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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 1 - The Glass Eye
    8.4/10(1310 votes)

    #1 - The Glass Eye

    S3:E1

    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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  2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 2 - Mail Order Prophet
    7.8/10(873 votes)

    #2 - Mail Order Prophet

    S3:E2

    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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  3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 3 - The Perfect Crime
    7.3/10(893 votes)

    #3 - The Perfect Crime

    S3:E3

    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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  4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 4 - Heart of Gold
    7.5/10(752 votes)

    #4 - Heart of Gold

    S3:E4

    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. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 5 - Silent Witness
    6.8/10(674 votes)

    #5 - Silent Witness

    S3:E5

    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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  6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 6 - Reward to Finder
    7.6/10(783 votes)

    #6 - Reward to Finder

    S3:E6

    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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  7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 7 - Enough Rope for Two
    7.3/10(736 votes)

    #7 - Enough Rope for Two

    S3:E7

    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. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 8 - Last Request
    7.6/10(683 votes)

    #8 - Last Request

    S3:E8

    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. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 9 - The Young One
    7.1/10(781 votes)

    #9 - The Young One

    S3:E9

    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. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 10 - The Diplomatic Corpse
    6.9/10(667 votes)

    #10 - The Diplomatic Corpse

    S3:E10

    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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  11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 11 - The Deadly
    7.3/10(707 votes)

    #11 - The Deadly

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 12 - Miss Paisley's Cat
    6.3/10(637 votes)

    #12 - Miss Paisley's Cat

    S3:E12

    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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  13. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 13 - Night of the Execution
    7.1/10(616 votes)

    #13 - Night of the Execution

    S3:E13

    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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  14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 14 - The Percentage
    6.5/10(645 votes)

    #14 - The Percentage

    S3:E14

    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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  15. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 15 - Together
    7.5/10(738 votes)

    #15 - Together

    S3:E15

    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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  16. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 16 - Sylvia
    6.1/10(656 votes)

    #16 - Sylvia

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 17 - The Motive
    7.6/10(720 votes)

    #17 - The Motive

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Rose Simon Kohn

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  18. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 18 - Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
    6.5/10(587 votes)

    #18 - Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

    S3:E18

    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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  19. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 19 - The Equalizer
    6.8/10(586 votes)

    #19 - The Equalizer

    S3:E19

    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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  20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 20 - On the Nose
    7.0/10(629 votes)

    #20 - On the Nose

    S3:E20

    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. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 21 - Guest for Breakfast
    7.0/10(624 votes)

    #21 - Guest for Breakfast

    S3:E21

    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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  22. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 22 - The Return of the Hero
    6.8/10(596 votes)

    #22 - The Return of the Hero

    S3:E22

    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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  23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 23 - The Right Kind of House
    8.5/10(1049 votes)

    #23 - The Right Kind of House

    S3:E23

    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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  24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 24 - The Foghorn
    6.8/10(654 votes)

    #24 - The Foghorn

    S3:E24

    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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  25. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 25 - Flight to the East
    6.5/10(572 votes)

    #25 - Flight to the East

    S3:E25

    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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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 1310 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".