The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3

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   #1 - The Glass Eye

   S3:E110/6/1957

   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

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   Director:Robert Stevens

   Writer:Stirling Silliphant
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   #2 - Mail Order Prophet

   S3:E210/13/1957

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

   Director:James Neilson

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Director:James Neilson

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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   #3 - The Perfect Crime

   S3:E310/20/1957

   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

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   Director:Alfred Hitchcock

   Writer:Stirling Silliphant
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   #4 - Heart of Gold

   S3:E410/27/1957

   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:Unknown

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   #5 - Silent Witness

   S3:E511/3/1957

   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

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   Director:Paul Henreid

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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   #6 - Reward to Finder

   S3:E611/10/1957

   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:James Neilson

   Writer:Frank Gabrielson

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   Director:James Neilson

   Writer:Frank Gabrielson
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   #7 - Enough Rope for Two

   S3:E711/17/1957

   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:Unknown

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   #8 - Last Request

   S3:E811/24/1957

   A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

   Director:Paul Henreid

   Writer:Unknown

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   #9 - The Young One

   S3:E912/1/1957

   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:Unknown

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    #10 - The Diplomatic Corpse

    S3:E1012/8/1957

    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

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    Director:Paul Henreid

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #11 - The Deadly

    S3:E1112/15/1957

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

    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #12 - Miss Paisley's Cat

    S3:E1212/22/1957

    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

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    Director:Jus Addiss

    Writer:Marian B. Cockrell
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    #13 - Night of the Execution

    S3:E1312/29/1957

    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

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    Director:Jus Addiss

    Writer:Bernard C. Schoenfeld
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    #14 - The Percentage

    S3:E141/5/1958

    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:James Neilson

    Writer:Bernard C. Schoenfeld

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    Director:James Neilson

    Writer:Bernard C. Schoenfeld
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    #15 - Together

    S3:E151/12/1958

    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

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    Director:Robert Altman

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #16 - Sylvia

    S3:E161/19/1958

    Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Herschel Daugherty

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    #17 - The Motive

    S3:E171/26/1958

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

    Director:Robert Stevens

    Writer:Rose Simon Kohn

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    Director:Robert Stevens

    Writer:Rose Simon Kohn
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    #18 - Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

    S3:E182/2/1958

    Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

    Director:Robert Stevens

    Writer:Marian B. Cockrell

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    Writer:Marian B. Cockrell
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    #19 - The Equalizer

    S3:E192/9/1958

    Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

    Director:James Neilson

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #20 - On the Nose

    S3:E202/16/1958

    A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

    Director:James Neilson

    Writer:Unknown

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    #21 - Guest for Breakfast

    S3:E212/23/1958

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Paul Henreid

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    #22 - The Return of the Hero

    S3:E223/2/1958

    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

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    Writer:Stirling Silliphant
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    #23 - The Right Kind of House

    S3:E233/9/1958

    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

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    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #24 - The Foghorn

    S3:E243/16/1958

    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

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    Writer:Frank Gabrielson
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    #25 - Flight to the East

    S3:E253/23/1958

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Arthur Hiller

    Writer:Unknown