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

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Alfred Hitchcock

James Neilson

Irving Elman

Henry Slesar

Guest for Breakfast

The Equalizer

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.

The Glass Eye

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

Mail Order Prophet

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.

The Perfect Crime

A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

Heart of Gold

Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

Silent Witness

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.

Reward to Finder

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.

Enough Rope for Two

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

Last Request

A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

The Young One

Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

The Diplomatic Corpse

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

The Deadly

An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

Miss Paisley's Cat

Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

Night of the Execution

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.

The Percentage

When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

Together

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

Sylvia

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

The Motive

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

Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

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

In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

The Return of the Hero

After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

The Right Kind of House

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.

The Foghorn

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.

Flight to the East

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.

Bull in a China Shop

A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

Disappearing Trick

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.

Lamb to the Slaughter

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

Fatal Figures

Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.

Death Sentence

'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.

The Festive Season

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.

Listen, Listen. . . !

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.

Post Mortem

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

The Crocodile Case

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

Dip in the Pool

A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

The Safe Place

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

The Canary Sedan

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.

The Impromptu Murder

An elderly actor invites a playwright and his wife to dinner to tell a touching story of a long-lost love.

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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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