The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: Robert Stevens

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: Stirling Silliphant

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

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

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

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

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

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

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

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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

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.

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

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.

Director: Paul Henreid

Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

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

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

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

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

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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

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.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A