Best of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJoseph CottenRaymond BaileyWilliam 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.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.4 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockEverett SloaneBeulah BondiA serial-murderess maid is on the loose in the city. Ralph becomes suspicious of his wife Ethel's housemaid Mrs. Sutton.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (1.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockTom EwellRaymond BaileyA series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJudith EvelynKathleen MaguireWhen 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.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.7 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn CassavetesMarisa PavanDuring a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsIsobel ElsomBefore leaving on a trip to America, a man kills his wife and buries her in the basement. Once in the United States, he receives correspondence. Has he gotten away with his crime?
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockHurd HatfieldMildred NatwickWorried that their Aunt Rosalie doesn't really like them, brothers Paul and Henri set out to get their hands on her fortune any way they can.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockPhilip AbbottNancy GatesAt an art gallery, Mark is surprised when the art dealer hands over a portrait of Mark's first wife instead of the painting he'd originally purchased.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockThelma RitterMary WickesWhen 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.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockConstance FordSteve BrodieA frightened housewife is alone in her apartment when she begins to suspect just about anyone could be the unknown killer who has been strangling women.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockSkip HomeierJoanne WoodwardRichard Paine decides to steal money from his boss that he has owed him for months, and it turns into an unnecessary and ironic murder.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockPhyllis ThaxterPaul LangtonWhen her husband goes away on a business trip, Mary Summers is all alone in her house--and gripped with a nameless fear. Then an escaped mental patient breaks in.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert EmhardtCara WilliamsProfessor Rankin's buddies Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar, filling in a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled it with his wife.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockHurd HatfieldMildred DunnockAn antiques dealer feels he should be enjoying the finer things in life, but his Aunt Muriel is the one with all the money. Finding another man's wallet gives him an evil idea.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJessica TandyRobert H. HarrisNew York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (750)TV EpisodeDirectorJules BrickenStarsAlfred HitchcockDorothy StickneyCarmen MathewsCissie Enright is not exactly thrilled with the idea of poisoning the real estate man. But her sister, Joanna, insists that it's the only way.
- DirectorJohn Meredyth LucasStarsAlfred HitchcockGeorgann JohnsonCorey AllenA college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.
- DirectorJohn Meredyth LucasStarsAlfred HitchcockRalph MeekerPhyllis ThaxterMarital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn BaragreyGeorgann JohnsonA former nurse learns that when her husband is away on business trips, he's seeing another woman.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.2 (613)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsAlan NapierA maid discovers the body of Count Victor Mattoni. It's up to Inspector Davidson from Scotland Yard to find the murderer.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.2 (612)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsRosemary HarrisInspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (609)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsRosemary HarrisInspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockDavid WayneSteve BrodieSam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.
- 1955–196230mTV-146.4 (605)TV EpisodeDirectorJules BrickenStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsBarbara BaxleyErnest Findlater is constantly nagged at by his wife so he fantasizes about Lalage, an exotic lover from the South Seas.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (708)TV EpisodeDirectorJustus AddissStarsAlfred HitchcockRussell CollinsHarold J. StoneA newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going to end that night, but the prank has deadly results.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (655)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockAlbert SalmiRobert H. HarrisTwo men wait at a train station. A wailing siren periodically reminds them that a maniac has escaped from the local mental hospital.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockJessica TandyTom ConwayCaptivated by the actor's physical beauty, an aging spinster pulls up stakes to follow a ventriloquist and his dummy from performance to performance; finally, the man consents to a much-wanted meeting.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsAlfred HitchcockJo Van FleetOscar HomolkaWhen 5,200 dollars in lost cash is found by a man, he gets into a potentially deadly conflict with his wife about what to do with it.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockHarry GuardinoCara WilliamsA man about to be executed for a murder he did not commit, uses a last request to give his version of events.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsAlfred HitchcockPhyllis ThaxterLee PhilipsA plumber who blackmails innocent housewives over false claims of having affairs meets one who has some ideas about stopping him and maybe getting restitution for all his victims.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsAlfred HitchcockJoseph CottenChristine WhiteA husband gets locked in a secure office with the body of his beautiful young mistress, whom he has just murdered.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockSkip HomeierWilliam RedfieldA man who has a theory that murders committed without a motive are very rarely solved is then coaxed by his friend into killing someone.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockJoan TetzelScott McKayA murderer holding a bickering married couple at gunpoint, tries to decide which one to kill, but their constant arguing over who should die confuses him.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.5 (904)TV EpisodeDirectorDon TaylorStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert EmhardtJeanette NolanMr. Waterbury believes he can get a good deal on some real estate because a murder occurred in the home. But he hasn't dealt with Sadie Grimes the owner who refuses to lower the price because of an emotional attachment.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.3 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesHarold J. StoneAfter Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockJames BestKatharine BardPaula Frayne's husband Norman is a chronic worrier who shows her little attention. When an old friend of Norman's shows up and shows too much interest in Paula, Norman becomes difficult. Paula becomes convinced that Norman no longer loves her and moves out of the house. She was wrong, however. Norman really loves her and threatens murder to prove it.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (517)TV EpisodeDirectorDon TaylorStarsAlfred HitchcockEdgar StehliAdam WilliamsNo one will listen to a mild-mannered man's theory about a string of local murders.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsAlfred HitchcockSteve ForrestJoanna MooreA wife refuses to let her husband squander away the money from a 133,000-dollar sweepstakes ticket inherited from her first dead spouse, so he plans on killing her.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockRichard KileyWalter MatthauA couple driving through a rural location discover that the police and judge of the town of Robertsville are more intent on extorting money from them than being honest servants of the people.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockGary MerrillPeter Mark RichmanKaren Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel. Can police officer Barrett stop him?
- 1955–196230mTV-147.3 (516)TV EpisodeDirectorArthur HillerStarsAlfred HitchcockMary AstorRussell CollinsA woman conspires with a classy, mature stage actress, to help kill her live-in uncle for inheritance money.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert AldaJeanette NolanA married businessman keeps his naive young mistress in an apartment, assuring her with costly gifts that he will marry her as soon as he can secure a divorce from his harpy wife. The young woman's mother is not so easily persuaded.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.6 (935)TV EpisodeDirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockBette DavisJames CongdonMiss Fox is a rich old widow who falsely identifies one of the building's employees as the guy who robbed her, and later she wants to help him but it may be too late.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert HortonFay SpainBrad Taylor is a real-estate entrepreneur who is engaged to Janice Wright. Unbeknownst to her, Brad is still seeing an old flame, Leslie Lenox, a writer. Leslie doesn't take to Brad's decision to stop seeing her very well, particularly as she has been paying all of his bills for quite a long time. Leslie makes it very clear that should Brad not drop Janice, she will do everything in her power to ensure he never marries her. Seeing no other way out, Brad decides get rid of Leslie permanently, but is in for a surprise when he gets home to find two detectives waiting for him.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (508)TV EpisodeDirectorArthur HillerStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesDon DubbinsA lonely woman who waited years to marry the man she loves finds out a horrible secret about why he stalled for so long.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.0 (655)TV EpisodeDirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockClaude RainsBetsy von FurstenbergA jewelry firm casts out the last of a family who've been employees for 117 years, and the company won't hire the last of the line because she's a woman. Faithful service goes unrewarded when her father is given a week to finish up, but he'll show how much he'll be missed by selling the firm's most expensive gem by his last day of 37 years service.
- DirectorBretaigne WindustStarsAlfred HitchcockDennis DayAlice BackesEven though he has several large bank accounts, Alexander Gifford is so obsessed with money that he begins to see his wife as nothing but a collection of expenses. When she finds his hidden accounts, the trouble really unfolds.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsKenneth HaighA retired detective plans to make a suspect in a murder think he's seeing the victim's ghost on the anniversary of her death in the home she was murdered in. Others are invited to pretend they see nothing, hoping to jar a confession.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockDick YorkPhilip CoolidgeA professor is convinced his boarding housemate (a bank teller) stole $200 from his bank deposit; the teller vehemently denies it. He wants his money back, and employs a series of pranks to challenge the teller's sanity - but to what end?
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockBrian KeithJoanna MooreA woman reveals to her rich husband who's confined to an iron lung that she's planning to painlessly murder him, but he may have a surprise for her.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockWalter MatthauRobert VaughnA crime boss gives a new employee an assignment to kill another man, but the intended victim tempts him with another offer.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsAlfred HitchcockRaymond MasseyRobert EmhardtA very rude traveling salesman forces a truck off the road, causing a delay in emergency care for an injured young man, who dies.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.1 (713)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert MorleyKenneth HaighMr. Laffler invites Mr. Costain to join him for dinner at a private club that he describes as a very special experience. To his disappointment, Laffler is informed that the house specialty, a lamb dish, is not being served. They continue to visit the club and one evening, the famous dish is served. It also happens that a long-time member has resigned. What, if anything, do the two events have in common?
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockSteve McQueenPeter LorreIn a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockNehemiah PersoffPeter Mark RichmanLiving in the remote tropics are two oil explorers, one of whom is married to a very attractive woman. One night, she tries to stab her husband and he is convinced by his partner that she is sick with tropical fever. They agree that she needs to see a head shrinker. En route to the doctor however, she convinces her husband's partner to help her kill the husband. Fortunately, the husband's trusted manservant is also with them and protects his master's interests in a very unusual way.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.2 (515)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockBarry GordonGlenn WalkenWhen a young boy reports a mob-beating to the police and his father fails to support him under questioning in the presence of the mobster, he's adversely affected for the rest of his life.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockBeatrice StraightFay SpainMrs. Blythe goes to spend a weekend at her cottage. She hasn't been there since her husband died the year before. Stopping at the general store, she's told that a patient has escaped from the local mental institution. Once at her cottage, she meets Madeleine who says she had seen a dangerous looking man nearby. Madeleine is obviously upset and wants to leave, but Mrs. Blythe begs her to stay. She agrees, but with dire consequences.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockDennis WeaverJames MillhollinCharles Cavender suffers from terrible insomnia. He hasn't had a good night's sleep in months and has lost a number of jobs as a result. He visits a psychiatrist and recounts a recurring dream he has about the death of his wife, who died in a house fire. Cavender's brother-in-law, Jack Fletcher, blames him for his sister's death and it's determined there is a link between that and the insomnia. Cavender feels threatened but decides to pay him a visit to clear the air. However, things don't quite go as planned.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsAlfred HitchcockBurt ReynoldsMurray HamiltonTwo kidnappers think they have made their escape when they hijack a tanker in the dry desert, leaving the occupants and a female victim behind to die.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert HortonAnne FrancisRay Marchand is married to an older woman but he is quite attracted to Nyla Foster, a very attractive college student spending the summer working at her father's fishing camp. She tells Ray that her father would never leave her alone with him - so he should stop by on Mondays, when her father goes into town for supplies. When Nyla hears that Ray's wife can't swim, they start thinking that an "accident" might be in order, so Ray decides to take up fishing, his wife's favourite pastime. His plans don't quite work out, however.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (598)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockAudrey MeadowsLes TremayneTwice a month, Mrs. Bixby travels to Baltimore to visit an elderly aunt, her only living relative. Or so she tells her dentist-husband. In fact, she visits the Colonel, her rich lover. Before returning home, he gives her a gift of a fur coat - along with a letter saying that they won't be seeing each other anymore. Mrs. Bixby decides to pawn the coat but her elaborate scheme to explain the coat to her husband doesn't quite go as planned.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockBetty FieldWalter MatthauHelen's brother John informs her that he is soon to be married and they'll have to decide what to do about the house they share. Helen is quite attracted to Harry Wade, the owner of a lumber yard who has fallen on hard times after one of his customers goes bankrupt. Helen decides to help Harry out with an $8,000 "loan" after he assures her that he can repay her within 48 hours. When things don't work out as planned, Harry has a decision to make.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesAlexander ScourbyNewlywed Sybilla is extremely attentive to her husband's every need, but he's suspicious. Eventually, her acquiescence despite his coldness makes him paranoid and desperate. When he realizes just how wrong he's been, will it be too late?
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsAlfred HitchcockClaire TrevorBiff ElliotJane and Ralph Birdwell get an unexpected and unwelcome visit from Mrs. Meade, their foster daughter's biological mother. It's been seven years since they took responsibility for the girl, but an adoption was never formalized as Mrs. Meade had simply disappeared. Meade now wants money from the Birdwells and threatens to sue to get her daughter back. A private detective suggests that Mrs. Meade just take her daughter and demand $25,000 from the Birdwells to give her back. She agrees but things don't quite go as the planned.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockKeenan WynnJan SterlingJoe Ferlini is a Houdini-like escape artist who performs in nightclubs. He claims to be the fastest at getting out of a straight jacket but wants to make a bigger splash. He proposes to have himself handcuffed, tied with a rope, locked into a trunk and dumped into a nearby river. His promoter agrees but his wife Wanda and her lover Tommy arrange for the inevitable. When a coroner demands to examine Ferlini's body, it seems Ferlini may have made the greatest escape of all.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockDean StockwellPatricia CollingeBilly Weaver's just moved to a small English village, and sees an advert for a room. The landlady's quite pleasant. He's perplexed when she later mentions two others are also staying; he's never seen nor heard of them before, so, who are these tenants?
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockClaude RainsEd GardnerFather Amion discovers that the large amounts of money turning up on the collection plate come from a grateful horse player who has hit a winning streak.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.2 (592)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn FiedlerRichard JaeckelA suspected serial killer is put in a jail house with a salesman, while a lynch mob waits outside.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsAlfred HitchcockHazel CourtErnest TruexA rich old man proposes to his secretary. Claiming poor health, he says she will inherit $11 million. She says no but her fiancé convinces her, figuring to marry a rich wife. On each anniversary for 25 years, the old man gives her a pearl.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsAlfred HitchcockSusan HarrisonHank BrandtDesperate for attention, particularly from the prom king, Susan Harper fabricates a crime. As the requests from the police and press feed her craving, she adds details-never suspecting those details could become a problem.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsAlfred HitchcockRonald HowardMary MurphyA man is bored with marriage and leaves his wife, but when he hires a private investigator to watch her in order to gather evidence for a divorce, he discovers that she is living a secret life.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockCrahan DentonJeanette NolanA man just released from prison becomes desperate when his earned money, put away during his prison term, vanishes one night in town.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockKay WalshEric BarkerA London private detective trying to find evidence that a sweet, gentle, older woman is cheating on her separated husband, falls in love with her.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.0 (569)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsAlfred HitchcockCharles BronsonLola AlbrightWhen a woman is forced by a murderer to drive him to safety, she deliberately passes up chances to escape.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsAlfred HitchcockPatricia BreslinVivienne SegalA man's attractive mistress tells him she will handle the killing of his wife, but he wants to hire someone to do it, and a miscommunication results.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsAlfred HitchcockRichard LongColeen GrayPaul Devore is an unhappily married department store manager whose wealthy wife loathes him and refuses to divorce him, unwilling to give him half of her assets as community property. He blackmails a thirty-something shoplifter into coming to his house the following Sunday evening. Assuming he was going to force her to have sex, she is surprised to find the master bedroom ransacked and all of the valuables missing. She realizes Devore has staged a robbery and all he wants the shoplifter to do is tie him to the bed to make it look like a robbery. But what will Mrs. Devore say when she gets home and finds her husband in this state?
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsAlfred HitchcockGeorge NaderCloris LeachmanCaroline has an uncanny infatuation with her actor brother and grows jealous whenever he spends time in the company of other women.