Revlon banned this Hitchcock episode from airing in 1962 — written by the author of Psycho

“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (S7) is one of the more obscure entries in the Hitchcock Presents catalog, and there’s a good reason for that: it never aired. Robert Bloch — who wrote the novel Psycho two years earlier — wrote the script, and Revlon, the show’s sponsor, decided it was too dark and gruesome for their audience and pulled it before broadcast.

It’s also one of only two episodes of the entire series that’s in the public domain, which is the only reason most people can watch it today.

Cast-wise it’s a strange mix: Larry Kert (Broadway’s original Tony in West Side Story) as a trapeze artist, and Diana Dors (“the British Marilyn Monroe”) as a scheming character named Irene. The ending is one of the better twists in the whole seven-year run.

Full breakdown + the episode itself here: https://youtu.be/qS8hG-GC-yE?is=K05gzIqiztGF9RBv Has this one come up here before? It seems to fly under the radar even among people who know the show well.