The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2

A wealthy older man confronts the young, handsome suitor (Horton) that his wife is leaving him for.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

A woman begs her husband not to go away on a business trip. But he refuses, deserting her just as an escaped lunatic finds their neighborhood.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

A man's wife devises a greedy scheme to take over his failing business. But persuading him to come back isn't as easy as getting rid of him.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

When a car breaks down, a newlywed couple is helped by Mr. Moon, who turns nasty when his suits get dirty.

Director: John Meredyth Lucas

Writer: N/A

A man agrees to help his pretty neighbor, an actress, to hide her murdered husband. But his good deed backfires when he becomes a suspect.

Director: Jus Addiss

Writer: N/A

A district attorney faces a crisis in his campaign for governor when his mentally unstable brother decides to eliminate the competition.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

A crafty, resourceful criminal being transported via train tries to bribe his escorting police sergeant for his freedom.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

A man begins to suspect that his wife is trying to poison him.

Director: John Meredyth Lucas

Writer: N/A

A young ruffian involved in a failed stickup learns some hard facts of life during a police interrogation.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

An insurance investigator is compelled to re-examine an old claim when troubling new facts come to light.

Director: Robert Stevens

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

A henpecked husband escapes into a fantasy world populated by a girl from the South Seas and a dream of murder.

Director: Jules Munshin

Writer: N/A

A practical joker convinces a barfly into thinking that the world is about to end.

Director: Jus Addiss

Writer: N/A

In 1919 London, a killer is stalking the streets, and residents look to a police sergeant to catch the culprit.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

A precocious, pigtailed girl attaches herself to a grumpy loner in the hopes of learning his secrets.

Director: James Neilson

Writer: N/A

Taxidermist George Tiffany conceives a macabre method of dealing with a brother-in-law who has long outstayed his welcome.

Director: Jus Addiss

Writer: N/A

The shifty son of a shop owner plots to extract money from his long-suffering father.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

Cemetery owners bribe an allegedly dying man to be their first customer for business reasons...but the plot backfires when the man simply will not expire.

Director: Jus Addiss

Writer: George F. Slavin

Two men are waiting for their train in the station's waiting room. The neighborhood has a criminal asylum nearby from which a criminal has escaped. Nervous about the situation, these two people start suspecting each other.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

After his daughter kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: N/A

A fickle young woman gets entangled in a web of crime and deceit at her remote mountain cabin.

Director: Paul Henreid

Writer: N/A

The wife of a gardener goes to extreme lengths to spend more time with her movie-star daydreams—and less time with her fertilizer-obsessed husband.

Director: Jus Addiss

Writer: N/A

Aware that their friend's wife is cheating, Wally and Bud draw the same conclusion when they find him digging up his basement and his wife's missing.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

Hoping to profit from insurance fraud, a man torches his house. But the plan could backfire unless he enters the burning home to retrieve his ring.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A

A man conceives the perfect plan to murder his rich aunt. Confidently, he cooperates with the police, only to discover one fatal flaw in the elaborate scheme.

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A