Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

[introduction]

Alfred Hitchcock:
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Those of you who have been sitting on the edge of your chairs since last time will be glad to know that tonight we shall definitely present the final chapter in our story, "I Killed the Count." For those of you who have missed the earlier installments, or have lost your scorecards, I shall present a r?sum?. Within a few hours after Count Victor Mattoni was found dead in his London flat with a single bullet hole in his head, the detectives found themselves with three persons, each of whom confessed that he, and he alone, killed the count. They were Bernard Froy, an American; Mullet, the lift man; and Lord Sorrington, an important industrialist. In each case, there is some corroborating evidence. Mullet obligingly left his fingerprints on the count's wallet; Froy had written an incriminating letter; and Lord Sorrington's pistol was found on the scene. There was also a fourth bit of evidence. Skin and blood under the count's fingernails, indicated he had scratched his assailant, yet none of the three suspects bore any scratches. Neither Froy, nor Lord Sorrington, nor... I don't know why I bother to explain all of this, for the brief three scenes which preface tonight's story will make everything quite clear.