USA, 2 October 1955-10 May 1965
10 series, 361 episodes, average 50m each
35mm film, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
An American drama anthology television series with some genre episodes. From season 8 it was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Premise
An anthology of horror and suspense tales introduced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Episodes
Season One
Revenge (2 October 1955)
Premonition (9 October 1955)
Triggers in Leash (16 October 1955)
Don't Come Back Alive (23 October 1955)
Into Thin Air (30 October 1955)
Salvage (6 November 1955)
Breakdown (13 November 1955)
Our Cook's a Treasure (20 November 1955)
The Long Shot (27 November 1955)
The Case of Mr Pelham (4 December 1955)
Guilty Witness (11 December 1955)
Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid (18 December 1955)
The Cheney Vase (25 December 1955)
A Bullet for Baldwin (1 January 1956)
The Big Switch (8 January 1956)
You Got to Have Luck (15 January 1956)
The Older Sister (22 January 1956)
Shopping for Death (29 January 1956)
The Derelicts (5 February 1956)
And So Died Riabouchinska (12 February 1956)
Safe Conduct (19 February 1956)
Place of Shadows (26 February 1956)
Back for Christmas (4 March 1956)
The Perfect Murder (11 March 1956)
There Was an Old Woman (18 March 1956)
Whodunit ? (25 March 1956)
Help Wanted (1 April 1956)
Portrait of Jocelyn (8 April 1956)
The Orderly World of Mr Appleby (15 April 1956)
Never Again (22 April 1956)
The Gentleman from America (29 April 1956)
The Babysitter (6 May 1956)
The Belfry (13 May 1956)
The Hidden Thing (20 May 1956)
The Legacy (27 May 1956)
Mink (3 June 1956)
The Decoy (10 June 1956)
The Creeper (17 June 1956)
Momentum (24 June 1956)
Season Two
Wet Saturday (30 September 1956)
Fog Closing In (7 October 1956)
De Mortuis (14 October 1956)
Kill With Kindness (21 October 1956)
None are So Blind (28 October 1956)
Toby (4 November 1956)
Alibi Me (11 November 1956)
Conversation Over a Corpse (18 November 1956)
Crack of Doom (25 November 1956)
Jonathan (2 December 1956)
A Better Bargain (9 December 1956)
The Rose Garden (16 December 1956)
Mr Blanchard's Secret (23 December 1956)
John Brown's Body (30 December 1956)
Crackpot (6 January 1957)
Nightmare in 4-D (13 January 1957)
My Brother Richard (20 January 1957)
Manacled (27 January 1957)
Bottle of Wine (3 February 1957)
Malice Domestic (10 February 1957)
Number 22 (17 February 1957)
The End of Indian Summer (24 February 1957)
One for the Road (3 March 1957)
The Cream of the Jest (10 March 1957)
I Killed the Count Part 1 (17 March 1957)
I Killed the Count Part 2 (24 March 1957)
I Killed the Count Part 3 (31 March 1957)
One More Mile to Go (7 April 1957)
Vicious Circle (14 April 1957)
The Three Demons of Mr Findlater (21 April 1957)
The Night the World Ended (28 April 1957)
The Hands of Mr Ottermole (5 May 1957)
A Man Greatly Beloved (12 May 1957)
Martha Mason, Movie Star (19 May 1957)
The West Warlock Time Capsule (26 May 1957)
Father and Son (2 June 1957)
The Indestructible Mr Weems (9 June 1957)
A Little Sleep (16 June 1957)
The Dangerous People (23 June 1957)
Season Three
The Glass Eye (6 October 1957)
The Mail Order Prophet (13 October 1957)
The Perfect Crime (20 October 1957)
Heart of Gold (27 October 1957)
The Silent Witness (3 November 1957)
Reward to Finder (10 November 1957)
Enough Rope for Two (17 November 1957)
The Last Request (24 November 1957)
The Young One (1 December 1957)
The Diplomatic Corpse (8 December 1957)
The Deadly (15 December 1957)
Miss Paisley's Cat (22 December 1957)
Night of the Execution (29 December 1957)
The Percentage (5 January 1958)
Together (12 January 1958)
Sylvia (19 January 1958)
The Motive (26 January 1958)
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (2 February 1958)
The Equalizer (9 February 1958)
On the Nose (16 February 1958)
Guest for Breakfast (23 February 1958)
Return of the Hero (2 March 1958)
The Right Kind of House (9 March 1958)
Foghorn (16 March 1958)
Flight to the East (23 March 1958)
Bull in a China Shop (30 March 1958)
The Disappearing Trick (6 April 1958
Lamb to the Slaughter (13 April 1958)
Fatal Figures (20 April 1958)
Death Sentence (27 April 1958)
Festive Season (4 May 1958)
Listen! Listen! (11 May 1958)
Post Mortem (18 May 1958)
The Crocodile Case (25 May 1958)
A Dip in the Pool (1 June 1958)
The Safe Place (8 June 1958)
The Canary Sedan (15 June 1958)
Impromptu Murder (22 June 1958)
Little White Frock (29 June 1958)
Season Four
Poison (5 October 1958)
Don't Interrupt (12 October 1958)
The Jokester (19 October 1958)
The Crooked Road (26 October 1958)
The Two Million Dollar Defense (2 November 1958)
Design for Loving (9 November 1958)
A Man with a Problem (16 November 1958)
Safety for the Witness (23 November 1958)
Murder Me Twice (7 December 1958)
Tea Time (14 December 1958)
And the Desert Shall Blossom (21 December 1958)
Mrs Herman and Mrs Fennimore (28 December 1958)
Six People, No Music (4 January 1959)
The Morning After (11 January 1959)
A Personal Matter (18 January 1959)
Out There – Darkness (25 January 1959)
Total Loss (1 February 1959)
The Last Dark Step (8 February 1959)
The Morning of the Bride (15 February 1959)
The Diamond Necklace (22 February 1959)
Relative Value (1 March 1959)
The Right Price (8 March 1959)
I'll Take Care of You (15 March 1959)
The Avon Emeralds (22 March 1959)
The Kind Waitress (29 March 1959)
Cheap Is Cheap (5 April 1959)
The Waxwork (12 April 1959)
The Impossible Dream (19 April 1959)
Banquo's Chair (3 May 1959)
A Night With the Boys (10 May 1959)
Your Witness (17 May 1959)
The Human Interest Story (24 May 1959)
The Dusty Drawer (31 May 1959)
Curtains for Me (7 June 1959)
Touche (14 June 1959)
Invitation to an Accident (21 June 1959)
Season Five
Arthur (27 September 1959)
The Crystal Trench (4 October 1959)
Appointment at Eleven (11 October 1959)
Coyote Moon (18 October 1959)
No Pain (25 October 1959)
Anniversary Gift (1 November 1959)
Dry Run (8 November 1959)
The Blessington Method (15 November 1959)
Dead Weight (22 November 1959)
Special Delivery (29 November 1959)
Road Hog (6 December 1959)
Specialty of the House (13 December 1959)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (20 December 1959)
Graduating Class (27 December 1959)
Man from the South (3 January 1960)
The Ikon of Elijah (10 January 1960)
The Cure (24 January 1960)
Backward, Turn Backward (31 January 1960)
Not the Running Type (7 February 1960)
The Day of the Bullet (14 February 1960)
Hitch Hike (21 February 1960)
Across the Threshold (28 February 1960)
Craig's Will (6 March 1960)
Madame Mystery (27 March 1960)
The Little Man Who Was There (3 April 1960)
Mother, May I Go out to Swim? (10 April 1960)
The Cuckoo Clock (17 April 1960)
Forty Detectives Later (24 April 1960)
The Hero (1 May 1960)
Insomnia (8 May 1960)
I Can Take Care of Myself (15 May 1960)
One Grave Too Many (22 May 1960)
Party Line (29 May 1960)
Cell 227 (5 June 1960)
The Schwartz-Metterklume Method (12 June 1960)
Letter of Credit (19 June 1960)
Escape to Sonoita (26 June 1960)
Hooked (25 September 1960)
Season Six
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (27 September 1960)
The Doubtful Doctor (4 October 1960)
Very Moral Theft (11 October 1960)
The Contest for Aaron Gold (18 October 1960)
The Five Forty-eight (25 October 1960)
Pen Pal (1 November 1960)
Outlaw in Town (15 November 1960)
Oh, Youth and Beauty (22 November 1960)
The Money (29 November 1960)
Sybilla (6 December 1960)
The Man with Two Faces (13 December 1960)
The Baby Blue Expression (20 December 1960)
The Man Who Found the Money (27 December 1960)
The Changing Heart (3 January 1961)
Summer Shade (10 January 1961)
A Crime for Mothers (24 January 1961)
The Last Escape (31 January 1961)
The Greatest Monster of Them All (14 February 1961)
The Landlady (21 February 1961)
The Throwback (28 February 1961)
The Kiss Off (7 March 1961)
The Horse Player (14 March 1961)
Incident in a Small Jail (21 March 1961)
A Woman's Help (28 March 1961)
Museum Piece (4 April 1961)
Coming, Mama (11 April 1961)
Deathmate (18 April 1961)
Gratitude (25 April 1961)
A Pearl Necklace (2 May 1961)
You Can't Trust a Man (9 May 1961)
The Gloating Place (16 May 1961)
Self Defense (23 May 1961)
A Secret Life (30 May 1961)
Servant Problem (6 June 1961)
Coming Home (13 June 1961)
Final Arrangements (20 June 1961)
Make My Death Bed (27 June 1961)
Ambition (4 July 1961)
Season Seven
The Hat Box (10 October 1961)
Bang, You're Dead (17 October 1961)
Maria (24 October 1961)
Cop for a Day (31 October 1961)
Keep Me Company (7 November 1961)
Beta Delta Gamma (14 November 1961)
You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life (21 November 1961)
The Old Pro (28 November 1961)
I Spy (5 December 1961)
Services Rendered (12 December 1961)
The Right Kind of Medicine (19 December 1961)
A Jury of Her Peers (26 December 1961)
The Silk Petticoat (2 January 1962)
Bad Actor (9 January 1962)
The Door without a Key (16 January 1962)
The Case of M.J.H. (23 January 1962)
The Faith of Aaron Menefee (30 January 1962)
The Woman Who Wanted to Live (6 February 1962)
Strange Miracle (13 February 1962)
The Test (20 February 1962)
Burglar Proof (27 February 1962)
The Big Score (6 March 1962)
Profit Sharing Plan (13 March 1962)
Apex (20 March 1962)
The Last Remains (27 March 1962)
Ten O'Clock Tiger (3 April 1962)
Act of Faith (10 April 1962)
The Kerry Blue (17 April 1962)
The Matched Pearl (24 April 1962)
What Frightened You, Fred? (1 May 1962)
Most Likely to Succeed (8 May 1962)
Victim Four (15 May 1962)
The Golden Opportunity (22 May 1962)
The Twelve Hour Caper (29 May 1962)
The Children of Alda Nouva (5 June 1962)
First Class Honeymoon (12 June 1962)
The Big Kick (19 June 1962)
Where Beauty Lies (26 June 1962)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (unaired)
Season Eight
A Piece of the Action (20 September 1962)
Don't Look Behind You (27 September 1962)
Night of the Owl (4 October 1962)
I Saw the Whole Thing (11 October 1962)
Captive Audience (18 October 1962)
Final Vow (25 October 1962)
Annabel (1 November 1962)
House Guest (8 November 1962)
The Black Curtain (15 November 1962)
Day of Reckoning (22 November 1962)
Ride the Nightmare (29 November 1962)
Hangover (6 December 1962)
Bonfire (13 December 1962)
The Tender Poisoner (20 December 1962)
The Thirty-First of February (4 January 1963)
What Really Happened (11 January 1963)
Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog (18 January 1963)
A Tangled Web (25 January 1963)
To Catch a Butterfly (2 February 1963)
The Paragon (9 February 1963)
I'll Be Judge – I'll Be Jury (15 February 1963)
Diagnosis: Danger (1 March 1963)
The Lonely Hours (8 March 1963)
The Star Juror (15 March 1963)
The Long Silence (22 March 1963)
An Out for Oscar (5 April 1963)
Death and the Joyful Woman (12 April 1963)
Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans (19 April 1963)
The Dark Pool (3 May 1963)
Dear Uncle George (10 May 1963)
Run for Doom (17 May 1963)
Death of a Cop (24 May 1963)
Season Nine
A Home Away from Home (27 September 1963)
A Nice Touch (4 October 1963)
Terror at Northfield (11 October 1963)
You'll Be the Death of Me (18 October 1963)
Blood Bargain (25 October 1963)
Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (8 November 1963)
Starring the Defense (15 November 1963)
The Cadaver (29 November 1963)
The Dividing Wall (6 December 1963)
Goodbye, George (13 December 1963)
How to Get Rid of Your Wife (20 December 1963)
Three Wives Too Many (3 January 1964)
The Magic Shop (10 January 1964)
Beyond the Sea of Death (24 January 1964)
Night Caller (31 January 1964)
The Evil of Adelaide Winters (7 February 1964)
The Jar (14 February 1964)
Final Escape (21 February 1964)
Murder Case (6 March 1964)
Anyone for Murder? (13 March 1964)
Beast in View (20 March 1964)
Behind the Locked Door (27 March 1964)
A Matter of Murder (3 April 1964)
The Gentleman Caller (10 April 1964)
The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow (17 April 1964)
Ten Minutes from Now (1 May 1964)
The Sign of Satan (8 May 1964)
Who Needs an Enemy? (15 May 1964)
Bed of Roses (22 May 1964)
The Second Verdict (29 May 1964)
Isabel (5 June 1964)
Body in the Barn (3 July 1964)
Season Ten
The Return of Verge Likens (5 October 1964)
Change of Address (12 October 1964)
Water's Edge (19 October 1964)
The Life Work of Juan Diaz (26 October 1964)
See the Monkey Dance (9 November 1964)
Lonely Place (16 November 1964)
The McGregor Affair (23 November 1964)
Misadventure (7 December 1964)
Triumph (14 December 1964)
Memos from Purgatory (21 December 1964)
Consider Her Ways (28 December 1964)
Crimson Witness (4 January 1965)
Where the Woodbine Twineth (11 January 1965)
Final Performance (18 January 1965)
Thanatos Palace Hotel (1 February 1965)
One of the Family (8 February 1965)
An Unlocked Window (15 February 1965)
The Trap (22 February 1965)
Wally the Beard (1 March 1965)
Death Scene (8 March 1965)
The Photographer and the Undertaker (15 March 1965)
Thou Still Unravished Bride (22 March 1965)
Completely Foolproof (29 March 1965)
Power of Attorney (5 April 1965)
The World's Oldest Motive (12 April 1965)
The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling (19 April 1965)
The Second Wife (26 April 1965)
Night Fever (3 May 1965)
Off Season (10 May 1965)
Alternative Titles
Alfred Hitchcock esittää – Finland
Alfred Hitchcock presenta – Argentinian/Venezuela
Alfred Hitchcock présente – France
Alfred Hitchcock zeigt – Austrian/West Germany
Links
Sequel
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985-1989)
Extracts included in
78/52 (2017)
CBS at 75 (2003)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)
References
Periodicals
- Classic Images no.298 (April 2000) pp.73-77 – interview with Norman Lloyd (Norman Lloyd: Working With Hitch by Tom Weaver)
- Starlog no.257 (December 1998) – interview with Norman Lloyd (Times Traveler by Tom Weaver)
- Video Watchdog no.73 (July 2001) pp.22-36 – illustrated interview with Norman Lloyd (The Man Who Fell from Liberty by Tom Weaver)
Books
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: An Illustrated Guide to the Ten-Year Television Career of the Master of Suspense by John McCarty and Brian Kelleher – subject of book
- The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion by Martin Grams Jr and Patrik Wikstrom – subject of book
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart p.21 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.8
- I Was a Monster Movie Maker by Tom Weaver – interview with Norman Lloyd
