Name: The Life Work of Juan Diaz
Released: 1964-10-26

Juan Diaz, destitute and terminally ill, yearns to ensure his family’s financial stability before he passes. A year later, a gravedigger named Alejandro digs up Juan’s body to create space in the cemetery. He then mummifies Juan and places him in a crypt alongside other mummies. Juan’s wife, Maria, learns of Alejandro’s scheme and takes matters into her own hands by stealing her husband’s body. She displays it in their home, claiming it’s an authentic Mexican mummy to attract tourists. The income helps support Maria and her three children, but she eventually grapples with the macabre nature of her actions. In her plea for forgiveness, she notices a glimmer in Juan's eye, signaling his approval of her desperate measures.

Show The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Episode S03E04

Air Date Oct 26, 1964

Season 3 Episodes

S03E01 The Return of Verge Likens S03E02 Change of Address S03E03 Water's Edge S03E04 The Life Work of Juan Diaz S03E05 See the Monkey Dance S03E06 Lonely Place S03E07 The McGregor Affair S03E08 Misadventure S03E09 Triumph S03E10 Memo from Purgatory S03E11 Consider Her Ways S03E12 The Crimson Witness S03E13 Where the Woodbine Twineth S03E14 The Final Performance S03E15 Thanatos Palace Hotel S03E16 One of the Family S03E17 An Unlocked Window S03E18 The Trap S03E19 Wally the Beard S03E20 Death Scene S03E21 The Photographer and the Undertaker S03E22 Thou Still Unravished Bride S03E23 Completely Foolproof S03E24 Power of Attorney S03E25 The World's Oldest Motive S03E26 The Monkey's Paw - A Retelling S03E27 The Second Wife S03E28 Night Fever S03E29 Off Season

The Life Work of Juan Diaz (S03E04)

Season 3 Episodes