15 years hard labor in a state prison lumber camp. Determined to get out, James befriend an alcoholic inmate named Doc. Doc is in charge of the prison infirmary as well as burials for the dead. Doc makes an offer to John: if John will fincance an operation for Doc's granddaughter, he will get him out of prison. Doc's plan is to hide Perry inside the coffin of the next inmate who dies. The coffin will then be buried and dug up after the gravediggers and guards leave. Perry will then make his escape. All goes according to plan, until Doc fails to dig Perry up. Perry then learns why when the shroud slips from the face of the corpse sharing the coffin with him. Its Doc who died of a heart attack the night before.
- Released: 1964-02-21
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Stars: Alfred Hitchcock
- Director: Charles Gounod, Norman Lloyd, Gordon Hessler
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1. A Home Away from Home 1963-09-27
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2. A Nice Touch 1963-10-04
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3. Terror in Northfield 1963-10-11
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4. You'll Be the Death of Me 1963-10-18
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5. Blood Bargain 1963-10-25
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6. Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale 1963-11-08
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7. Starring the Defense 1963-11-15
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8. The Cadaver 1963-11-29
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9. The Dividing Wall 1963-12-06
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10. Good-Bye George 1963-12-13
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11. How to Get Rid of Your Wife 1963-12-20
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12. Three Wives Too Many 1964-01-03
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13. The Magic Shop 1964-01-10
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14. Beyond the Sea of Death 1964-01-24
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15. Night Caller 1964-01-31
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16. The Evil of Adelaide Winters 1964-02-07
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17. The Jar 1964-02-14
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18. Final Escape 1964-02-21
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19. Murder Case 1964-03-06
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20. Anyone for Murder? 1964-03-13
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21. Beast in View 1964-03-20
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22. Behind the Locked Door 1964-03-27
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23. A Matter of Murder 1964-04-03
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24. The Gentleman Caller 1964-04-10
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25. The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow 1964-04-14
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26. Ten Minutes from Now 1964-05-01
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27. The Sign of Satan 1964-05-08
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28. Who Needs an Enemy? 1964-05-15
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29. Bed of Roses 1964-05-22
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30. The Second Verdict 1964-05-29
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31. Isabel 1964-06-05
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32. Body in the Barn 1964-07-03
