Alfred Hitchcock Presents Outlaw in Town (1955–1962) watch online HD

Whereas most of the time the Alfred Hitchcock Presents shows were either chillers or allegories with a moral coda at the conclusion this one is a gently comic tale with well matched stars.

Ricardo Montalban and Constance Ford at first glance would seem mismatched but their interplay is easy, relaxed and charming. Montalban, handsome and smooth, literally blows into town's watering hole on the tale of a blizzard with a price on his head and a disarming manner. It seems most of the denizens of the town have taken refuge during the storm and he butts heads with widowed saloon girl Ford. Connie Ford was best known for playing smothering dragon mothers or frowzy harridans of another stripe and she was one of the best at it. However while she is still a tough customer here she's svelte, perhaps the most shapely she ever was, and able to show off her comic chops which were considerable, she and Ricardo make an engaging pair in their prickly banter.

Surrounded by able supporting players, in particular Arch Johnson, the pair spar and spark in amusing fashion. Pasty Kelly, in what was standard practice at the time, is ridiculously cast as a Native American. She was surely cast more for her comic gifts than her ethnicity because she's as much of an Indian as your Aunt Tillie from Syracuse but she is quite humorous in her part.

A nice change of pace for the series performed by a game cast this is a breezy thirty minutes.

Ricardo Montalban was the star of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Outlaw in Town (1960), Season 6, Episode 7. He was 39 at the time, and had top billing, as the charming protagonist. You could argue that he was also the villain, so anyone who enjoyed his performances as Khan in Star Trek would surely appreciate this.

This is one of the best episodes I've seen on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which has been airing two episodes at midnight on cable TV's Antenna Channel. Outlaw in Town has quirky humor that wasn't often seen on that show. It would have been better if they'd cast a native American to play the American Indian in it, instead of the white woman who played the part. For fans of Ricardo Montalban, this episode is a Must See!

Someone uploaded the entire episode on YouTube. Be careful to avoid scrolling down to read the comments, as one Spoiler gives away key plot points.