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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1

39 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 1955 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Revenge

Oct 2, 1955 · 27 min

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.

S1·E2

Premonition

Oct 9, 1955 · 27 min

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.

S1·E3

Triggers in Leash

Oct 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.

S1·E4

Don't Come Back Alive

Oct 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

S1·E5

Into Thin Air

Oct 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 eve

S1·E6

Salvage

Nov 6, 1955 · 26 min

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

S1·E7

Breakdown

Nov 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.

S1·E8

Our Cook's a Treasure

Nov 20, 1955 · 26 min

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

S1·E9

The Long Shot

Nov 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.

S1·E10

The Case of Mr. Pelham

Dec 4, 1955 · 26 min

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

S1·E11

Guilty Witness

Dec 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 wor

S1·E13

The Cheney Vase

Dec 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.

S1·E14

A Bullet for Baldwin

Jan 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.

S1·E15

The Big Switch

Jan 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.

S1·E16

You Got to Have Luck

Jan 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.

S1·E17

The Older Sister

Jan 22, 1956 · 26 min

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

S1·E18

Shopping for Death

Jan 29, 1956 · 26 min

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

S1·E19

The Derelicts

Feb 5, 1956 · 26 min

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

S1·E20

And So Died Riabouchinska

Feb 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.

S1·E21

Safe Conduct

Feb 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.

S1·E22

Place of Shadows

Feb 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.

S1·E23

Back for Christmas

Mar 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.

S1·E24

The Perfect Murder

Mar 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.

S1·E25

There Was an Old Woman

Mar 18, 1956 · 27 min

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

S1·E26

Whodunit

Mar 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.

S1·E27

Help Wanted

Apr 1, 1956 · 26 min

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

S1·E28

Portrait of Jocelyn

Apr 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.

S1·E29

The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

Apr 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.

S1·E30

Never Again

Apr 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.

S1·E31

The Gentleman from America

Apr 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.

S1·E32

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.

S1·E33

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

S1·E34

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 remem

S1·E35

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.

S1·E36

Mink

Jun 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 t

S1·E37

Decoy

Jun 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.

S1·E38

The Creeper

Jun 17, 1956 · 26 min

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

S1·E39

Momentum

Jun 24, 1956 · 26 min

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