Lonely Place is an extremely well acted and directed late episode in the Hitchcock hour. The story is simple: a peach farmer hires a strange, moody itinerant to help him pick his crop and his wife is immediately suspicious of the man, who behaves weirdly toward her (but not her husband, with whom he bonds rather well), going so far as to kill her pet squirrel. The husband is only interested in the work his hired hand can do, refuses to acknowledge the man's bizarre behavior. Indeed, he doesn't appear too concerned for his wife's well being, physically or mentally. Is the husband is cahoots with the odd hobo? Or maybe the wife is making a mountain out of a molehill. This episode, which features only three characters, is expertly directed by Harvey Hart, with fine performances from Teresa Wright, as the nervous wife, Pat Buttram, as her callous husband and Bruce Dern as the tramp who appears to have a few screws loose. Life on this farm is far from idyllic. I don't know why this is but some of the best Hitchcock hours are set in country places. This is one of them. Strong stuff.