The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A down-on-his-luck gambler bets his hand (literally) for a convertible, but the game is stopped by a person with an even larger interest in the outcome.

Director: Norman Lloyd

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

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

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: N/A

A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Writer: Bill S. Ballinger

A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.

Director: Paul Henreid

Writer: N/A

A successful businessman finally gets his greatest wish to see inside the kitchen of his favorite dining club, but has he just ordered his final meal as well?

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

An arresting tale of crime and misdemeanor in a small town sees a traveling salesman embroiled in deceit and murder. In a twisted variation on the prince and the pauper, the swapping of clothes reveals the true identity of a murderous fiend.

Director: Norman Lloyd

Writer: Henry Slesar

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.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

Young Jackie Chester is ostracized by his fellow playmates because he doesn't own a toy gun like theirs. Upset at being left out, he finds a gun in his Uncle's suitcase - unaware he has a real revolver ... and it's loaded.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: N/A

When a convict takes a girl hostage after murdering a gas station attendant, he is puzzled why she doesn't try to escape when several opportunities arise ... and why she is being so helpful.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

A disgruntled employee hatches a plan, with the help of two professional thieves, to steal a shipment of negotiable bonds. Will he get away with a clean sweep?

Director: John Newland

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

After murdering his shrewish spouse, a man finds that disposing of her body may be the challenge of his life.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.

Director: John Brahm

Writer: Bill S. Ballinger

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.

Director: Robert Stevenson

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

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.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: N/A

Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really loves hatch a scheme that they believe will solve all their problems.

Director: Norman Lloyd

Writer: N/A

An unfaithful husband and his girlfriend concoct a plan to murder his wife after she plans to divorce him, which will leave him penniless.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A