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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

36 episodes
  1. 1Poison

    27 minOct 5, 1958

    Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.

  2. 2Don't Interrupt

    26 minOct 12, 1958

    Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.

  3. 3The Jokester

    26 minOct 19, 1958

    A morgue attendant gets the last laugh when he finally has enough of a man who has been provoking him.

  4. 4The Crooked Road

    27 minOct 26, 1958

    A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.

  5. 5The $2,000,000 Defense

    27 minNov 2, 1958

    A lawyer gets creative when the man he is defending offers him half of his net worth if he will find a way out of the case.

  6. 6Design for Loving

    26 minNov 9, 1958

    A man's marriage seriously malfunctions when he buys a robot to take over his relationship with his demanding wife so he can escape to Rio.

  7. 7Man with a Problem

    27 minNov 16, 19586.1

    A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.

  8. 8Safety for the Witness

    26 minNov 23, 1958

    A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.

  9. 9Murder Me Twice

    25 minDec 7, 1958

    When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?

  10. 10Tea Time

    26 minDec 14, 1958

    It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating.

  11. 11And the Desert Shall Blossom

    26 minDec 21, 1958

    When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home, the answer arrives in the unlikely form of a killer on the run from the law.

  12. 12Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

    27 minDec 28, 1958

    Two women plot to do away with an irascible old man and seize his money, but their plan is foiled when one of them decides she deserves more of the fortune.

  13. 13Six People, No Music

    26 minJan 4, 1959

    A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.

  14. 14The Morning After

    27 minJan 11, 1959

    Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.

  15. 15A Personal Matter

    27 minJan 18, 1959

    Two construction engineers are between more than just a rock and a hard place when one of them discovers the other's violent past during an explosive tunnel blast.

  16. 16Out There - Darkness

    27 minJan 25, 1959

    When a wealthy woman mistakenly accuses her elevator boy of robbing her, his resulting imprisonment will take her to levels of guilt she never expected.

  17. 17Total Loss

    27 minFeb 1, 1959

    A desperate department store owner foolishly agrees to a scheme to have her store burned down so she can collect the insurance, but the fiery transaction doesn't go down as planned.

  18. 18The Last Dark Step

    27 minFeb 8, 1959

    It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.

  19. 19The Morning of the Bride

    27 minFeb 15, 1959

    A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother.

  20. 20The Diamond Necklace

    27 minFeb 22, 1959

    During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.

  21. 21Relative Value

    27 minMar 1, 1959

    When John learns that he has been made the beneficiary in his cousin's will, he decides he can't wait for nature to take its course and begins plotting murder.

  22. 22The Right Price

    26 minMar 8, 1959

    A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.

  23. 23I'll Take Care of You

    27 minMar 15, 1959

    A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.

  24. 24The Avon Emeralds

    26 minMar 22, 1959

    Nothing is as it seems when a young Scotland Yard inspector follows a widow suspected of smuggling jewelry.

  25. 25The Kind Waitress

    27 minMar 29, 1959

    Thelma Tomkins and her deadbeat boyfriend begin poisoning an old and wealthy woman in order to get an inheritance ... but the results are not what they expected.

  26. 26Cheap Is Cheap

    27 minApr 5, 1959

    When a miser discovers how expensive a divorce will cost, he comes up with another way to rid himself of his wife.

  27. 27The Waxwork

    27 minApr 12, 1959

    A reporter with a gambling problem will do anything for a lucrative story - including spending the night in the Murderers' Den of a wax museum.

  28. 28The Impossible Dream

    27 minApr 19, 1959

    Pining for her boss - a former movie star now forced to take supporting roles - a middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality.

  29. 29Banquo's Chair

    25 minMay 3, 1959

    A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.

  30. 30A Night with the Boys

    27 minMay 10, 1959

    When he loses all his money in a poker game, a man tells his pregnant wife an involved lie to explain the missing cash.

  31. 31Your Witness

    25 minMay 17, 1959

    A prominent lawyer appears able to manipulate any situation successfully - except, perhaps, for his marriage.

  32. 32Human Interest Story

    27 minMay 24, 1959

    A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.

  33. 33The Dusty Drawer

    27 minMay 31, 1959

    When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.

  34. 34A True Account

    27 minJun 7, 1959

    Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death. In the time since then, she married Mr. Hughes only to come to the conclusion that he murdered his first wife. Brett advises her that little that can be done without evidence, but he takes a liking to her and they eventually become lovers and marry when Gilbert takes his own life. Little does he realize the consequences of the choices he has made.

  35. 35Touché

    26 minJun 14, 1959

    A millionaire takes a hunting trip during which he hatches a plan to make his wife's lover his prey.

  36. 36Invitation to an Accident

    27 minJun 21, 1959

    When a woman's blatant indiscretions with her ex-husband continue even after a confrontation with her current spouse, the consequences are dire.

Where to watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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Series cast

Alfred HitchcockSelf - Host268 episodes
Harry TylerTimmy11 episodes
John WilliamsCapt. Smollet10 episodes
Raymond BaileyMr. Harris10 episodes
Patricia HitchcockEllie Marsh10 episodes
Russell CollinsMr. Fletcher9 episodes
Robert H. HarrisMonty Lenton9 episodes
Ray TealFire Chief8 episodes
Bartlett RobinsonDonald Wellman8 episodes
Arthur Gould-PorterMajor Parslow8 episodes
Lillian O'MalleyHotel Maid8 episodes
John ZarembaLt. Morgan7 episodes
Robert HortonRay Marchand7 episodes
Rusty LaneSheriff Matt7 episodes
Percy HeltonMorton7 episodes
Molly GlessingParlour Maid7 episodes
Phyllis ThaxterKaren Stewart6 episodes
Alan NapierSir Everett6 episodes

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