Review of Total Loss

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Total Loss (1959)
Season 4, Episode 17
7/10
Never Trust a Snake
13 July 2013
A young entrepreneur runs a dress shop. She has little experience in buying and has overstocked the store. Her inventory causes her to fall into financial trouble. To make matters worse, along comes sales rep, Ralph Meeker, who is on the hunt for her. When her request for an increase on her loan is turned down, he takes her out for drinks and proposes that arson may be her best bet. He explains that he can pull it off with the help of a friend. She doesn't agree, but has so many martinis that her memory is not the best. While she is sleeping, her phone rings. The store is on fire. What transpires is one of those things where justice doesn't always work its way out.

The young woman, Nancy Olson, is a hard working, loving, driven person. We can't help but feel for her, but the fates seem to step in.
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