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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • TV-PG
  • 1955–1962
  • 7 seasons
  • Mystery, Drama
  • 7.8

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Episodes

39 episodes
  1. 1The Glass Eye

    26 minOct 6, 1957

    Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.

  2. 2Mail Order Prophet

    26 minOct 13, 1957

    When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.

  3. 3The Perfect Crime

    25 minOct 20, 1957

    A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.

  4. 4Heart of Gold

    27 minOct 27, 1957

    A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

  5. 5Silent Witness

    26 minNov 3, 1957

    Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

  6. 6Reward to Finder

    26 minNov 10, 1957

    After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.

  7. 7Enough Rope for Two

    26 minNov 17, 1957

    An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.

  8. 8Last Request

    26 minNov 24, 1957

    A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

  9. 9The Young One

    27 minDec 1, 1957

    A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

  10. 10The Diplomatic Corpse

    27 minDec 8, 1957

    Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

  11. 11The Deadly

    26 minDec 15, 1957

    A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.

  12. 12Miss Paisley's Cat

    26 minDec 22, 1957

    An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

  13. 13Night of the Execution

    26 minDec 29, 1957

    Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

  14. 14The Percentage

    26 minJan 5, 1958

    A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.

  15. 15Together

    26 minJan 12, 1958

    When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

  16. 16Sylvia

    26 minJan 19, 1958

    Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

  17. 17The Motive

    26 minJan 26, 1958

    Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.

  18. 18Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

    26 minFeb 2, 1958

    Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

  19. 19The Equalizer

    27 minFeb 9, 1958

    Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

  20. 20On the Nose

    27 minFeb 16, 1958

    A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

  21. 21Guest for Breakfast

    26 minFeb 23, 1958

    In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

  22. 22The Return of the Hero

    26 minMar 2, 1958

    Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

  23. 23The Right Kind of House

    27 minMar 9, 1958

    After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

  24. 24The Foghorn

    26 minMar 16, 1958

    A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.

  25. 25Flight to the East

    25 minMar 23, 1958

    The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.

  26. 26Bull in a China Shop

    27 minMar 30, 1958

    A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.

  27. 27Disappearing Trick

    27 minApr 6, 1958

    A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

  28. 28Lamb to the Slaughter

    27 minApr 13, 1958

    Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.

  29. 29Fatal Figures

    27 minApr 20, 1958

    It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.

  30. 30Death Sentence

    27 minApr 27, 1958

    Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.

  31. 31The Festive Season

    27 minMay 4, 1958

    'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.

  32. 32Listen, Listen. . . !

    27 minMay 11, 1958

    When three beautiful blonde women are strangled with a silk stocking, Mr. Morgan becomes convinced he knows how it happened, even though no one will hear him out.

  33. 33Post Mortem

    27 minMay 18, 1958

    When a newly married couple realizes that a lottery ticket is in her recently deceased ex-husband's burial suit, they put their love on the line to exhume the winnings.

  34. 34The Crocodile Case

    27 minMay 25, 1958

    A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.

  35. 35Dip in the Pool

    27 minJun 1, 1958

    A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.

  36. 36The Safe Place

    26 minJun 8, 1958

    A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

  37. 37The Canary Sedan

    27 minJun 15, 1958

    A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

  38. 38The Impromptu Murder

    26 minJun 22, 1958

    Still waters run deep when a lawyer with mayoral ambitions murders a woman who claimed he tried to embezzle money from her in the past.

  39. 39Little White Frock

    26 minJun 29, 1958

    An elderly actor invites a playwright and his wife to dinner to tell a touching story of a long-lost love.

Where to watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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Series cast

Alfred HitchcockSelf - Host268 episodes
Harry TylerTicket Agent11 episodes
John WilliamsCapt. Smollet10 episodes
Raymond BaileyDr. Harley10 episodes
Patricia HitchcockDiana Winthrop10 episodes
Russell CollinsJohn Brown9 episodes
Robert H. HarrisMonty Lenton9 episodes
Ray TealSheriff Briggs8 episodes
Bartlett RobinsonDr. Maxwell8 episodes
Arthur Gould-PorterHerbert Whybrow8 episodes
Lillian O'MalleyThe Cleaning Woman8 episodes
John ZarembaMarket Manager7 episodes
Robert HortonRay Marchand7 episodes
Rusty LanePolice Detective7 episodes
Percy HeltonNewspaperman7 episodes
Molly GlessingElsie the Servant7 episodes
Phyllis ThaxterMiss Dent6 episodes
Alan NapierSir Everett6 episodes

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