Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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The Motive

Episode Number: 95 Season Num: 3 First Aired: January 26, 1958 Prod Code: n/a

Tommy Greer is a crime buff who decides to commit a motiveless murder in order to confuse the police. He selects his victim from a phone book at random. He tracks him down and kills him but his "perfect crime" is unraveled by modern crime-fighting techniques.

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Writer:	Rose Simon Kohn

Director:	Robert Stevens

Star:	Alfred Hitchcock (Host)

Guest Star:	Carl Betz (Jerome Stanton), Skip Homeier (Tommy Greer), Carmen Phillips (Sandra), William Redfield (Richard)

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