Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

[opening narration]

Alfred Hitchcock:
Oh, good evening, onlookers. I seem to be stuck. I don't suppose you see a place for a red seven. No, of course not. This program isn't in color. That's right. You can't distinguish colors, can you? There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind and no scruples whatsoever. Tonight's play is called "The Crack of Doom." As the title suggests, "The Crack of Doom" is a story about Mason Bridges, his wife, Jessie, his secretary, Della, his friends, Tom Ackley and Sam Clinker. And it begins in the club car of a New York-Chicago streamliner.