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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
★ 7.8/10•1955•25m•TV-PG•Mystery•Drama•Crime
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 2, 1955

Episodes

Episode 1 - RevengeE127m

Revenge

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.

Oct 2, 1955

Episode 2 - PremonitionE227m

Premonition

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.

Oct 9, 1955

Episode 3 - Triggers in LeashE327m

Triggers in Leash

A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.

Oct 16, 1955

Episode 4 - Don't Come Back AliveE427m

Don't Come Back Alive

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.

Oct 23, 1955

Episode 5 - Into Thin AirE526m

Into Thin Air

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.

Oct 30, 1955

Episode 6 - SalvageE626m

Salvage

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

Nov 6, 1955

Episode 7 - BreakdownE726m

Breakdown

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.

Nov 13, 1955

Episode 8 - Our Cook's a TreasureE826m

Our Cook's a Treasure

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

Nov 20, 1955

Episode 9 - The Long ShotE926m

The Long Shot

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.

Nov 27, 1955

Episode 10 - The Case of Mr. PelhamE1026m

The Case of Mr. Pelham

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

Dec 4, 1955

Episode 11 - Guilty WitnessE1126m

Guilty Witness

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.

Dec 11, 1955

Episode 12 - Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue KidE1226m

Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

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

Dec 18, 1955

Episode 13 - The Cheney VaseE1326m

The Cheney Vase

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.

Dec 25, 1955

Episode 14 - A Bullet for BaldwinE1426m

A Bullet for Baldwin

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.

Jan 1, 1956

Episode 15 - The Big SwitchE1526m

The Big Switch

Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.

Jan 8, 1956

Episode 16 - You Got to Have LuckE1626m

You Got to Have Luck

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

Jan 15, 1956

Episode 17 - The Older SisterE1726m

The Older Sister

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

Jan 22, 1956

Episode 18 - Shopping for DeathE1826m

Shopping for Death

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

Jan 29, 1956

Episode 19 - The DerelictsE1926m

The Derelicts

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

Feb 5, 1956

Episode 20 - And So Died RiabouchinskaE2026m

And So Died Riabouchinska

While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.

Feb 12, 1956

Episode 21 - Safe ConductE2126m

Safe Conduct

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

Feb 19, 1956

Episode 22 - Place of ShadowsE2226m

Place of Shadows

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.

Feb 26, 1956

Episode 23 - Back for ChristmasE2326m

Back for Christmas

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

Mar 4, 1956

Episode 24 - The Perfect MurderE2426m

The Perfect Murder

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

Mar 11, 1956

Episode 25 - There Was an Old WomanE2527m

There Was an Old Woman

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

Mar 18, 1956

Episode 26 - WhodunitE2626m

Whodunit

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.

Mar 25, 1956

Episode 27 - Help WantedE2726m

Help Wanted

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

Apr 1, 1956

Episode 28 - Portrait of JocelynE2826m

Portrait of Jocelyn

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.

Apr 8, 1956

Episode 29 - The Orderly World of Mr. ApplebyE2927m

The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage.

Apr 15, 1956

Episode 30 - Never AgainE3026m

Never Again

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.

Apr 22, 1956

Episode 31 - The Gentleman from AmericaE3126m

The Gentleman from America

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.

Apr 29, 1956

Episode 32 - The Baby SitterE3225m

The Baby Sitter

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.

May 6, 1956

Episode 33 - The BelfryE3326m

The Belfry

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.

May 13, 1956

Episode 34 - The Hidden ThingE3426m

The Hidden Thing

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.

May 20, 1956

Episode 35 - The LegacyE3527m

The Legacy

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.

May 27, 1956

Episode 36 - MinkE3626m

Mink

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.

Jun 3, 1956

Episode 37 - DecoyE3726m

Decoy

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.

Jun 10, 1956

Episode 38 - The CreeperE3826m

The Creeper

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

Jun 17, 1956

Episode 39 - MomentumE3926m

Momentum

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

Jun 24, 1956

Actors

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Host

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