The Matched Pearl

Episode aired Apr 24, 1962
TV-14
30m

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7.6/10

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Émile Genest and Ernest Truex in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Laurent Dubois is a jeweler who manages to sell a magnificent black pearl for $4000. Turns out the buyer's wife doesn't know what to do with only one pearl and insists that they find another... Read allLaurent Dubois is a jeweler who manages to sell a magnificent black pearl for $4000. Turns out the buyer's wife doesn't know what to do with only one pearl and insists that they find another. Dubois returns to the pearl's original owner, Captain McCabe, to see if he can find anot... Read allLaurent Dubois is a jeweler who manages to sell a magnificent black pearl for $4000. Turns out the buyer's wife doesn't know what to do with only one pearl and insists that they find another. Dubois returns to the pearl's original owner, Captain McCabe, to see if he can find another. McCabe feels that he was cheated on the first deal and he refuses Dubois' offer to do... Read all

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The closing credits misidentify the character played by Émile Genest as "Lawrence Kirkwood".

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[afterword]
Self - Host: Goodness, what cynicism. Those of you who like to see evildoers punished will be overjoyed to know that is exactly what happened in the next reel. However, to make the rest of you happy, we shall spare you the pain of actually seeing it and shall show a commercial instead, after which I shall hustle back.
[commercial]
Self - Host: In closing, I would like to explain something to Miss Ethel T. of Pasadena, California. She doesn't care for our cynicism and has asked why don't we present more sweet little stories. We would like to, Miss T., but they're much too fattening. So, until next week at this time, good night.

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Funeral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod

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9/10

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

When the story begins, a rich man (Ernest Truex) goes to a jewelry store to buy his VERY temperamental young wife some jewelry. He finds a large black pearl to his liking and buys it for her....though the woman turns out to be truly awful and pouts because she doesn't want one but a matched pair! So, he instructs the jeweler to pay anything...just get him a matching pearl. But there's a problem...the jeweler cheated the man who sold him the pearl in the first place....and the man isn't exactly thrilled with working with the jeweler again. And, if he ever does agree, it will cost a fortune!

While I could predict the twist with this one, the jeweler is such a jerk that when it comes, it's VERY satisfying. Well worth seeing...and a great comeuppance!