The Second Wife

April 26, 1965
60 min
3.5/5
Season 3 - Episode 27: The Second Wife

Season 3 - Episode 27: The Second Wife

The Second Wife - Episode 27

Overview

Martha Hunter is a mail order bride who has just moved into the rundown and not well-heated home of her new husband Luke. Martha is Luke's second wife and she becomes worried when she discovers that Luke's previous wife, who was also a mail order bride, died under mysterious circumstances on a vacation to Luke's relatives. Martha grows more fearful when she finds a offin like box and sees her husband digging in the cellar. When Luke suggests that they go one vacation she grows even more nervous. Prior to their departure, Luke insists that Martha go down to the cellar. Martha becomes terrified. She pulls a gun and kills Luke. After he is dead, she takes a look into the cellar and discovers that her husband installed a new furnace as a belated wedding gift.

Episode Information

TV Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Season

Season 3

Episode Number

27

Air Date

April 26, 1965

Runtime

60 minutes

Rating

3.5/5

Guest Stars

June Lockhart

June Lockhart

Martha Peters / Martha Hunter

John Anderson

John Anderson

Luke Hunter

Eve McVeagh

Eve McVeagh

Sylvia Boggs

Gertrude Flynn

Gertrude Flynn

Peggy Gilfoyle

Alice Backes

Alice Backes

Helen Fiske

D

David Fresco

Sam Ogle

Crew

Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch

Writer

Joseph M. Newman

Joseph M. Newman

Director

R

Richard Deming

Writer