The Alfred Hitchcock Hour : The Long Silence (1963)
Directed by Robert Douglas
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Fortune hunter Ralph Manson (Michael Rennie) persuades wealthy widow Nora Cory (Phyllis Thaxter) to marry him, only to run afoul of Nora's son from a previous marriage. Manson tries to solve this problem by killing the boy, but Nora witnesses the crime -- whereupon she suffers a stroke which renders her paralyzed and mute. Now fully aware that Manson intends to murder her as well, the helpless Nora desperately tries to communicate her plight to her nurse Jean Dekker (Natalie Trundy).