Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Season 1

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Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense hosts his own television show. Hitchcock introduced the show, which was then followed by a short half an hour episode which contained suspense, horror, and humor. After the story, Hitchcock would come back and end the show.
39 Episodes
  • Revenge
    E1
    Episode 1RevengeWhen Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.
  • Premonition
    E2
    Episode 2PremonitionA famous pianist returns to his home town to find the man who murdered his father.
  • Triggers in Leash
    E3
    Episode 3Triggers in LeashA cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.
  • Don't Come Back Alive
    E4
    Episode 4Don't Come Back AliveFrank Partridge and his wife plot to cheat their life insurance company by having her hide out for 7 years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes Mr. Partridge has murdered her.
  • Into Thin Air
    E5
    Episode 5Into Thin AirDiana Winthrop and her mother arrive in Paris. When Mrs. Winthrop starts to feel ill, Diana calls for a doctor. Things become more worrying when she returns to the hotel, and the desk clerk doesn't recall her, and her signature's disappeared from the register, and her mother's disappeared.
  • Salvage
    E6
    Episode 6SalvageGangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.
  • Breakdown
    E7
    Episode 7BreakdownWilliam Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.
  • Our Cook's a Treasure
    E8
    Episode 8Our Cook's a TreasureShortly after having a quick breakfast with his wife and the new cook whom they have recently hired, Ralph Montgomery suffers a bad attack of indigestion, and continues to have trouble afterward. Later, he reads a newspaper story about a housekeeper who has poisoned several of her employers, and who is still at large. Ralph begins to suspect the worst, and he takes a cup of cocoa from the kitchen to a chemist, in order to have it analyzed.
  • The Long Shot
    E9
    Episode 9The Long ShotHeavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer.
  • The Case of Mr. Pelham
    E10
    Episode 10The Case of Mr. PelhamMr. Pelham consults a doctor about a series of troubling incidents. Recently a number of his acquaintances have claimed to have seen him in places where he could not have been. The doctor suggests that there must be another man with a strong resemblance to Pelham. But it soon becomes obvious that the other man is also deliberately impersonating him - even to the point of using Pelham's apartment as his own.
  • Guilty Witness
    E11
    Episode 11Guilty WitnessStanley Crane's working at his grocery when Mrs. Verber comes in with a black eye. Stanley's wife Dorothy thinks Mr. Verber hits his wife. At home, the Cranes hear the Verbers having another violent row in their apartment, upstairs. When Mr. Verber disappears, and a detective starts asking questions, the Cranes are convinced a murder happened.
  • Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid
    E12
    Episode 12Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue KidWhile working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.
  • The Cheney Vase
    E13
    Episode 13The Cheney VaseWhen Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.
  • A Bullet for Baldwin
    E14
    Episode 14A Bullet for BaldwinWhen an office worker is fired from his job, he shoots his boss to death, but when he returns to the office his boss is alive, and has no recollection of the incident.
  • The Big Switch
    E15
    Episode 15The Big SwitchGangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.
  • You Got to Have Luck
    E16
    Episode 16You Got to Have LuckA dangerous convict has escaped from the state penitentiary, and the alarm has gone out. The convict finds a house where a young wife is currently alone, waiting for her husband to return. He enters her kitchen, and threatens her with a knife. He listens to the radio to see how the search for him is coming, and then starts to give her orders.
  • The Older Sister
    E17
    Episode 17The Older SisterA reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.
  • Shopping for Death
    E18
    Episode 18Shopping for DeathTwo retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.
  • The Derelicts
    E19
    Episode 19The DerelictsInventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime.
  • And So Died Riabouchinska
    E20
    Episode 20And So Died RiabouchinskaWhile investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.
  • Safe Conduct
    E21
    Episode 21Safe ConductAn American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler.
  • Place of Shadows
    E22
    Episode 22Place of ShadowsA young man tries to insinuate his way into a monastery, in order to gain revenge on a thief whom he blames for ruining his life.
  • Back for Christmas
    E23
    Episode 23Back for ChristmasBefore leaving on a trip to America, a British man kills his wife and buries her in the basement. Soon after arriving in the United States, he receives a letter from home that will reveal whether or not he has gotten away with the crime.
  • The Perfect Murder
    E24
    Episode 24The Perfect MurderWorried that their dowager Aunt Rosalie doesn't really care for either of them, brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier devise a plan to get their hands on her fortune any way they can rather than holding out for their inheritance.
  • There Was an Old Woman
    E25
    Episode 25There Was an Old WomanDishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.
  • Whodunit
    E26
    Episode 26WhodunitRecently deceased mystery writer Alexander Penn Arlington gets permission from the recording angel to relive his last day on earth, so that he can find out who murdered him.
  • Help Wanted
    E27
    Episode 27Help WantedMr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment.
  • Portrait of Jocelyn
    E28
    Episode 28Portrait of JocelynWhen Mark Halliday and his new wife unexpectedly see a portrait of Halliday's first wife, it is only the first in a series of disturbing developments.
  • The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
    E29
    Episode 29The Orderly World of Mr. ApplebyAntiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage.
  • Never Again
    E30
    Episode 30Never AgainKaren Stewart has once again broken her promise not to drink anymore, and now she is in a strange bed, injured, with no memory of what happened the night before.
  • The Gentleman from America
    E31
    Episode 31The Gentleman from AmericaRich American Howard Lattimer visits London, and bets 1000 pounds that he can spend the night in a room that is said to be haunted.
  • The Baby Sitter
    E32
    Episode 32The Baby SitterA detective questions babysitter Lottie Slocum about the murder of Clara Nash, for whom Lottie had been working. Lottie exasperates the detective. After the detective leaves, she tells a friend about the night of the murder. Lottie's so vocal in her disapproval of Clara, and in her affection for Mr. Nash, her friend wonders whether Lottie was involved.
  • The Belfry
    E33
    Episode 33The BelfryWhen Clint Ringle learns that Ellie Marsh, the schoolteacher whom he loves, is engaged to Walt Norton, Clint kills Walt and then hides in the schoolhouse's bell tower, waiting for his chance to exact further revenge.
  • The Hidden Thing
    E34
    Episode 34The Hidden ThingAfter Dana Edwards' fiancée Laura is killed by a hit-and-run driver, he is visited by John Hurley, who claims to be able to use memory recall techniques that will help him to remember the car's license plate number.
  • The Legacy
    E35
    Episode 35The LegacyWhen a prince who is well known as a playboy takes a sudden romantic interest in a shy, plain housewife, everyone is baffled and fascinated.
  • Mink
    E36
    Episode 36MinkPaula Hudson has a stolen mink coat she tells police she purchased on a recommendation, and when they retrace her steps to find out how she obtained it, everyone denies they ever talked to her about it.
  • Decoy
    E37
    Episode 37DecoySecretly in love with a married singer, Gil Larkin learns that she is being abused by her husband. Confronting the man in his office, Gil is knocked unconscious, only to awaken and learn he's being framed for the husband's murder - and must now discover who is really behind the crime.
  • The Creeper
    E38
    Episode 38The CreeperEllen and Steve live in a New York neighborhood that is being terrorized by a strangler known only as The Creeper. When Steve goes to work on the night-shift, Ellen becomes increasingly frightened and keeps asking the hardware store to have a bolt and chain installed on her door as soon as possible. While waiting for this to happen, she starts to suspect everyone she encounters could be The Creeper.
  • Momentum
    E39
    Episode 39MomentumAfter his boss tells him the firm is close to bankruptcy, Dick Paine agrees to work for half pay. Dick is nagged by his wife Beth into standing up for himself. He goes to his boss and demands the money he has not been paid. His boss refuses to give him the money and Dick must resort to murder.
Cast of Season 1
  • Alfred HitchcockSelf - Host
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