Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Twice 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.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Meadows, Les Tremayne
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s): Halsted Welles, Roald Dahl

A doctor examines a man who suffers from blackouts in which he reverts to his life two years prior to the current year.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dick York, Gena Rowlands
Director(s): Arthur Hiller
Writer(s): Louis Paul, Jerry Sohl

Helen'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.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Betty Field, Walter Matthau
Director(s): Norman Lloyd
Writer(s): Jack Dillon, Allan Gordon

Bernie Samuelson is a ceramic arts teacher at a children's summer camp. From the very first day, he notices that young Aaron Gold has a real talent for sculpture. Aaron much prefers ceramics to swimming classes but when the camp Director criticizes Bernie for Aaron's lateness at swimming, Bernie promises not to hold him back. After a few weeks though, Bernie lets Aaron skip swimming and then learns that Aaron is has yet to complete any of the camp activities. As parents' day approaches, the Director flies into a rage when he realizes Aaron has yet to complete his sculpture. When Aaron's Dad shows up, things become a little clearer.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Gordon, Sydney Pollack
Director(s): Norman Lloyd
Writer(s): William Jerome Fay, Philip Roth

A mentally unstable secretary finally catches up to her cruel former boss and makes him listen to what she has to say, at gunpoint.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Phyllis Thaxter, Zachary Scott
Director(s): John Brahm
Writer(s): Charlotte Armstrong, John Cheever

An imprisoned lifer breaks out of prison to meet the pen pal he has fallen in love with, but finds only her middle-aged aunt at home.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Katherine Squire, Clu Gulager
Director(s): John Brahm
Writer(s): Hilary Murray, Henry Slesar, Jay Folb

Tony Lorca arrives in a small town in the middle of a blizzard to a less-than-pleasant reception in the local saloon. One of the locals says he's seen him before but leaves the saloon before trouble starts. Lorca loses his gun in a poker game at which point the same local returns with a sheriff's poster: Lorca is a wanted man with a $5,000 reward on his head. Seeing no way out, Lorca auctions himself to the highest bidder, offering to turn himself in without a fuss. His plan is to spend the money and have a good time before he meets the hangman. Turns out he killed the saloon girl's husband some time ago and she has something else in mind. But is Lorca really who he says he is?

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Ford
Director(s): Herschel Daugherty
Writer(s): Michael Fessier

Cash Bentley is having a hard time coping with middle age. A one-time champion hurdler, he now drinks a bit too much and doesn't quite earn enough money to pay for the lifestyle he would like to provide for his family, such as a membership at the local country club. Despondent, he decides to try one last "race," with tragic results.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Patricia Breslin
Director(s): Norman Lloyd
Writer(s): John Cheever, Halsted Welles

Larry Chetnick and his girlfriend are always bickering about money. She wants more of it and he assures her that he has plans to get a job with a better future. Larry visits his father's former friend, Mr. Bregornick hoping to land a job. Bregornick offers him a job. But after several months of doing this, Larry decides the best way to get money will be to steal it from Bregornick.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Loggia, Doris Dowling
Director(s): Alan Crosland Jr.
Writer(s): Henry Slesar

Newlywed 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?

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Bel Geddes, Alexander Scourby
Director(s): Ida Lupino
Writer(s): Charlotte Armstrong, Margaret Manners

A woman looking at pictures in a police mug book is shocked to see a picture of her son-in-law, who's living at her home with her daughter.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Spring Byington, Stephen Dunne
Director(s): Stuart Rosenberg
Writer(s): Henry Slesar

A beautiful, simple-minded blonde changes her mind after conspiring with her boyfriend to kill her rich, loving husband.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Sarah Marshall, Peter Walker
Director(s): Arthur Hiller
Writer(s): Helen Nielsen, Mary Stolz

A teacher reports to the police that he found 92,000 dollars in a clip, amid claims that 10,000 dollars of the money is missing.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Arthur Hill, Rod Cameron
Director(s): Alan Crosland Jr.
Writer(s): James E. Cronin, Allan Gordon

Looking to have an old pocket watch repaired, Dane Ross stops in at Ulrich Klemm's shop. He's amazed by the old man's tales of the special clocks he has built over the years with moving parts such as marching soldiers and flying birds. They strike up a friendship and Dane is asked to stay for dinner which he gladly accepts, especially after he meets Ulrich's pretty granddaughter, Lisa. Over time, Dane and Lisa fall in love but theirs is a secret romance as Lisa says she can never leave as long as her grandfather is alive. Dane has to relocate to another city and after a three month absence, visits the old man's shop only to find him dead. Only then does he realize the extent of the secret the Klemms shared.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Nicholas Pryor, Anne Helm
Director(s): Robert Florey
Writer(s): Robert Bloch

Parents living in modern Salem, think their lonely 9-year-old daughter might need an evil spirit driven from her, when she seems to have made up a girlfriend with a witchcraft ancestry.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Julie Adams, James Franciscus
Director(s): Herschel Daugherty
Writer(s): Harold Swanton, Nora H. Caplan

Jane 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.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claire Trevor, Biff Elliot
Director(s): Ida Lupino
Writer(s): Henry Slesar

Joe 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.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Keenan Wynn, Jan Sterling
Director(s): Paul Henreid
Writer(s): Henry Slesar

Hal is a producer of cheap horror films. He decides to cast has-been actor Ernst von Croft in his next movie, a cheap vampire film for the teenage market. Ernst was once billed as the 'Greatest Monster of Them All' and sees this as his great comeback, but when he sees the final product, he's the one who's horrified.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, William Redfield, Richard Hale
Director(s): Robert Stevens
Writer(s): Robert Bloch, Bryce Walton

Billy 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?

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dean Stockwell, Patricia Collinge
Director(s): Paul Henreid
Writer(s): Robert Bloch, Roald Dahl

When Enid's boyfriend Eliot presses her, she finally admits that she has been seeing another man, Cyril Hardeen. She agrees to break it off with Cyril whom she describes as an older, gentler man who wouldn't harm a flea. When they finally meet, Eliot finds Cyril much as Enid described him. In fact, Cyril describes himself as a throwback - someone who values honor and civility above all else. Cyril also has no intention of giving Enid up and so puts into action a plan to ensure that she will remain his.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Scott Marlowe, Murray Matheson
Director(s): John Brahm
Writer(s): Henry Slesar

After spending six years in prison unjustly, Ernie Walters wants to get even with the detective and District Attorney who convicted him. But he also wants some quick cash and to get married. Can he have it all?

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Rip Torn, Mary Munday
Director(s): Alan Crosland Jr.
Writer(s): John Foran, Talmage Powell

Father 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.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, Ed Gardner
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s): Henry Slesar