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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5

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

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  1. 8.5/10(1.4k votes)

    #1 - Man from the South

    S5:E15

    A down-on-his-luck gambler bets his hand (literally) for a convertible, but the game is stopped by a person with an even larger interest in the outcome.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.2/10(807 votes)

    #2 - Road Hog

    S5:E11

    When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.

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  3. 8.1/10(791 votes)

    #3 - Specialty of the House

    S5:E12

    A successful businessman finally gets his greatest wish to see inside the kitchen of his favorite dining club, but has he just ordered his final meal as well?

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.8/10(665 votes)

    #4 - Dry Run

    S5:E7

    An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.

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  5. 7.7/10(596 votes)

    #5 - Hooked

    S5:E38

    Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really loves hatch a scheme that they believe will solve all their problems.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.6/10(655 votes)

    #6 - Coyote Moon

    S5:E4

    John Piltkin picks up three hitchhikers who rob him. After he spots them in a diner, he exacts his revenge. He steals a car and picks the hitchhikers up. Concealing his face in shadows, he then pretends the car has stalled and walks off to get help. The hitchhickers are then arrested in the stolen car.

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.6/10(722 votes)

    #7 - Escape to Sonoita

    S5:E37

    A pair of truck drivers stranded in the Arizona desert find themselves at the mercy of two kidnappers who are heading to the border ... and determined to take the last of the drinking water with them.

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  9. 7.4/10(754 votes)

    #8 - Arthur

    S5:E1

    When his former fiancee turns up missing, chicken farmer Arthur obligingly lets the police search his ranch, despite the fact that they seem to suspect him of her murder.

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  10. 7.4/10(558 votes)

    #9 - Dead Weight

    S5:E9

    Lovers' Lane becomes a dark and deadly destination when an ad executive and his former girlfriend are attacked by a young thug, and his efforts to protect them quickly go from heroic to something much more criminal.

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  11. 7.4/10(545 votes)

    #10 - Party Line

    S5:E33

    A busybody fears for her life when she learns that the man who blames her for his wife's death has escaped from prison and may be planning a visit with his former neighbor.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.3/10(565 votes)

    #11 - No Pain

    S5:E5

    Nothing is as it seems when a polio victim in an iron lung suspects his wife of becoming attracted to a new neighbor and wonders if she's planning to get rid of him for good.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.3/10(504 votes)

    #12 - Not the Running Type

    S5:E19

    After twelve years in prison for stealing $200,000 from his investment firm employers, Milton Potter calmly returns all the money he embezzled and pursues some very unique post-prison retirement plans.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  14. 7.3/10(530 votes)

    #13 - The Little Man Who Was There

    S5:E25

    The patrons in a copper town saloon initially scoff at the mysterious, small man who barges in, but soon find themselves handing over their valuables when he takes on two strapping brothers.

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    Director:N/A
  15. 7.3/10(499 votes)

    #14 - One Grave Too Many

    S5:E32

    Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets the decision when he sees that the lifted wallet contains more than just cash.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.2/10(481 votes)

    #15 - Across the Threshold

    S5:E22

    When his over-bearing mother mentions missing her dead husband, a selfish bachelor is happy to arrange the reunion and enlists his actress girlfriend to help by posing as a clairvoyant.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.2/10(467 votes)

    #16 - Letter of Credit

    S5:E36

    When he goes to a bank to transfer money, a man writing a book on the subject of unsolved crimes has no idea that he will find information about the $500,000 robbery he is chronicling ... or does he?

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    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.1/10(522 votes)

    #17 - Anniversary Gift

    S5:E6

    Sick of his wife's menagerie of strange and high-maintenance animals, a frazzled husband decides to get her the perfect present - a highly poisonous coral snake.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.1/10(572 votes)

    #18 - The Day of the Bullet

    S5:E20

    When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood friend were profoundly affected by an event that began with their innocent admiration of an elegant car.

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  20. 7.1/10(499 votes)

    #19 - Forty Detectives Later

    S5:E28

    The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes that the case is more complex than he had realized.

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  21. 7.0/10(514 votes)

    #20 - The Blessington Method

    S5:E8

    Troubled by the responsibility of his aging mother in law, a man takes advantage of a society that specializes in "taking care of" elderly relatives and then soon finds out that he may be in for a similar fate.

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  22. 7.0/10(623 votes)

    #21 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    S5:E13

    Moments before he's set to swing from the end of a Union rope, a Southern supporter reflects on the sabotage attempt that brought him there and sees a possibility for freedom.

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  23. 7.0/10(523 votes)

    #22 - Hitch Hike

    S5:E21

    A righteous and hypocritical civic leader on a road trip accepts mechanical help from a young man who then asks for a lift, soon afterwards he reveals he's recently been released from reform school.

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  24. 7.0/10(576 votes)

    #23 - Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

    S5:E26

    What begins as a mother-son vacation soon becomes a trip to agony when he falls in love with a girl who is determined to share his affections ... and will do anything to get rid of her nemesis.

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  25. 7.0/10(495 votes)

    #24 - Insomnia

    S5:E30

    Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a menacing veteran still holding a grudge for his sister's death.

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    Director:John Brahm
  26. 7.0/10(473 votes)

    #25 - Cell 227

    S5:E34

    A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly changes when he hurls himself at the jovial guard known as "Pops".

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Man from the South" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1354 votes. Directed by Norman Lloyd and written by N/A, it aired on 1/3/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Road Hog".