"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
Guest for Breakfast (1958)

Director:

Paul Henreid

Writers:

Robert C. Dennis (teleplay)
C.B. Gilford (story)

TV Series:

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Original Air Date:

23 February 1958 (Season 3, Episode 21)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Jordon and Eve Ross are a married couple who are constantly fighting. Their latest argument is interrupted...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Black Humor | Twist | Anthology | Cult TV

Cast

Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself - Host
Joan Tetzel	...	Eve Ross
Scott McKay	...	Jordan Ross
Richard Shepard	...	Chester Lacey

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Taut episode of hostage crisis

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Obviously, the summary above was written "tongue-in-cheek". The plot involves a bickering couple on the verge of separation who are thrust together when a murdering intruder invades their upper-class home. The couple (Scott McCay and Joan Tetzel) find themselves at each others throats more than ever as the intruder only needs one hostage to make his escape. He plans on killing the other. A sinister cat and mouse game ensues as McCay and Tetzel try to convince their captor who the better hostage would be. Finally, after escaping to a barricaded room, husband McCay comes to his wife's rescue and overtakes the intruder---for reasons unknown even to himself. His wife also helps the situation by knocking the murderer's gun and disrupting his shot at her husband. A strange "all's well that ends well" attitude settles over the two former lovers after their ordeal. The viewing audience is left with the possibility of their eventual reconciliation.