Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3)

The Glass Eye (Episode 1) 10.0

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1957-10-06

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.

Mail Order Prophet (Episode 2) 8.0

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1957-10-13

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.

The Perfect Crime (Episode 3)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1957-10-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.

Heart of Gold (Episode 4)

Air date: 1957-10-27

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

Silent Witness (Episode 5)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1957-11-03

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

Reward to Finder (Episode 6)

Writer: Frank Gabrielson

Air date: 1957-11-10

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.

Enough Rope for Two (Episode 7)

Air date: 1957-11-17

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.

Last Request (Episode 8)

Air date: 1957-11-24

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

The Young One (Episode 9)

Air date: 1957-12-01

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

The Diplomatic Corpse (Episode 10)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1957-12-08

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

The Deadly (Episode 11) 7.0

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1957-12-15

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.

Miss Paisley's Cat (Episode 12)

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1957-12-22

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

Night of the Execution (Episode 13)

Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Air date: 1957-12-29

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

The Percentage (Episode 14)

Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Air date: 1958-01-05

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.

Together (Episode 15)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1958-01-12

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

Sylvia (Episode 16)

Air date: 1958-01-19

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

The Motive (Episode 17)

Writer: Rose Simon Kohn

Air date: 1958-01-26

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.

Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (Episode 18)

Writer: Marian B. Cockrell

Air date: 1958-02-02

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

The Equalizer (Episode 19)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1958-02-09

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

On the Nose (Episode 20)

Air date: 1958-02-16

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

Guest for Breakfast (Episode 21)

Air date: 1958-02-23

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

The Return of the Hero (Episode 22)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1958-03-02

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

The Right Kind of House (Episode 23)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1958-03-09

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

The Foghorn (Episode 24)

Writer: Frank Gabrielson

Air date: 1958-03-16

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.

Flight to the East (Episode 25)

Air date: 1958-03-23

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.

Bull in a China Shop (Episode 26)

Air date: 1958-03-30

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.

Disappearing Trick (Episode 27)

Writer: Kathleen Hite

Air date: 1958-04-06

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

Lamb to the Slaughter (Episode 28)

Air date: 1958-04-13

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.

Fatal Figures (Episode 29)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1958-04-20

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.

Death Sentence (Episode 30)

Air date: 1958-04-27

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.

The Festive Season (Episode 31)

Air date: 1958-05-04

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: 'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.

Listen, Listen. . . ! (Episode 32)

Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Air date: 1958-05-11

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: When three beautiful blonde women are strangled with a silk stocking, Mr. Morgan becomes convinced he knows how it happened, even though no one will hear him out.

Post Mortem (Episode 33)

Air date: 1958-05-18

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: When a newly married couple realizes that a lottery ticket is in her recently deceased ex-husband's burial suit, they put their love on the line to exhume the winnings.

The Crocodile Case (Episode 34)

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Air date: 1958-05-25

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.

Dip in the Pool (Episode 35)

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1958-06-01

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.

The Safe Place (Episode 36)

Air date: 1958-06-08

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

The Canary Sedan (Episode 37)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1958-06-15

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

The Impromptu Murder (Episode 38)

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Air date: 1958-06-22

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Still waters run deep when a lawyer with mayoral ambitions murders a woman who claimed he tried to embezzle money from her in the past.

Little White Frock (Episode 39) 10.0

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Air date: 1958-06-29

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: An elderly actor proves he still has the chops to grace the stage when he reveals a tragic tale from his past.