Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 1)

Revenge (Episode 1) 7.3

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1955-10-02

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 2) 8.0

Air date: 1955-10-09

Runtime: 27 min

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

Triggers in Leash (Episode 3) 7.4

Air date: 1955-10-16

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 4) 7.8

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1955-10-23

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 5) 7.8

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1955-10-30

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 6) 6.8

Writer: Fred Freiberger

Air date: 1955-11-06

Runtime: 26 min

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

Breakdown (Episode 7) 7.6

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1955-11-13

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 8) 8.2

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1955-11-20

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Long Shot (Episode 9) 8.2

Air date: 1955-11-27

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 10) 8.8

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1955-12-04

Runtime: 26 min

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

Guilty Witness (Episode 11) 7.5

Air date: 1955-12-11

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 12) 6.8

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1955-12-18

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Cheney Vase (Episode 13) 6.8

Writer: Robert Blees

Air date: 1955-12-25

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 14) 7.7

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-01-01

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 15) 8.0

Air date: 1956-01-08

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 16) 8.0

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-01-15

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Older Sister (Episode 17) 7.0

Air date: 1956-01-22

Runtime: 26 min

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

Shopping for Death (Episode 18) 7.0

Writer: Ray Bradbury

Air date: 1956-01-29

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Derelicts (Episode 19) 9.0

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1956-02-05

Runtime: 26 min

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

And So Died Riabouchinska (Episode 20) 6.0

Writer: Ray Bradbury

Air date: 1956-02-12

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 21) 7.0

Air date: 1956-02-19

Runtime: 26 min

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

Place of Shadows (Episode 22) 7.0

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1956-02-26

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 23) 6.8

Writer: John Collier

Air date: 1956-03-04

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 24) 8.0

Air date: 1956-03-11

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 25) 8.0

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-03-18

Runtime: 27 min

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

Whodunit (Episode 26) 8.0

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-03-25

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 27) 8.0

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1956-04-01

Runtime: 26 min

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

Portrait of Jocelyn (Episode 28)

Air date: 1956-04-08

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 29)

Air date: 1956-04-15

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 30) 7.0

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1956-04-22

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 31)

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-04-29

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 32)

Air date: 1956-05-06

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 33)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1956-05-13

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 34)

Air date: 1956-05-20

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 35)

Air date: 1956-05-27

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 36)

Air date: 1956-06-03

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 37)

Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Air date: 1956-06-10

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 38)

Air date: 1956-06-17

Runtime: 26 min

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

Momentum (Episode 39)

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1956-06-24

Runtime: 26 min

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