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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 6

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 6!

The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 6

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

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  1. 8.1/10(657 votes)

    #1 - Incident in a Small Jail

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    S6:E23

    An arresting tale of crime and misdemeanor in a small town sees a traveling salesman embroiled in deceit and murder. In a twisted variation on the prince and the pauper, the swapping of clothes reveals the true identity of a murderous fiend.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
  2. 7.9/10(604 votes)

    #2 - The Pearl Necklace

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    S6:E29

    How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!

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    Director:Don Weis
  3. 7.6/10(651 votes)

    #3 - The Horse Player

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    S6:E22

    On a wing and a prayer, a gambler with a mission thinks he has a hotline to God in praying for a string of successful winners. Convincing a naive minister to play the odds with the parish funds, could this be the race which beats the horse player?

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  4. 7.6/10(505 votes)

    #4 - Coming Home

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    S6:E35

    When an armed robber is released from prison, beaten down by the system and wanting to retreat to his long-lost family life, his homecoming makes for a shocking revelation.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
  5. 7.5/10(646 votes)

    #5 - Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

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    S6:E1

    A touch of mink for Mr and Mrs Bixby is only part of a story of love grown cold and a hidden passion beneath the surface.

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    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.5/10(472 votes)

    #6 - The Landlady

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    S6:E19

    In a small provincial town, an English lady takes in lodgers. For Billy Weaver, the town of Bramley offers accommodation at a reasonable rate, and a vacation to die for.

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    Director:Paul Henreid
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  8. 7.5/10(507 votes)

    #7 - Self Defense

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    S6:E32

    When a robbery goes wrong and one fatal bullet becomes four, can self defense really be the motive behind a frightened man's gun-toting pursuit of the culprits? The police think not ... and they may have a point.

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  9. 7.5/10(498 votes)

    #8 - Final Arrangements

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    S6:E36

    Browbeaten husband seeks nothing but the best for his late-lamented wife. The most expensive casket from the best in the business, every detail attended to in the making of final arrangements. Just one item left of the to-do list: kill the wife.

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    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.4/10(495 votes)

    #9 - A Crime for Mothers

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    S6:E16

    When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
  11. 7.4/10(475 votes)

    #10 - A Woman's Help

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    S6:E24

    When you're handsome and attractive, the ladies will always pay you the sort of attention you want. For Arnold Bourdon, there's only one problem: how to get rid of his shrewish but wealthy wife. Perhaps her new companion and nurse hold the key.

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  12. 7.3/10(530 votes)

    #11 - The Contest for Aaron Gold

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    S6:E4

    A pensive, withdrawn child attending a summer camp fashions a one-armed warrior knight in clay, to the consternation of his counselors. Is there a reason behind this particular display?

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.3/10(525 votes)

    #12 - Pen Pal

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    S6:E6

    Love letters from a pen pal bring an escaped convict to a country cottage in search of the woman he plans to make his bride. With the police closing in, is more than his heart trapped?

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.3/10(477 votes)

    #13 - Sybilla

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    S6:E10

    On the passing of his wife, a man reflects on a marriage filled with bitterness and suspicion through the pages of her diary, and comes to realize he never really knew her at all.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.3/10(513 votes)

    #14 - The Man With Two Faces

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    S6:E11

    The theft of a woman's purse is the start of a tale of profit and loss which strikes close to home when the identity of the culprit is sought through a series of conflicting photographs.

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  16. 7.2/10(464 votes)

    #15 - Coming, Mama

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    S6:E26

    Lucy Baldwin wishes to marry her boy friend Arthur. Unfortunately, her domineering mother believe that Arthur is only out for money opposes the marriage. When Lucy's mother falls ill, Lucy sees her chance. She slips her a fatal dose of sleeping tonc and she dies. Lucy and Arthur are married and Arthur takes Lucy to visit his mother. Unfortunately, Arthur's mother is just as domineering as Lucy's. Since Arthur's mother is ill, Lucy suggests a dose of sleeping tonic to take care of the problem.

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    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.2/10(473 votes)

    #16 - A Secret Life

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    S6:E33

    James Howgill wants a divorce from his wife. When she refuses to give him one, he hires a private eye to follow her in hopes of finding evidence of adultery.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  18. 7.1/10(562 votes)

    #17 - Very Moral Theft

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    S6:E3

    Lumbered with more than an enormous debt, a businessman needs money - and fast. His doting fiance-in-waiting provides an instant solution, but in so doing, her act of desperate kindness leads to fatal consequences.

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.1/10(479 votes)

    #18 - The Baby Blue Expression

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    S6:E12

    Philip Weaver concocts a scheme to murder his employer.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.1/10(488 votes)

    #19 - The Changing Heart

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    S6:E14

    The time for love is any time, but for Dane Ross and his beloved Lisa, the clock is almost certainly ticking.

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  21. 7.1/10(456 votes)

    #20 - The Kiss Off

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    S6:E21

    When a man is released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, he sets about balancing the ledger of life by pulling off an audacious robbery which he believes the police can never prove he was responsible for. Will his hotel key prove his undoing?

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.1/10(475 votes)

    #21 - The Gloating Place

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    S6:E31

    The boy who cried wolf got his comeuppance in the end. What of a spurned girl seeking the attention of all and sundry? When one lie replaces another and the stakes are raised to murder, what of the girl at the gloating place?

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  23. 7.0/10(557 votes)

    #22 - The Doubtful Doctor

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    S6:E2

    Bewitched advertising executive Ralph Jones seeks psychiatric help when he inexplicably finds an escape from his present day marital woes by traveling back in time to his earlier carefree bachelorhood.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  24. 7.0/10(505 votes)

    #23 - Summer Shade

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    S6:E15

    The witches of Salem are getting younger by the year, and for nine-year-old Kate Kendall this isn't a problem as she has a new playmate for the summer. Parents Phyllis and Ben are altogether more concerned, and consult the local Reverend on the subject of exorcism.

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    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.0/10(454 votes)

    #24 - Museum Piece

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    S6:E25

    Dark secrets lie at the heart of a private Indian museum, with one particular exhibit telling a sinister story of seduction, betrayal and murder.

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    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.0/10(449 votes)

    #25 - You Can't Trust a Man

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    S6:E30

    When a nightclub beauty is visited upon by the misfortune of a former husband whom she has carelessly neglected to divorce amidst her rapid rise to stardom and subsequent bigamy, murder seems the only answer. Surely, reasons beautiful Crystal Coe, you can't trust a man to be of any worth her now?

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    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:N/A

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Incident in a Small Jail" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 6. It scored 8.1/10 based on 657 votes. Directed by Norman Lloyd and written by Henry Slesar, it aired on 3/21/1961. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Pearl Necklace".