Review of Decoy

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Decoy (1956)
Season 1, Episode 37
6/10
"One murder a night is enough."
2 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I agree with another reviewer. After Gil Larkin (Robert Horton) came to from that bump on the noggin, he should have called the police without question. No murderer calls the cops to the scene of the crime and that would have been his saving grace. But after a couple of false leads, he's able to zero in on what really happened and the furtive scheme behind his frame-up. I have to admit, I was kind of embarrassed for Jack Mullaney portraying the goofy disc jockey in this one. He appeared to have more bats in his belfry than in the episode of the same name a few weeks prior during the series run. But just like the old lights out trick that was used so often in TV and films of the era, I had to marvel at the impeccable timing of the cops being right outside the door to make the save and apprehend the co-conspirators involved. It made for a pat resolution but seemed just too incredible.
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