this episode of alfred hitchcock present be probably one of the best episode i have see . maybe the best . the whole concept of the episode be brilliant . sometimes you get a groundbreaking idea that be poorly execute and a good idea be waste . this be not one of those time . breakdown feature joseph cotten in the lead a william callew . callew be a stern businessman and a real mean sob . callew be away at the beach relaxing when he get a call from an employee that be can . the man be frantic and cry on the phone . the suddenness of be let go be too much for him and the poor man doesn not know what he go to do . callew and who be anything but compassionate and be disgust by the man . he doesn not want to hear it and just hang up the phone . raymond bailey play ed johnson and a friend of callew . he hear the whole thing and like the audience and can not believe how unfeeling callew be . callew tell ed how disgusted he be by the man show that kind of emotion on the phone . callew say and i hate that kind of weakness . joseph cotten and a always and give a great performance . he spend the beginning of the episode get u to hate callew and he succeed . but this be only one way cotten play the part . after cotten character get into a horrific car accident and cotten pretty much have to play a corpse for the rest of the episode . cotten actually pull it off . callew be pin behind the steer wheel and look dead . he isn not dead and but he be paralyzed . he literally can not move a muscle . callew be just sit there with his eye open and look like he really be dead . of course and cotten do a voice over and to let u know what the character be think and feel . cotten job for the whole rest of the episode be to make his character sympathetic . he pull this off too . the whole episode be pretty much joseph cotten . there be instance when different people approach the crash thinking callew be dead . callew realize the bad spot that he be in . he have to find a way to let people know he be still alive . time be run out and unless callew can show he still alive and he be go to be declare dead . i find this episode very effective . the whole episode you be on the edge of your seat wonder what will happen . there be a particularly chilling scene of callew end up in the morgue with a sheet over his face . at the end of the episode there be a surprise end that no one could have ever saw come . i would not give anything away . check out this brilliant episode with masterful directing by the master of suspense himself . the writing and act to the show be also great . check out one of the best episode of alfred hitchcock present . this be by far and some of the best work i have see from alfred hitchcock and joseph cotten . i also commend francis cockrell and louis pollock for write something so original and so riveting . you be in for a treat with this brilliant episode . see it and i promise you would not be disappoint .