Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Season 6: Episode 16
A Crime for Mothers
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Air Date:
2025-12-06
Release Date
1955
End Date
1962
Episode Description
When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.
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