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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 7

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 7!

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

Genres:MysteryDramaCrime
Networks:NBCCBS

Season 7 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 7 is "The Hatbox", rated 7.2/10 from 476 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Henry Slesar. "The Hatbox" aired on 10/10/1961 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Bang, You're Dead".

  • The Hatbox
    7.2/10 476 votes

    #1 - The Hatbox

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1961

    When caught cheating on a test, Perry Hatch visits his college Professor to plead his case before a letter is sent to his parents. But upon witnessing the Professor disposing of a brand new ladies hat box, Perry thinks he may be onto something sinister.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • Bang, You're Dead
    8.0/10 828 votes

    #2 - Bang, You're Dead

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1961

    Young Jackie Chester is ostracized by his fellow playmates because he doesn't own a toy gun like theirs. Upset at being left out, he finds a gun in his Uncle's suitcase - unaware he has a real revolver ... and it's loaded.

    Director: Alfred Hitchcock

    Writer: N/A

  • Maria
    6.4/10 451 votes

    #3 - Maria

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1961

    The manager of a carnival discovers his drunken purchase of a monkey is in fact a female midget dressed up as the animal. Falling in love with her "owner", she sets about to break up his marriage.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: John Collier

  • Cop for a Day
    7.6/10 481 votes

    #4 - Cop for a Day

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1961

    Two bank robbers, Phil and Davey, are forced to act when it is revealed a woman was an eye-witness to their crime. Phil devises a clever plan to dress up as a policeman to gain entry to her secure location, but will his plan go without a hitch?

    Director: Paul Henreid

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • Keep Me Company
    7.0/10 450 votes

    #5 - Keep Me Company

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1961

    A lonely housewife invents the story a prowler is on her property in order to entice a handsome detective to visit her. But she may have inadvertently helped the police with a major investigation that will affect her own life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • Beta Delta Gamma
    7.1/10 479 votes

    #6 - Beta Delta Gamma

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1961

    After a drinking contest, students decide to play a joke on one of their fraternity friends, Alan. Putting fake blood on one of them, they lead Alan to believe he has committed murder, placing into action a deadly chain of events.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life
    6.7/10 450 votes

    #7 - You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1961

    When a young wife is assaulted in her home, her husband is enraged upon her selecting who she thinks was the culprit from a police line-up. But his wife is on the brink of making a shocking discovery.

    Director: Norman Lloyd

    Writer: N/A

  • The Old Pro
    7.0/10 449 votes

    #8 - The Old Pro

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1961

    A hit-man's retirement is jeopardized when he is blackmailed by a man threatening to reveal his past to his wife - who knows nothing about his wicked ways.

    Director: Paul Henreid

    Writer: Calvin Clements Sr.

  • I Spy
    6.7/10 458 votes

    #9 - I Spy

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1961

    Private detective Al Frute falls love with his client's wife when her husband hires him to prove her infidelity. Al decides the best way forward is to provide the required evidence to ensure a happy ending for all.

    Director: Norman Lloyd

    Writer: John Collier

  • Services Rendered
    7.5/10 484 votes

    #10 - Services Rendered

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1961

    Being hit by a falling plank of wood has rendered a young man with amnesia. All he has in his possession is a $1000 bill and a note with a doctor's address. Visiting the doctor jogs his memory, which is unfortunate for one of them.

    Director: Paul Henreid

    Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson

  • The Right Kind of Medicine
    7.2/10 459 votes

    #11 - The Right Kind of Medicine

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1961

    A doctor gets more than he bargains for when he attends to a man's gunshot wound. However, the doctor may have the ultimate revenge from the grave.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • A Jury of Her Peers
    6.8/10 420 votes

    #12 - A Jury of Her Peers

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1961

    A local sheriff has failed to find enough evidence to prove Millie Wright killed her husband. When the sheriff's wife stumbles across some clues that may prove Millie guilty, will she speak up?

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • The Silk Petticoat
    7.2/10 449 votes

    #13 - The Silk Petticoat

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1962

    Elisa Minden begins to question her actions when discovering her fiance talking to his late wife's grave about the virtues of torture and the fact he had caught his wife having an affair. Will Elisa regret going through with the vows?

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Actor
    6.9/10 441 votes

    #14 - Bad Actor

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1962

    Two young actors are up for the same role and get together for an afternoon's rehearsal. Alcoholic Bart Collins shows just a tad too much realism when he strangles his friend Jerry to death. Now what to do with the body?

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Robert Bloch

  • The Door Without a Key
    7.3/10 472 votes

    #15 - The Door Without a Key

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1962

    Two lonely people, one an old man suffering amnesia, the other a young, lost boy, find they have more in common that they realize when meeting at the police station.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of M.J.H.
    7.3/10 424 votes

    #16 - The Case of M.J.H.

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1962

    Young criminal Jimmy French convinces his girlfriend to take a peek at her psychiatrist boss' files in order to find the perfect blackmail victim. But will Jimmy end up being the one under analysis?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • The Faith of Aaron Menefee
    6.9/10 407 votes

    #17 - The Faith of Aaron Menefee

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1962

    When a faith-healer cures a mechanic's stomach ulcer, it leads to love and murder.

    Director: Norman Lloyd

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Woman Who Wanted to Live
    8.0/10 599 votes

    #18 - The Woman Who Wanted to Live

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1962

    When a convict takes a girl hostage after murdering a gas station attendant, he is puzzled why she doesn't try to escape when several opportunities arise ... and why she is being so helpful.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Strange Miracle
    7.0/10 415 votes

    #19 - Strange Miracle

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1962

    Following a train accident, Mr. Sequiras fakes being paralyzed from the waist down so he can collect compensation from the train company. When tiring of having to pretend he cannot walk, Sequiras comes up with a plan to "walk" again when meeting a girl who really is paralyzed.

    Director: Norman Lloyd

    Writer: N/A

  • The Test
    7.1/10 414 votes

    #20 - The Test

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1962

    When a young boy murders another boy with a knife, his father convinces attorney Vernon Wedge to take on the case. Wedge comes up with a rather unique "test" to prove the boy's innocence, providing it can be used in court.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • Burglar Proof
    7.5/10 447 votes

    #21 - Burglar Proof

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1962

    As part of a publicity gimmich, ex-criminal Sammy Morrissey agrees to attempt opening a "burglar proof" safe. If he can unlock the safe at a press conference, he can keep the $50,000 contained within. But will Morrissey prove the hand is quicker than the eye?

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Henry Slesar

  • The Big Score
    6.2/10 478 votes

    #22 - The Big Score

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1962

    A group of young thieves hit on the idea of robbing a wealthy man by one of them volunteering to babysit. However, when robbing the premises, the man returns home, leading to murder and revenge.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Profit Sharing Plan
    7.2/10 415 votes

    #23 - Profit Sharing Plan

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1962

    When a long-time employee retires with little in the way of thanks, the man decides to rob the company and run off with his secret girlfriend. His wife, however, has other plans.

    Director: Bernard Girard

    Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson

  • Apex
    7.8/10 486 votes

    #24 - Apex

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/1962

    An unfaithful husband and his girlfriend concoct a plan to murder his wife after she plans to divorce him, which will leave him penniless.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Remains
    7.2/10 414 votes

    #25 - The Last Remains

    Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/1962

    A funeral director blackmails a client when he discovers the man's business partner didn't really die in a road accident, but was shot instead.

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: Henry Slesar