"The Thirty-First of February" is a very interesting episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" that stars David Wayne and William Conrad. Wayne plays Andrew Anderson, a man whose wife was found dead. The inquest ruled that the woman's death was an accident due to a fall down some stairs. But Sgt. Cresse (Conrad) is obviously NOT convinced it was an accident. Someone else, or perhaps Cresse, is also willing to do pretty much anything to prove it was murder...and they wage a game of psychological warfare on Andrew...trying to make him crack and admit the crime.
This episode is very interesting because you never are sure that Andrew did anything wrong. Sure, he acts pretty weird...but he was also being tormented and his paranoia is substantiated because someone is definitely pushing his buttons! Well written and an episode where you feel sorry for the guy...whether or not he committed any crime.
This episode is very interesting because you never are sure that Andrew did anything wrong. Sure, he acts pretty weird...but he was also being tormented and his paranoia is substantiated because someone is definitely pushing his buttons! Well written and an episode where you feel sorry for the guy...whether or not he committed any crime.