Alfred Hitchcock Presents

25min

Mystery

Drama

Crime

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

Production Companies

Universal Television

Revue Studios

Shamley Productions

Episodes

Cast

Revenge

1. Revenge

27min

2nd Oct 1955

When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is left traumatized after being assaulted by an unknown attacker, he becomes determined to track down the perpetrator and take revenge.

Premonition

2. Premonition

27min

9th Oct 1955

A famous pianist returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends and family are covering up the true details of that death.

Triggers in Leash

3. Triggers in Leash

27min

16th Oct 1955

A 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

4. Don't Come Back Alive

27min

23rd Oct 1955

Frank 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

5. Into Thin Air

26min

30th Oct 1955

When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.

Salvage

6. Salvage

26min

6th Nov 1955

Gangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.

Breakdown

7. Breakdown

26min

13th Nov 1955

William 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

8. Our Cook's a Treasure

26min

20th Nov 1955

A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess.

The Long Shot

9. The Long Shot

26min

27th Nov 1955

Heavily 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

10. The Case of Mr. Pelham

26min

4th Dec 1955

A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.

Guilty Witness

11. Guilty Witness

26min

11th Dec 1955

When Mr. and Mrs. Crane hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment just above them, and then Mr. Verber disappears the next day, they can't help suspecting the worst.

Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

12. Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

26min

18th Dec 1955

While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.

The Cheney Vase

13. The Cheney Vase

26min

25th Dec 1955

When 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

14. A Bullet for Baldwin

26min

1st Jan 1956

When 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

15. The Big Switch

26min

8th Jan 1956

Gangster 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

16. You Got to Have Luck

26min

15th Jan 1956

During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.

The Older Sister

17. The Older Sister

26min

22nd Jan 1956

A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.

Shopping for Death

18. Shopping for Death

26min

29th Jan 1956

Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.

The Derelicts

19. The Derelicts

26min

5th Feb 1956

Inventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime.

And So Died Riabouchinska

20. And So Died Riabouchinska

26min

12th Feb 1956

While 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

21. Safe Conduct

26min

19th Feb 1956

An American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler.

Place of Shadows

22. Place of Shadows

26min

26th Feb 1956

A 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

23. Back for Christmas

26min

4th Mar 1956

Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.

The Perfect Murder

24. The Perfect Murder

26min

11th Mar 1956

Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.

There Was an Old Woman

25. There Was an Old Woman

27min

18th Mar 1956

Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.

Whodunit

26. Whodunit

26min

25th Mar 1956

Recently 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

27. Help Wanted

26min

1st Apr 1956

Mr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment.

Portrait of Jocelyn

28. Portrait of Jocelyn

26min

8th Apr 1956

When 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

29. The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

27min

15th Apr 1956

Antiques 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

30. Never Again

26min

22nd Apr 1956

Karen 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

31. The Gentleman from America

26min

29th Apr 1956

Rich 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

32. The Baby Sitter

25min

6th May 1956

When Clara Nash is murdered, her baby-sitter Lottie Slocum is excited to be the center of attention, and she also hopes to become closer to Clara's husband.

The Belfry

33. The Belfry

26min

13th May 1956

When 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

34. The Hidden Thing

26min

20th May 1956

After 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

35. The Legacy

27min

27th May 1956

When 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

36. Mink

26min

3rd Jun 1956

Paula 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

37. Decoy

26min

10th Jun 1956

Gil Larkin is suspected of murder when Mona Cameron's allegedly abusive husband is shot dead in front of him and he gets knocked out by an unknown assailant.

The Creeper

38. The Creeper

26min

17th Jun 1956

A serial killer known as "the strangler" terrorizes a New York neighborhood.

Momentum

39. Momentum

26min

24th Jun 1956

A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.

First air date

2nd Oct 1955

Last air date

3rd Jul 1962

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks