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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 3x17

The Motive

Tommy Greer is a crime buff who decides to commit a motiveless murder in order to confuse the police. He selects his victim from a phone book at random. He tracks him down and kills him but his “”perfect crime”” is unravelled by modern crime-fighting techniques.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 3 Episode 17
Jan. 26, 1958