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Alfred Hitchcock was a great filmmaker, but his small-screen work is often overlooked. The Master of Suspense directed 20 TV shows, including his Incident at a Corner. The 1960 drama, originally presented on NBC's Ford Startime, concerns an elderly traffic guard accused of being too fond of the schoolgirls he helps across the street. The old man's granddaughter (Vera Miles, who appeared in Psycho the same year) and her fiance (future A-Teamer George Peppard) strive to trace the vicious rumor back to its source. Hitchcock employs a more sedate visual style than he did on the silver screen, but the themes of gossip and child molestation are more timely now than ever. A number of recognizable TV figures pop up in Incident, among them McHale's Navy's Joe Flynn, Chico and the Man's Jack Albertson, and The Dick Van Dyke Show's Jerry Paris. Hitch-o-philes might also want to visit the Museum of Television & Radio in New York and Los Angeles, both of which are exhibiting his work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, and Suspicion this summer.
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