8.4/101,167 votes#1 - The Glass Eye
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1957
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
7.8/10790 votes#2 - Mail Order Prophet
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1957
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
7.3/10816 votes#3 - The Perfect Crime
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1957
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.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
7.5/10694 votes#4 - Heart of Gold
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1957
A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
6.8/10616 votes#5 - Silent Witness
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1957
Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.6/10719 votes#6 - Reward to Finder
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1957
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Frank Gabrielson
7.4/10683 votes#7 - Enough Rope for Two
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1957
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.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: N/A
7.6/10625 votes#8 - Last Request
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1957
A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: N/A
7.1/10725 votes#9 - The Young One
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1957
A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: N/A
6.9/10615 votes#10 - The Diplomatic Corpse
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1957
Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.3/10651 votes#11 - The Deadly
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1957
A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
6.3/10585 votes#12 - Miss Paisley's Cat
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1957
An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: Marian B. Cockrell
7.0/10568 votes#13 - Night of the Execution
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1957
Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld
6.5/10591 votes#14 - The Percentage
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1958
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld
7.5/10663 votes#15 - Together
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1958
When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
6.1/10597 votes#16 - Sylvia
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1958
Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.6/10661 votes#17 - The Motive
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1958
Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
6.5/10539 votes#18 - Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1958
Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Marian B. Cockrell
6.8/10533 votes#19 - The Equalizer
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1958
Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.0/10574 votes#20 - On the Nose
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1958
A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10564 votes#21 - Guest for Breakfast
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1958
In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: N/A
6.8/10538 votes#22 - The Return of the Hero
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/2/1958
Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
8.5/10939 votes#23 - The Right Kind of House
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1958
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
6.8/10597 votes#24 - The Foghorn
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/1958
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.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Frank Gabrielson
6.5/10519 votes#25 - Flight to the East
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1958
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.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3!
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Genres:MysteryDramaCrime
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Glass Eye" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 1167 votes. Directed by Robert Stevens and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on 10/6/1957. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Mail Order Prophet".