Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

October 2, 1955

Episodes

39 episodes

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Season 1

Episodes

Revenge

1. Revenge

7.3
October 2, 1955
27 min

When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.

Premonition

2. Premonition

8.0
October 9, 1955
27 min

A famous pianist returns to his home town to find the man who murdered his father.

Triggers in Leash

3. Triggers in Leash

7.4
October 16, 1955
27 min

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

Don't Come Back Alive

4. Don't Come Back Alive

7.8
October 23, 1955
27 min

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.

Into Thin Air

5. Into Thin Air

7.8
October 30, 1955
26 min

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.

Salvage

6. Salvage

6.8
November 6, 1955
26 min

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

Breakdown

7. Breakdown

7.6
November 13, 1955
26 min

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.

Our Cook's a Treasure

8. Our Cook's a Treasure

8.2
November 20, 1955
26 min

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

The Long Shot

9. The Long Shot

8.2
November 27, 1955
26 min

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.

The Case of Mr. Pelham

10. The Case of Mr. Pelham

8.8
December 4, 1955
26 min

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

Guilty Witness

11. Guilty Witness

7.5
December 11, 1955
26 min

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.

Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

12. Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

6.8
December 18, 1955
26 min

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

The Cheney Vase

13. The Cheney Vase

6.8
December 25, 1955
26 min

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.

A Bullet for Baldwin

14. A Bullet for Baldwin

7.7
January 1, 1956
26 min

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.

The Big Switch

15. The Big Switch

8.0
January 8, 1956
26 min

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

You Got to Have Luck

16. You Got to Have Luck

8.3
January 15, 1956
26 min

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

The Older Sister

17. The Older Sister

7.0
January 22, 1956
26 min

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

Shopping for Death

18. Shopping for Death

7.0
January 29, 1956
26 min

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

The Derelicts

19. The Derelicts

9.0
February 5, 1956
26 min

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

And So Died Riabouchinska

20. And So Died Riabouchinska

6.0
February 12, 1956
26 min

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

Safe Conduct

21. Safe Conduct

7.0
February 19, 1956
26 min

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

Place of Shadows

22. Place of Shadows

7.0
February 26, 1956
26 min

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.

Back for Christmas

23. Back for Christmas

6.8
March 4, 1956
26 min

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

The Perfect Murder

24. The Perfect Murder

8.0
March 11, 1956
26 min

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

There Was an Old Woman

25. There Was an Old Woman

8.0
March 18, 1956
27 min

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

Whodunit

26. Whodunit

8.0
March 25, 1956
26 min

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.

Help Wanted

27. Help Wanted

8.0
April 1, 1956
26 min

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

Portrait of Jocelyn

28. Portrait of Jocelyn

April 8, 1956
26 min

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.

The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

29. The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

April 15, 1956
27 min

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

Never Again

30. Never Again

7.0
April 22, 1956
26 min

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.

The Gentleman from America

31. The Gentleman from America

April 29, 1956
26 min

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.

The Baby Sitter

32. The Baby Sitter

May 6, 1956
25 min

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.

The Belfry

33. The Belfry

May 13, 1956
26 min

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.

The Hidden Thing

34. The Hidden Thing

May 20, 1956
26 min

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.

The Legacy

35. The Legacy

May 27, 1956
27 min

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.

Mink

36. Mink

June 3, 1956
26 min

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.

Decoy

37. Decoy

June 10, 1956
26 min

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.

The Creeper

38. The Creeper

June 17, 1956
26 min

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

Momentum

39. Momentum

June 24, 1956
26 min

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