The Hero

Season 5, Episode 29, Aired

Episode Summary

EDIT
5.8
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Mediocre
16 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate Now!
On a cruise ship, a man meets a regretful memory from the past.
WRITE A REVIEW FAN RECAP

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Fan Episode Reviews (1)

See All

  • Sir Richard Musgrave has it all - wealth, position, family. So why is he so alarmed by the smiling stranger on the luxury liner taking them both to Africa?

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By orswel, Nov 24, 2011
    The title of this episode - taken from a story by H. de Vere Stacpoole, the author of "The Blue Lagoon" - is not explained until the very end, and is a trenchant irony. We quickly guess that wealthy Sir Richard has acquired his fortune through a crime long in the past and that smiling, polite Mr. Keyser knows the truth, but the final revelations as to what exactly happened are handled beautifully, with Oscar Homolka delivering the exposition with understated menace and a demonstration of acting technique from which any aspiring actor could learn. One might murmur that the events of long ago should surely have been dated before 1939, when Britain was at war (and America wasn't), and that a prize would hardly be given for failing to rescue a drowning man; but there's not much else wrong with this segment.moreless
WRITE A REVIEW
 

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

FILTER BY TYPE

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Forums


Add a Topic See All
Last Activity
Replies

Watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents Full Episodes

See All

Related Shows

Season 5 Episodes

See All
Ep 38
Hooked
Ep 37
Escape to Sonoita
Ep 36
Letter of Credit
Ep 35
The Schartz-Metterklume Me...
Ep 34
Cell 227
Ep 33
Party Line
Ep 32
One Grave Too Many
Ep 31
I Can Take Care of Myself
Ep 30
Insomnia
Ep 29
The Hero
Ep 28
Forty Detectives Later
Ep 27
The Cuckoo Clock
Ep 26
Mother, May I Go out to Swim?
Ep 25
The Little Man Who Was There
Ep 24
Madame Mystery
Ep 23
Craig's Will
Ep 22
Across the Threshold
Ep 21
Hitch Hike
Ep 20
The Day of the Bullet
Ep 19
Not the Running Type
Ep 18
Backward, Turn Backward
Ep 17
The Cure
Ep 16
The Ikon of Elijah
Ep 15
Man from the South
Ep 14
Graduating Class
Ep 13
An Occurrence at Owl Creek...
 more

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less

TV Listings

Full Listings
TV.com Properties | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use