S7.E20

The Test

Episode aired Feb 20, 1962
TV-14
30m

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Brian Keith and Rod Lauren in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

A lawyer defending a 17-year-old who's on trial for stabbing a man to death wants to use a controversial chemical test to show if the weapon ever had blood on it.A lawyer defending a 17-year-old who's on trial for stabbing a man to death wants to use a controversial chemical test to show if the weapon ever had blood on it.A lawyer defending a 17-year-old who's on trial for stabbing a man to death wants to use a controversial chemical test to show if the weapon ever had blood on it.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Host

Brian Keith

Vernon Wedge

Eduardo Ciannelli

Mr. Marino

Rod Lauren

Benjy Marino

William Bramley

Dr. Hagerty

Steve Gravers

Wickers

Rusty Lane

The Judge

Eve McVeagh

Mrs. Archer

Tenen Holtz

Sol Dankers

Dee J. Thompson

Olga

Kenneth Harp

The Bailiff
(as Ken Harp)

Dick Hilleary

Jury Foreman

Arline Bletcher

Juror
(uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Courtroom Spectator
(uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Juror
(uncredited)

Lillian O'Malley

Juror
(uncredited)

Bill Raisch

Juror
(uncredited)

Harry Raven

Juror
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Eduardo Ciannelli, who plays the father in The Test (1962), played the priest in the previous episode Strange Miracle (1962).

Goofs
The closing credits misidentify the Characters of Eduardo Ciannelli and Rod Lauren as "Mr. Bleeker" and Benjy Bleeker", respectively.

Quotes
[afterword]
Self - Host: Those of you with a passion for peripheral detail will be interested in knowing that the actual killers in this case were ultimately brought to justice. As for this next detail, it is a television commercial, an item for which I have a passion. Frankly, I like them because I feel so wonderful when they're over, which is when I shall next see you.
[commercial]
Self - Host: I hope you have enjoyed singing along with Hitch. It is the best way I know to indulge in a community sing without actually having to rub elbows with one's neighbors. Next week, we shall be back, myself and all the gang. Until then, good night.

Connections
Spoofs Sing Along with Mitch (1961)

Soundtracks
Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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7/10

It's In the Blood

The kid in this episode is a punk and probably a murderer. His father is willing to do anything to get him off. But when a foolproof method comes along and he can get satisfaction, he circumvents the process. Brian Keith is pretty good as an edgy defense attorney who would rather not take a case. I was surprised by how little he did with the witnesses that testified against his client. They were weak and indecisive.