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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  1. Background image for Revenge
    7.3/10(2.7k votes)

    #1 - Revenge

    S1:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for Premonition
    7.4/10(1.9k votes)

    #2 - Premonition

    S1:E2

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Triggers in Leash
    6.8/10(1.7k votes)

    #3 - Triggers in Leash

    S1:E3

    A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Don't Come Back Alive
    7.2/10(1.6k votes)

    #4 - Don't Come Back Alive

    S1:E4

    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.

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  5. Background image for Into Thin Air
    6.8/10(1.6k votes)

    #5 - Into Thin Air

    S1:E5

    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.

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  6. Background image for Salvage
    7.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #6 - Salvage

    S1:E6

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

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  8. Background image for Breakdown
    8.0/10(2.2k votes)

    #7 - Breakdown

    S1:E7

    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.

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  9. Background image for Our Cook's a Treasure
    7.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #8 - Our Cook's a Treasure

    S1:E8

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

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  10. Background image for The Long Shot
    7.7/10(1.4k votes)

    #9 - The Long Shot

    S1:E9

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Case of Mr. Pelham
    7.4/10(1.6k votes)

    #10 - The Case of Mr. Pelham

    S1:E10

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

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  12. Background image for Guilty Witness
    7.4/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - Guilty Witness

    S1:E11

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid
    6.7/10(1.2k votes)

    #12 - Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

    S1:E12

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

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  14. Background image for The Cheney Vase
    7.0/10(1.5k votes)

    #13 - The Cheney Vase

    S1:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for A Bullet for Baldwin
    7.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #14 - A Bullet for Baldwin

    S1:E14

    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.

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  16. Background image for The Big Switch
    7.1/10(1.2k votes)

    #15 - The Big Switch

    S1:E15

    Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for You Got to Have Luck
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #16 - You Got to Have Luck

    S1:E16

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

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  18. Background image for The Older Sister
    6.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #17 - The Older Sister

    S1:E17

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Shopping for Death
    6.3/10(1.1k votes)

    #18 - Shopping for Death

    S1:E18

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

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  20. Background image for The Derelicts
    6.8/10(1.0k votes)

    #19 - The Derelicts

    S1:E19

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

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  21. Background image for And So Died Riabouchinska
    6.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #20 - And So Died Riabouchinska

    S1:E20

    While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.

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  22. Background image for Safe Conduct
    6.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #21 - Safe Conduct

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Place of Shadows
    6.3/10(952 votes)

    #22 - Place of Shadows

    S1:E22

    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.

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  24. Background image for Back for Christmas
    7.6/10(1.3k votes)

    #23 - Back for Christmas

    S1:E23

    Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.

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  25. Background image for The Perfect Murder
    7.2/10(994 votes)

    #24 - The Perfect Murder

    S1:E24

    Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for There Was an Old Woman
    7.2/10(1.0k votes)

    #25 - There Was an Old Woman

    S1:E25

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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Revenge" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 2669 votes. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Francis M. Cockrell, it aired on 10/2/1955. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Premonition".