Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

[introduction]

Alfred Hitchcock:
Good evening. Tonight's play is called "I Killed the Count." Now, I know what you're thinking. Last week's play was also called "I Killed the Count." And you think tonight's is just a revival. On the contrary, since we were unable to finish the story last time, we shall have another stab at it tonight. I'd better fill in some of the details for those of you who were careless enough to miss the first episode. I hope you realize the trouble you're putting us to. Just don't let it happen again. First of all, Count Victor Mattoni was found quite dead in the living room of his London flat. There was a single bullet hole in his forehead. It's my personal opinion that this was a contributing factor to his death. Inspector Davidson and his assistant Raines, the investigating detectives, have uncovered a number of clues. Among them, two letters. One led them to a Bernard K. Froy. And another written by Lord Sorrington, an industrialist. Before the detectives were quite settled down to work, they are faced with an embarrassingly oversupply of confessions. For, both Froy and Lord Sorrington confessed to a murder that only one of them could have committed. I'm certain this is all quite clear. But for the benefit of any small children who may have missed some of the plot machinations, here to clarify are two brief scenes from our last show, after which our story continues.