
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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Previously Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the series expanded to an hour. Master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock introduces and concludes tales of suspense and crime. Hitchcock's speeches are filled with black humor and jabs at his network sponsors.
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- 01A Home Away from HomeWhen the inmates take over, 'Dr. Howard Fenwick' (Ray Milland), is most convincing. So convincing, in fact, that when the REAL Dr. Fenwick's niece arrives, she thinks the fake one is the real thing! Is there any way this bizarre nightmare can come to a successful ending?
- 02The Magic ShopMemorable chiller Seems little Tony has extra-sensory powers when he sees a magic shop that no one else sees. Once he and Dad enter the magic shop's preternatural bubble, simple trickery gives way to the inexplicable powers of real magic, and a demonic force emerges. For the Grainger family, suburban life will never be the same.
- 03Final EscapeA new hot-headed inmate Paul (Byrnes) is determined to escape prison. The head guard (McNally) is an arrogant son of a gun and cracks down on Paul. When the head guard assigns Paul to help an old inmate Doc (Keith) with his work, an opportunity arises.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01A Piece of the ActionSeptember 20, 1962
- S01E02Season's bestDon't Look Behind YouSeptember 27, 1962Story of a young woman who is asked by her fiance to risk her life in order to capture a murderer.
- S01E03Night of the OwlOctober 4, 1962—
- S01E04I Saw the Whole ThingOctober 11, 1962
- S01E05Captive AudienceOctober 18, 1962—
- S01E06Final VowOctober 25, 1962—
- S01E07AnnabelleNovember 1, 1962—
- S01E08House GuestNovember 8, 1962—
- S01E09The Black CurtainNovember 11, 1962
- S01E10Day of ReckoningNovember 22, 1962
- S01E11Ride the NightmareNovember 29, 1962
- S01E12HangoverDecember 6, 1962Hadley Purvis is an advertising agency executive who awakes with a hangover to find a strange but beautiful blonde in his living room.
- S01E13BonfireDecember 13, 1962—
- S01E14The Tender PoisonerDecember 20, 1962
- S01E15The Thirty First of FebruaryJanuary 4, 1963—
- S01E16What Really HappenedJanuary 11, 1963—
- S01E17Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal FogJanuary 18, 1963One night when her husband is away, Karen Wilson is frightened when a man named Manuel Sanchez comes pounding on her door. He claims to be o
- S01E18A Tangled WebJanuary 25, 1963David Chesterman is a thief whose girlfriend Maria is cheating on him with his partner Carl Gault. Carl has fallen in love with Maria and pl
- S01E19To Catch a ButterflyFebruary 2, 1963—
- S01E20The ParagonFebruary 8, 1963—Pemberton is a managing busy-body who injects herself into the personal lives of everyone she knows: friends, relatives, her husband's busin
- S01E21I'll Be the Judge, I'll Be the JuryFebruary 15, 1963—
- S01E22Diagnosis: DangerMarch 1, 1963
- S01E23The Lonely HoursMarch 8, 1963—
- S01E24The Star JurorMarch 15, 1963
- S01E25The Long SilenceMarch 22, 1963In an elaborate con, Ralph Mason marries a rich woman named Nora Cory for her money. Unfortunately his schemes goes awry when he murders one
- S01E26An Out for OscarApril 5, 1963Oscar Blenny is a timid bank clerk who marries a broke con-woman. He later discovers that his wife, Eva is cheating on him. He demands a di
- S01E27Death and the Joyful WomanApril 12, 1963—Luis Aguilar is a rich wine merchant who disowns his son when he refuses to marry beautiful vineyard owner Kitty Norris. At a party, however
- S01E28Last Seen Wearing Blue JeansApril 19, 1963—
- S01E29The Dark PoolMay 3, 1963—
- S01E30Dear Uncle GeorgeMay 10, 1963
- S01E31Run for DoomMay 17, 1963Dr. Don Reed falls in love with a nightclub singer named Niki Carroll despite the warnings of his seriously ill father and her ex-boyfriend
- S01E32Death of a CopMay 24, 1963—
Season02Best season
- S02E01Season's bestA Home Away from HomeSeptember 27, 1963When the inmates take over, 'Dr. Howard Fenwick' (Ray Milland), is most convincing. So convincing, in fact, that when the REAL Dr. Fenwick's
- S02E02A Nice TouchOctober 4, 1963Larry Duke is an actor making his film debut in Hollywood. He gets a phone call from his New York girlfriend Janice Brandt. She is an older
- S02E03Terror at NorthfieldOctober 11, 1963
- S02E04You'll Be the Death of MeOctober 18, 1963During a lovers' quarrel Dandy Arthur kills his ex-girlfriend. Unfortunately, a button torn from her coats lands in his pocket during the st
- S02E05Blood BargainOctober 25, 1963Jim Derry is a hit man who is hired to kill bookie Eddie Breech. Jim begins to have second thoughts when he finds out that Eddie's wife Conn
- S02E06Nothing Ever Happens in LinvaleNovember 8, 1963Mrs. Logan calls Sheriff Ben Wister when she begins to believe that her neighbor Harry Jarvis killed his wife and buried her in his back yar
- S02E07Starring the DefenseNovember 15, 1963Miles Crawford is an actor-turned-lawyer. His son Tod is arrested and put on trial for murder. Tod is guilty of the crime but Miles makes an
- S02E08The CadaverNovember 29, 1963—Medical student Skip Baxter has a drinking problem and a practical jokester for a roommate named Doc Carroll. Doc wants Skip to quit drinkin
- S02E09The Dividing WallDecember 6, 1963—
- S02E10Goodbye, GeorgeDecember 13, 1963
- S02E11How to Get Rid of Your WifeDecember 20, 1963—
- S02E12Three Wives Too ManyJanuary 3, 1964
- S02E13The Magic ShopJanuary 10, 1964Memorable chiller Seems little Tony has extra-sensory powers when he sees a magic shop that no one else sees. Once he and Dad enter the magi
- S02E14Beyond the Sea of DeathJanuary 24, 1964—
- S02E15Night CallerJanuary 31, 1964—
- S02E16The Evil of Adelaide WintersFebruary 7, 1964—
- S02E17The JarFebruary 14, 1964
- S02E18Final EscapeFebruary 21, 1964A new hot-headed inmate Paul (Byrnes) is determined to escape prison. The head guard (McNally) is an arrogant son of a gun and cracks down
- S02E19Murder CaseMarch 6, 1964
- S02E20Anyone for Murder?March 13, 1964A professor decides to research married couples who have proclivities toward killing their spouse. So he advertises that in so many words in
- S02E21Beast in ViewMarch 20, 1964
- S02E22Behind the Locked DoorMarch 27, 1964
- S02E23A Matter of MurderApril 3, 1964—
- S02E24The Gentleman CallerApril 10, 1964—
- S02E25The Ordeal of Mrs. SnowApril 17, 1964—
- S02E26Ten Minutes from NowMay 1, 1964—
- S02E27The Sign of SatanMay 8, 1964When the story begins, some Hollywood folks are watching a film made in Vienna and it's of a Satanic mass and starring Karl Jorla (Lee). The
- S02E28Who Needs an Enemy?May 15, 1964—Charlie is a real jerk. After embezzling $60,000, his partner, Eddie, catches him and threatens to send Charlie to jail unless he returns th
- S02E29Bed of RosesMay 22, 1964—Husband George sits silently by, enduring wife Mavis's air-head blather as she flits around like a blonde butterfly. But George better keep
- S02E30Second VerdictMay 29, 1964—The story begins in court. Lew is on trial for murder and his lawyer, Ned, was able to convince the jury that Lew is innocent. However, shor
- S02E31IsabelJune 5, 1964—Howard is out walking late at night when the police stop him. Isabel Smith told the police she'd been sexually assaulted by someone and sinc
- S02E32Body in the BarnJuly 3, 1964—Bessie is upset because her husband died....and it might have been due to a new fence installed by her very grouchy neighbor. Through most o
Season03
- S03E01The Return of Verge LikensOctober 5, 1964—
- S03E02Change of AddressOctober 12, 1964—Keith Hollands finds a beach house for lease, but Elsa, his wife, hates it because she's never liked the beach. Nevertheless, Keith rents th
- S03E03Water's EdgeOctober 19, 1964—
- S03E04The Life Work of Juan DiazOctober 26, 1964Maria Diaz is a Mexican peasant, a widow, trying to fulfill the wishes of her late husband.
- S03E05See the Monkey DanceNovember 9, 1964—
- S03E06Lonely PlaceNovember 16, 1964—
- S03E07The McGregor AffairNovember 23, 1964—
- S03E08MisadventureDecember 7, 1964—
- S03E09TriumphDecember 14, 1964—
- S03E10Memo from PurgatoryDecember 21, 1964—
- S03E11Consider Her WaysDecember 28, 1964—
- S03E12The Crimson WitnessJanuary 4, 1965—
- S03E13Where the Woodbine TwinethJanuary 11, 1965—
- S03E14The Final PerformanceJanuary 18, 1965—
- S03E15Thanatos Palace HotelFebruary 1, 1965—
- S03E16One of the FamilyFebruary 8, 1965—
- S03E17An Unlocked WindowFebruary 15, 1965—
- S03E18The TrapFebruary 22, 1965—
- S03E19Wally the BeardMarch 1, 1965—
- S03E20Death SceneMarch 8, 1965—
- S03E21The Photographer and the UndertakerMarch 15, 1965—
- S03E22Thou Still Unravished BrideMarch 22, 1965—
- S03E23Completely FoolproofMarch 29, 1965—
- S03E24Power of AttorneyApril 5, 1965—
- S03E25The World's Oldest MotiveApril 12, 1965—
- S03E26The Monkey's Paw - A RetellingApril 19, 1965—
- S03E27The Second WifeApril 26, 1965—
- S03E28Night FeverMay 3, 1965—
- S03E29Off SeasonMay 10, 1965—
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