Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 5 Episode 30

Insomnia

Charles Cavender is having a terrible case of insomnia. He visits a psychologist Doctor Tedaldi for help. He tells the doctor that his his wife died in a fire. He also adds that her brother Fletcher blames him for her death. The doctor suggests that he and his brother-in-law should try to resolve their diffences. He meets Fletcher but they get into an argument. There is a fight and Fletcher is killed. Cavender then returns hom and is finally able to get some rest. He goes to sleep and a fire breaks out. His sleep is so deep that the fire does not wake him up and he dies.