The pervasive child star, Billy Mumy, gets hold of a real gun, then plays with his friends who have toys. Since Hitchcock directed, the building of suspense is quite good. It tells those gun owners that a gun is really attractive to children and needs to be guarded or hidden. Very good episode.
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Proof that young Billy Mumy was evil!
planktonrules17 April 2021
This episode as well as "The Twilight Zone" episode "It's a Good Life" feature young Billy Mumy (later of "Lost in Space") as a little monster. I assume in real life Mr. Mumy is swell but these shows sure make you think twice about him in his youth!!
The story is one of the few episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" which was actually directed by the famous director himself. It's about a little boy who finds a real gun and the kid has no idea that it's real AND loaded. And, he goes about town threatening folks with the weapon! Will he end up blowing someone's head off or will they catch up to the budding psychopath on time?
This is an obvious anti-gun show (much like the "Hawaii Five-O" episode "Use a Gun, Go to Hell") trying to make a valid point about guns and gun safety. I am sure some gun owners will feel defensive about it, but I thought it had a very valid point to make about unprotected guns and kids. Not exactly subtle but memorable.
When the story begins, Jackie (Mumy) is out playing cowboy. Later, when his uncle comes for a visit, Jackie finds a REAL gun in his uncle's suitcase along with bullets...and he takes it out to play. When the family discovers the gun and bullets are missing, they frantically canvas the neighborhood looking for him before it's too late.
While this is generally a very good episode, I did find it hard to believe that Jackie's mother was so polite when she was looking for him in the supermarket. Imagine waiting in line to talk to the customer service rep to ask if they've seen the boy when she knows he has a loaded gun! Also, when he actually does fire the gun, it seemed amazing that a 5 year-old would do so without it hurting him or knocking him down, as a .38 caliber handgun is very strong...especially for a kid. Apart from these minor glitches, a very tense and exciting episode.
The story is one of the few episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" which was actually directed by the famous director himself. It's about a little boy who finds a real gun and the kid has no idea that it's real AND loaded. And, he goes about town threatening folks with the weapon! Will he end up blowing someone's head off or will they catch up to the budding psychopath on time?
This is an obvious anti-gun show (much like the "Hawaii Five-O" episode "Use a Gun, Go to Hell") trying to make a valid point about guns and gun safety. I am sure some gun owners will feel defensive about it, but I thought it had a very valid point to make about unprotected guns and kids. Not exactly subtle but memorable.
When the story begins, Jackie (Mumy) is out playing cowboy. Later, when his uncle comes for a visit, Jackie finds a REAL gun in his uncle's suitcase along with bullets...and he takes it out to play. When the family discovers the gun and bullets are missing, they frantically canvas the neighborhood looking for him before it's too late.
While this is generally a very good episode, I did find it hard to believe that Jackie's mother was so polite when she was looking for him in the supermarket. Imagine waiting in line to talk to the customer service rep to ask if they've seen the boy when she knows he has a loaded gun! Also, when he actually does fire the gun, it seemed amazing that a 5 year-old would do so without it hurting him or knocking him down, as a .38 caliber handgun is very strong...especially for a kid. Apart from these minor glitches, a very tense and exciting episode.
Genuine Suspense
mlbroberts17 November 2020
Billy Mumy is a typical kid of the 50s-60s who likes to play cowboy, totes around a toy gun and likes to shoot people with it. Then his visiting uncle careless leaves him with a suitcase that contains and real gun, and Billy decides he likes it better. Moreover, he loads it, but only adding a bullet now and then, and heads for the local grocery store. When is it going to go off and the kid will actually shoot somebody?
His parents and uncle discover the mistake and go frantically looking for him. Put aside those who complain this is just "anti-gun" PR (out of an industry that makes its living with guns all around everywhere). The suspense is really good, the cast is excellent, and the lesson - if you have a gun you'd better well keep it secure - is a good one.
His parents and uncle discover the mistake and go frantically looking for him. Put aside those who complain this is just "anti-gun" PR (out of an industry that makes its living with guns all around everywhere). The suspense is really good, the cast is excellent, and the lesson - if you have a gun you'd better well keep it secure - is a good one.
Just Doing What They Do in the Movies
dougdoepke17 June 2007
One of the most talked about episodes of the entire series. Little Billy Mumy loves playing shoot-em-up with his little cowboy friends. Presumably it's all good clean fun. But then he swipes a real hand-gun from an uncle just returned from dangerous Africa. Trouble is that Mumy thinks the real thing is a toy and problems mount as he loads first one real bullet and then more before going into the neighborhood looking for likely targets.
Hitchcock himself directed as the suspense mounts. When will the impish Mumy pull the trigger for real and who will be on the receiving end. It's a genuine nerve-wracking 20 minutes. Mumy is well cast as the little hellion. (Can't help but note presence of Biff Elliot as the father, long after his one shot at stardom as Mike Hammer in "I, the Jury" fizzled on the big screen.) There's an amusing little vignette as suffering daddy Olan Soule tries to bribe Mumy into letting his annoying little daughter ride the mechanical horsey. Hitchcock's penchant for dark humor is all over that brief sequence. This is one of the few "message" entries of the series, carrying a clear lesson about kids near guns. In fact, Hitch replaces his usual whimsical epilogue with an expressly cautionary message to adults. That aside, a six year-old on the loose with a real gun makes for a very suspenseful and unusual half-hour.
Hitchcock himself directed as the suspense mounts. When will the impish Mumy pull the trigger for real and who will be on the receiving end. It's a genuine nerve-wracking 20 minutes. Mumy is well cast as the little hellion. (Can't help but note presence of Biff Elliot as the father, long after his one shot at stardom as Mike Hammer in "I, the Jury" fizzled on the big screen.) There's an amusing little vignette as suffering daddy Olan Soule tries to bribe Mumy into letting his annoying little daughter ride the mechanical horsey. Hitchcock's penchant for dark humor is all over that brief sequence. This is one of the few "message" entries of the series, carrying a clear lesson about kids near guns. In fact, Hitch replaces his usual whimsical epilogue with an expressly cautionary message to adults. That aside, a six year-old on the loose with a real gun makes for a very suspenseful and unusual half-hour.
just as relevant today!
talonjensen26 April 2018
The message for parents is just as relevant today as it was when this aired.
Should be required viewing for all married couples about to have children. I usually only give high ratings to episodes that have an unexpected twist at the end, one I can't predict. This episode is an exception.
Nice, pointed speech at the end from Hitchcock.
Should be required viewing for all married couples about to have children. I usually only give high ratings to episodes that have an unexpected twist at the end, one I can't predict. This episode is an exception.
Nice, pointed speech at the end from Hitchcock.
Best Episode of Series
louis-king12 November 2007
Hitchcock always manages to tap into our nightmares. Here, Hitch plays out the well known tragedy where a child gets his hands on a gun.
A young boy's Uncle is visiting and tells the boy he's brought a special gift for him from Africa.
You see the boy go up to his Uncle's room, open his suitcase and take out the gun, which of course looks cooler than the toy gun he's always playing with. He also finds the bullets and loads 2 or 3 into the revolver, then puts the revolver into the toy western holster he's always wearing. Since everyone's used to seeing the boy playing with his toy gun and holster, no one notices that it's a real gun when the boy goes out to play.
Because the boy didn't fully load the revolver, Hitchcock creates more tension of the Russian Roulette kind. The boy actually pantomimes pointing the gun at someone and pulls the trigger on a empty chamber a couple of times.
While the boy is out wandering around, play acting like a cowboy, the parents and Uncle figure out what's happened and frantically call around town to locate the boy. There's a very effective scene in the supermarket where the boy's name is called out through the public address system at the very moment he's standing next to the coffee grinder and a customer grinds coffee.
No one in town is aware of how dangerous the boy is.
This excellent episode is unlike the others in the series since there is no ironic black comedy twist at the end. It's a miniature Hitchock movie where the viewer knows something awful is going to happen unless the characters can stop it in time.
A young boy's Uncle is visiting and tells the boy he's brought a special gift for him from Africa.
You see the boy go up to his Uncle's room, open his suitcase and take out the gun, which of course looks cooler than the toy gun he's always playing with. He also finds the bullets and loads 2 or 3 into the revolver, then puts the revolver into the toy western holster he's always wearing. Since everyone's used to seeing the boy playing with his toy gun and holster, no one notices that it's a real gun when the boy goes out to play.
Because the boy didn't fully load the revolver, Hitchcock creates more tension of the Russian Roulette kind. The boy actually pantomimes pointing the gun at someone and pulls the trigger on a empty chamber a couple of times.
While the boy is out wandering around, play acting like a cowboy, the parents and Uncle figure out what's happened and frantically call around town to locate the boy. There's a very effective scene in the supermarket where the boy's name is called out through the public address system at the very moment he's standing next to the coffee grinder and a customer grinds coffee.
No one in town is aware of how dangerous the boy is.
This excellent episode is unlike the others in the series since there is no ironic black comedy twist at the end. It's a miniature Hitchock movie where the viewer knows something awful is going to happen unless the characters can stop it in time.
That's where real suspense is!!!!
searchanddestroy-120 September 2019
The authentic, genuine suspense is when you, the audience, know something which the characters in the film do not. In this story, yu know from the start that this innocent kid will bring death with him. That's suspense. Unfortunately, NO TWIST ENDING HERE. You can not get everything. Flat ending indeed.
An engaging gun RESPONSIBILITY PSA
cpotato101026 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Happy Birthday, Marta Kristen
By some odd coincidence, MeTV showed this episode today, February 26th, 2019.
A belated happy birthday to Bill Mumy, as well.
The first time ever I watched this episode was in the previous run-through of the episodes, a few months ago.
Having watched Lost In Space since the first run, it was an odd reaction to see Marta giving Bill the treats. It was a little chill, knowing their future roles together.
Marta looked just a little more mature here than the previous season's episode, even though this was only her fourth TV role, at 16 years of age.
As for the episode it self, it was quite gripping. Given that it was an Alfred Hitchcock show, you had no idea where it was going. Would it end in tragedy, or would the boy be stopped in time?
Even on second viewing within a few months, knowing the ending, you can still feel the tension.
The only quibble, a possible goof - after the gun is fired, 'Jackie' is still holding it. I would think that the recoil of the gun should have either knocked it out of his hand, or knocked him down. He only drops the gun when he runs to his mother.
Something I did not check when I watched it - how many cartridges did Jackie take from the box of ammo? He loaded six in the revolver, and there was the one on the floor of the grocery store. Something to check next time.
Update July 29, 2019. There are nine cartridges in the box, and Jackie loads one into the six-shot revolver in the bedroom when he takes the gun.
When he points the gun at the box-boy outside the supermarket, you cannot see the tip of the bullet, so it is either behind the hammer, or opposite that slot.
Jackie loads a second bullet at the riding horse.
Jackie loads a third bullet after watching an other boy loading his gun, but does not load a fourth at that time.
Jackie loads the remaining three bullets while in the supermarket, and drops one additional bullet on the floor.
Jackie then goes home without pointing the gun at anyone else until he gets home.
btw, this is NOT a gun CONTROL PSA, the government is never mentioned by Mr. Hitchcock.
It is a gun RESPONSIBILITY PSA, a reminder to all gun owners to secure their weapons against accidental use.
I think some of the privately financed/produced PSA's are better than any government PSA. This one grabs your attention far more than any nanny-state scolding ever could.
Of course, I could watch this one endlessly, for Bill Mumy and Marta Kristen. But that is probably just me.
By some odd coincidence, MeTV showed this episode today, February 26th, 2019.
A belated happy birthday to Bill Mumy, as well.
The first time ever I watched this episode was in the previous run-through of the episodes, a few months ago.
Having watched Lost In Space since the first run, it was an odd reaction to see Marta giving Bill the treats. It was a little chill, knowing their future roles together.
Marta looked just a little more mature here than the previous season's episode, even though this was only her fourth TV role, at 16 years of age.
As for the episode it self, it was quite gripping. Given that it was an Alfred Hitchcock show, you had no idea where it was going. Would it end in tragedy, or would the boy be stopped in time?
Even on second viewing within a few months, knowing the ending, you can still feel the tension.
The only quibble, a possible goof - after the gun is fired, 'Jackie' is still holding it. I would think that the recoil of the gun should have either knocked it out of his hand, or knocked him down. He only drops the gun when he runs to his mother.
Something I did not check when I watched it - how many cartridges did Jackie take from the box of ammo? He loaded six in the revolver, and there was the one on the floor of the grocery store. Something to check next time.
Update July 29, 2019. There are nine cartridges in the box, and Jackie loads one into the six-shot revolver in the bedroom when he takes the gun.
When he points the gun at the box-boy outside the supermarket, you cannot see the tip of the bullet, so it is either behind the hammer, or opposite that slot.
Jackie loads a second bullet at the riding horse.
Jackie loads a third bullet after watching an other boy loading his gun, but does not load a fourth at that time.
Jackie loads the remaining three bullets while in the supermarket, and drops one additional bullet on the floor.
Jackie then goes home without pointing the gun at anyone else until he gets home.
btw, this is NOT a gun CONTROL PSA, the government is never mentioned by Mr. Hitchcock.
It is a gun RESPONSIBILITY PSA, a reminder to all gun owners to secure their weapons against accidental use.
I think some of the privately financed/produced PSA's are better than any government PSA. This one grabs your attention far more than any nanny-state scolding ever could.
Of course, I could watch this one endlessly, for Bill Mumy and Marta Kristen. But that is probably just me.
Bill Mumy
CherCee14 December 2021
Just watching this on MeTV, and I have to say Bill Mumy is one of the (if not *the*) best child actors ever. He has such an expressive face, and he delivers his lines like a pro! It seems he has grown up into a really good person, too, his parents did a good job of keeping his feet on the ground. So glad he is one of the thriving survivors!
Use your head and be responsible
glitterrose11 July 2022
This is another episode that fits into the file of telling a story about a serious topic but not being preachy about it. Current tv doesn't know how to tell a well told story without coming off like they're beating the message into your head. Current tv series preaches and it just comes off as obnoxious more than anything. You watch "The Conners" gun control episode from season 4 and then watch this episode. You'll see what I mean.
I don't see this episodes as something telling everybody to take all guns away from people because bad stuff happens. I think it's telling people to be responsible. Keep firearms out of the reach of children. That's all it is imo.
Anyway, onto the story. Chester is a little boy that loves playing with guns. And let me say something before I dive deeper into this episode. It was absolutely bizarre in modern times to watch a tv show featuring such a young child walking to the store all by himself. I don't know of that existence tbh. But something tells me if you were a young child in the 50s and 60s, you might chime in that you did that all the time. Things were just different and you could do stuff like that without too many bad things happening. On a somber note, it must be sad for all of you that grew up watching Alfred when it was originally airing and you're watching it in current times. There must be so many things that pop out to you about how things were back then and how sad things are in modern times because there's none of that innocence. Oh, I'm not trying to romanticize the past. But there is still that innocence lost factor, ya know?
Another thing that seemed bizarre involves our actual plot point. Jackie's uncle is visiting and he's brought a surprise for Jackie. Jackie find his uncle's real gun and real bullets and he trots off happily because he thinks this is the surprise his uncle meant for him. So Jackie's walking around town with a real gun and he doesn't know it. Jackie meets the mailman and talks with him before finishing his trek to the store. He gets to the store and he's got this gun out and he's loading bullets into it, pointing it at people, messing with the safety, etc. He's clearly seen. Can you imagine a scene like that today? And I'm not even talking about a real gun. Can you imagine going to your local stores and walking by a kid playing with a toy gun? I hate to say it but I think people are so on edge that even a toy gun....maybe even playing with a water gun would set some people off.
Anyway, Jackie's family realizes what's happening. They know Jackie's out and he's got his uncles gun and he's got bullets for the gun too. They all go out to search for him. They go to the grocery store and Jackie is still in the store while the announcement is being made mentioning his name. But he can't hear the announcement because he's near a man grinding coffee. Jackie leaves the store and later on Jackie's family leaves the store. The family are out in the parking lot and all get frightened when a car backfires because they thought it was the gun being fired.
Jackie gets back home and greets Cleo. Cleo is the family's maid. The two banter back and forth and Jackie's now got all the bullets in the chamber by this point in time. He says he's gonna shoot Cleo. Please remember he still thinks he has a toy gun when he's saying these things to Cleo. Cleo thinks he's playing around and continues to banter with him. Jackie pulls the trigger and gun fires. Thankfully the bullet misses Cleo and Jackie's upset once he sees what happened.
Again, this was a well told story and I didn't come away with the feeling of being preached out. Great job with the writing and acting in this episode.
I don't see this episodes as something telling everybody to take all guns away from people because bad stuff happens. I think it's telling people to be responsible. Keep firearms out of the reach of children. That's all it is imo.
Anyway, onto the story. Chester is a little boy that loves playing with guns. And let me say something before I dive deeper into this episode. It was absolutely bizarre in modern times to watch a tv show featuring such a young child walking to the store all by himself. I don't know of that existence tbh. But something tells me if you were a young child in the 50s and 60s, you might chime in that you did that all the time. Things were just different and you could do stuff like that without too many bad things happening. On a somber note, it must be sad for all of you that grew up watching Alfred when it was originally airing and you're watching it in current times. There must be so many things that pop out to you about how things were back then and how sad things are in modern times because there's none of that innocence. Oh, I'm not trying to romanticize the past. But there is still that innocence lost factor, ya know?
Another thing that seemed bizarre involves our actual plot point. Jackie's uncle is visiting and he's brought a surprise for Jackie. Jackie find his uncle's real gun and real bullets and he trots off happily because he thinks this is the surprise his uncle meant for him. So Jackie's walking around town with a real gun and he doesn't know it. Jackie meets the mailman and talks with him before finishing his trek to the store. He gets to the store and he's got this gun out and he's loading bullets into it, pointing it at people, messing with the safety, etc. He's clearly seen. Can you imagine a scene like that today? And I'm not even talking about a real gun. Can you imagine going to your local stores and walking by a kid playing with a toy gun? I hate to say it but I think people are so on edge that even a toy gun....maybe even playing with a water gun would set some people off.
Anyway, Jackie's family realizes what's happening. They know Jackie's out and he's got his uncles gun and he's got bullets for the gun too. They all go out to search for him. They go to the grocery store and Jackie is still in the store while the announcement is being made mentioning his name. But he can't hear the announcement because he's near a man grinding coffee. Jackie leaves the store and later on Jackie's family leaves the store. The family are out in the parking lot and all get frightened when a car backfires because they thought it was the gun being fired.
Jackie gets back home and greets Cleo. Cleo is the family's maid. The two banter back and forth and Jackie's now got all the bullets in the chamber by this point in time. He says he's gonna shoot Cleo. Please remember he still thinks he has a toy gun when he's saying these things to Cleo. Cleo thinks he's playing around and continues to banter with him. Jackie pulls the trigger and gun fires. Thankfully the bullet misses Cleo and Jackie's upset once he sees what happened.
Again, this was a well told story and I didn't come away with the feeling of being preached out. Great job with the writing and acting in this episode.
A Gun Control PSA
jamericanbeauty27 February 2019
Beavers House & in 4 yrs time a future Brother/Sister
grfrey11 June 2021
Wow Oct 1961. Still living in West Baltimore & i know i didn't see this show back then. I saw it today 6/11/21. Billy Mummy who was 7 & i turned 7 in 9/61. I still want to meet him. What talented people came from the year 1954, him & myself & at least 1 more, Oprah. But to the show. Beavers house is where it took place. If you look closely, you will see the inside. Not 100%, but close enough. Now when Billy is in the grocery store he runs into Marta Kristen who was a grocery store sampler person. In 1965 was Lost in Space when they played family members. Yeah you should be careful with guns. I never carried one around or with my kids.
"This is not a holdup. I wish to dramatize the title of tonight's play." - Alfred Hitchcock introducing the episode
classicsoncall1 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Most of the time with Hitchcock you expect some degree of murder and mayhem, so you don't get too excited about it. You just wait for it to happen on cue. But this episode was a little different. The tension ratchets up with each bullet little Jackie (Bill Mumy) loads into the gun he swiped from his Uncle Rick's (Stephen Dunne) suitcase. He's motivated by the cold shoulder he gets from his older playmates, and one suspects he might try to impress them with the real thing. As his parents and Uncle Rick frantically canvass the town to find him before a tragedy occurs, Jackie manages to stay a step ahead, eventually heading back home after a brief interlude at the local supermarket. He comes dangerously close to shooting the family's maid (Juanita Moore), and just as he's about to pull the trigger of a loaded gun, his Uncle Rick deflects the shot using an African tribal mask he brought back from his most recent trip. Until the story ends, you just never know if Jackie will inadvertently shoot someone in a moment of extreme carelessness. For Hitchcock, who directed, this was one of those episodes meant not so much to entertain, but to provide a public service in its lesson on the need for proper gun safety.
For Bill Mumy, I have to wonder how all his creepy appearances in TV programs of the era might have affected him growing up. He seems to be pretty well adjusted for a kid who might have committed suicide in the Twilight Zone episode 'Long Distance Call' or sent his family into the corn field in 'It's a Good Life', also a TZ entry. Most however, will remember him from the popular series 'Lost in Space', in which he appeared with this story's Jiffy Snack Girl, Marta Kristen.
For Bill Mumy, I have to wonder how all his creepy appearances in TV programs of the era might have affected him growing up. He seems to be pretty well adjusted for a kid who might have committed suicide in the Twilight Zone episode 'Long Distance Call' or sent his family into the corn field in 'It's a Good Life', also a TZ entry. Most however, will remember him from the popular series 'Lost in Space', in which he appeared with this story's Jiffy Snack Girl, Marta Kristen.
Taut, gripping episode with an ending that doesn't quite deliver
mafaldatranslations14 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Nobody did suspense better than the Master himself, and it really shows here. Taking a very simple premise, this episode effectively teases the audience with tension and suspense as it gradually raises the stakes and has us practically begging for the gun to go off already and put us out of our misery. The commentary in this episode feels more tongue-in-cheek than preachy, as it's almost comical how incompetent/careless the parents are. Whereas some episodes of this show are quite predictable, I really had no idea where this was going to go, aside from a palpable feeling of dread that something tragic was going to happen.
Incidentally, my only gripe with this episode is the ending. While I couldn't help feeling relieved that nothing serious happened, it did feel a bit underwhelming after all that build-up. For an episode about a gun, the episode ironically does not go out with much of a bang.
Incidentally, my only gripe with this episode is the ending. While I couldn't help feeling relieved that nothing serious happened, it did feel a bit underwhelming after all that build-up. For an episode about a gun, the episode ironically does not go out with much of a bang.
Nonstop Suspense
pnolname23 March 2023
This is one of the most nerve-wracking of Hitchcock episodes (maybe a tie with "A Lonely Place") as well as one of the best. Bill Mummy's performance is, of course, excellent. Seeing it made me wonder if the toy guns depicted here were ever typical of toys given to children in the USA. I remember plenty of toy guns during that era, none with actual bullets that could be loaded into a cylinder; the cap guns that looked real from a distance had cylinders that were just part of the metal casting and didn't move. If anyone has a bettor memory of toys from that era, a "trivia" entry on the subject would be interesting.
WATCH THIS ONE.
tcchelsey7 January 2024
I agree with the last reviewer, there is NO twist ending here, and quite frankly, why would there be.
Alfred Hitchcock took this project on himself and did a spectacular job. Even Billy Mumy (who was seven years old at the time), remembers Hitch as being dead serious about the whole thing.
This particularly episode was, in fact, pulled from syndication for many years, and for obvious reasons. Fortunately, it has returned and the statement never gets old, even in black and white. The plot is simple enough, all about a boy, out playing cowboy and indians, who comes across a real gun in a suitcase... and his long afternoon odyssey, armed and dangerous, only he doesn't realize it.
Powerful stuff, and Mumy is excellent, as usual, also good support from series regular Steve Dunne and Biff Elliott. Marta Kristen from LOST IN SPACE also has an early role here.
A bit different for Hitchcock, and perhaps what he wanted. In the 70s there was a film called, THE GUN, which told the grim story of all the owners of one particular firearm. The story may have partly been based on this episode. That film was also shelved for many years.
Hitch has an excellent closing, no jokes here.
SEASON 7 EPISODE 2.
Alfred Hitchcock took this project on himself and did a spectacular job. Even Billy Mumy (who was seven years old at the time), remembers Hitch as being dead serious about the whole thing.
This particularly episode was, in fact, pulled from syndication for many years, and for obvious reasons. Fortunately, it has returned and the statement never gets old, even in black and white. The plot is simple enough, all about a boy, out playing cowboy and indians, who comes across a real gun in a suitcase... and his long afternoon odyssey, armed and dangerous, only he doesn't realize it.
Powerful stuff, and Mumy is excellent, as usual, also good support from series regular Steve Dunne and Biff Elliott. Marta Kristen from LOST IN SPACE also has an early role here.
A bit different for Hitchcock, and perhaps what he wanted. In the 70s there was a film called, THE GUN, which told the grim story of all the owners of one particular firearm. The story may have partly been based on this episode. That film was also shelved for many years.
Hitch has an excellent closing, no jokes here.
SEASON 7 EPISODE 2.
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