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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 2x33

A Man Greatly Beloved

John Anderson is believed to be a famous judge from Boston who is now retied. Townspeople come to trust him greatly. When he dies, everyone in the town feels the loss. Later it is discovered that Anderson’s real name is John Louton. He was really a convicted strangler who the real Judge Anderson had sentenced years before.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2 Episode 33
May. 12, 1957