This episode of the television program "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" features a married couple on a cross-country passenger railroad train who bribe their son with a silver dollar to keep quiet when another passenger tells a story. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was a crime-mystery series which ran on the CBS Television network from 1955 to 1962. Alfred Hitchcock, the British film producer and director, would introduce each episode with a humorous skit. This episode is titled "Don't Interrupt" and was first broadcast on October 12, 1958. Mary and Larry Templeton along with their son Johnny are passengers on a cross-country railroad train. Johnny has been expelled from an expensive private school and the parents are taking him to another school. The train is travelling through New Mexico while a snow blizzard is raging and stops for some time to repair an engine problem. Also, there is an escaped mental patient on the loose in the area where the train is stopped. Johnny is an active boy who wears "cowboy" clothes including two toy pistols in holsters. The "cowboy" or "western" fad was still popular in 1958 when this program was shown. Another passenger, Mr. Kilmer, a rough elderly man, introduces himself to the family and starts telling them about his adventures as a cowboy and rancher. Johnny interrupts Mr. Kilmer's story once too often and his father offers him a silver dollar if he can keep quiet for ten minutes. Johnny sees something happening outside the car window but wants the dollar.

Alfred Hitchcock is seen tied to a railroad track.

Mary and Larry Templeton along with their son Johnny are passengers on a railroad train. They are sitting in the lounge car where there is a bar manned by two railroad employees.

Johnny has been expelled from a private school and the parents are unhappy about this. The boy is an active child who constantly does naughty things like taking items of clothing. He dresses in a cowboy outfit and is a fan of the fictional television cowboy "Round-up Randy." An older man, Mr. Kilmer, introduces himself as an "old cowpoke." A blizzard is raging outside and he makes a comment about "cold" being the worse thing.

Mr. Kilmer states that when he was younger he worked as a cowboy and cattleman, and this gets the boy's attention. He begins telling a story:

The lounge car radio makes an announcement:

Johnny says something and his mother tells him "Now be a good boy and don't interrupt your elders."

The railroad conductor tells the passengers that the train will stop for a short time to fix something. Mr. Kilmer continues his story but Johnny interrupts again and this time his father pulls out a silver dollar.

Larry tells his son that he can have the dollar if he can stay quiet for ten minutes. He puts the coin on a table and reminds his son that he has a "Round-up Randy" watch to keep track of the time.

The silver dollar lays on a table.

The coin is a United States Peace type silver dollar dated 1922 and minted from 1921 to 1935.

Silver, 38 mm, 26.73 gm

Johnny looks at the coin and Mr. Kilmer mentions that cowboys would carry them if they could get them. Mr. Kilmer tells another story about cold and snow while Johnny sees something outside the window.

Johnny is about to speak up when he is reminded by the dollar on the table to keep quiet. We also get to see the "Round-up Randy" watch.

"Round-up Randy" is a fictional televsion cowboy no doubt similar to Hopalong Cassidy or Roy Rogers.

Johnny is really trying but the hands appear again.

This time there is a face attached to the hands. If Johnny needs a reminder, it gets larger:

The hands are still outside.

The hands are there too and so is the silver dollar, now filling the screen.

The train starts moving and Johnny screams that there is a man outside but no one believes him. The father says that Johnny hasn't earned the dollar but Mr. Kilmer suggests that the boy should get the dollar and the father then hands the coin to his son.

The coin reverse with an eagle appears as Johnny puts the coin in his belt. As he leaves the lounge the coin falls to the floor. The waiter puts his foot on the coin and after the customers have left and then picks it up.

The bartender asks the waiter "Now, ain't you ashamed of yourself?." The waiter replies:

Alfred Hitchcock as the host
Cloris Leachman as Mary Templeton
Biff McGuire as Larry Templeton
Peter Lazer as Johnny Templeton
Chill Wills as Mr. Kilmer
Scatman Crothers as Timothy the waiter
Roy Glenn as the bartender
Director: Robert Stevens
Writers: Sidney Carroll