Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Season 1

Oct 2, 1955 · 27m

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 9, 1955 · 27m

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 16, 1955 · 27m

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

Oct 23, 1955 · 27m

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 30, 1955 · 26m

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.

Nov 6, 1955 · 26m

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

Nov 13, 1955 · 26m

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 20, 1955 · 26m

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

Nov 27, 1955 · 26m

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.

Dec 4, 1955 · 26m

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

Dec 11, 1955 · 26m

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 18, 1955 · 26m

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

Dec 25, 1955 · 26m

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.

Jan 1, 1956 · 26m

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 8, 1956 · 26m

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

Jan 15, 1956 · 26m

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

Jan 22, 1956 · 26m

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

Jan 29, 1956 · 26m

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

Feb 5, 1956 · 26m

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

Feb 12, 1956 · 26m

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 19, 1956 · 26m

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

Feb 26, 1956 · 26m

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.

Mar 4, 1956 · 26m

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

Mar 11, 1956 · 26m

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

Mar 18, 1956 · 27m

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

Mar 25, 1956 · 26m

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.

Apr 1, 1956 · 26m

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

Apr 8, 1956 · 26m

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 15, 1956 · 27m

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 22, 1956 · 26m

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 29, 1956 · 26m

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.

May 6, 1956 · 25m

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 13, 1956 · 26m

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 20, 1956 · 26m

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 27, 1956 · 27m

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.

Jun 3, 1956 · 26m

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 10, 1956 · 26m

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 17, 1956 · 26m

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

Jun 24, 1956 · 26m

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