"The Day of the Bullet" is a pretty good episode, though it doesn't exactly seem like an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" but more like an installment of "The Untouchables".
The episode stars young Barry Gordon as Iggy, a kid who in 1925 learns a LOT about life...too much. It seems that he and a friend oversee a gangster and his henchman working over some poor schnook and they do what they should...they tell the police. But the police obviously are being paid off by this nasty bootlegger and they refuse to do anything. Eventually, when Iggy won't drop it, they bring in his father and the mobster.
The show is well made, though it's far from Barry Gordon's best work. The big twist, however, is interesting...and more profoundly sad than ironic or surprising. Well made...but not at all like you'd expect from this series.
The episode stars young Barry Gordon as Iggy, a kid who in 1925 learns a LOT about life...too much. It seems that he and a friend oversee a gangster and his henchman working over some poor schnook and they do what they should...they tell the police. But the police obviously are being paid off by this nasty bootlegger and they refuse to do anything. Eventually, when Iggy won't drop it, they bring in his father and the mobster.
The show is well made, though it's far from Barry Gordon's best work. The big twist, however, is interesting...and more profoundly sad than ironic or surprising. Well made...but not at all like you'd expect from this series.