The Worst Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents!
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" is "The Children of Alda Nuova", rated 5/10 from 426 user votes. It was directed by Robert Florey and written by N/A. "The Children of Alda Nuova" aired on 6/5/1962 and is rated 0.5 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Appointment at Eleven".
5.0/10 426 votes#1 - The Children of Alda Nuova
Season 7 Episode 35 - Aired 6/5/1962
An American criminal living in Rome gets more than he bargained for when supplying narcotics to a group of juveniles.
Director: Robert Florey
Writer: N/A
5.5/10 529 votes#2 - Appointment at Eleven
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1959
A 17-year-old causes havoc at a bar and alarms everyone around him when he talks hysterically about how he'll be "born again" when someone else dies at eleven o'clock.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Evan Hunter
5.7/10 440 votes#3 - O Youth and Beauty!
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1960
A midlife crisis for a man with a teenage past boasting athletic prowess and vigor puts a dangerous strain on his marriage, and his own physical state. How much more can a wife take living under starter's orders?
Director: Norman Lloyd
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 493 votes#4 - Backward, Turn Backward
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1960
A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff can't figure out how the man could have done the crime and been caring for his baby grandson at the same time.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Charles Beaumont
6.0/10 491 votes#5 - Madame Mystery
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/1960
A ruthlessly ambitious Hollywood publicist capitalizes on the drowning death of an actress, but his hopes for success sink like a stone when he learns that she's still alive.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 795 votes#6 - The Hidden Thing
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/20/1956
After Dana Edwards' fiancée Laura is killed by a hit-and-run driver, he is visited by John Hurley, who claims to be able to use memory recall techniques that will help him to remember the car's license plate number.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 586 votes#7 - Sylvia
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1958
Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 619 votes#8 - Don't Interrupt
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1958
Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 407 votes#9 - The Big Kick
Season 7 Episode 37 - Aired 6/19/1962
A desperately broke beatnik couple, Mitch and Judy, plan to use a well-off man, who has shown an interest in Judy, to finance their lifestyle. But who's using who?
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Bloch
6.2/10 478 votes#10 - 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
6.2/10 329 votes#11 - Act of Faith
Season 7 Episode 27 - Aired 4/10/1962
When a writer agrees to sponsor a fledgling author's first book, he receives a lesson in patience.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Nicholas Monsarrat
6.3/10 1,051 votes#12 - Shopping for Death
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1956
Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Ray Bradbury
6.3/10 876 votes#13 - Place of Shadows
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1956
A young man tries to insinuate his way into a monastery, in order to gain revenge on a thief whom he blames for ruining his life.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
6.3/10 978 votes#14 - Wet Saturday
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1956
After his daughter kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 576 votes#15 - Miss Paisley's Cat
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1957
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
6.3/10 512 votes#16 - Six People, No Music
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1959
A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.
Director: Norman Lloyd
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 383 votes#17 - First Class Honeymoon
Season 7 Episode 36 - Aired 6/12/1962
Initially delighted with divorce, a man soon regrets the agreement when his ex-wife's alimony payments are wiping him out. Desperate to claw back the money, a scheme involving a stranger may be the key to his happiness ... or cause further debt.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Henry Slesar
6.4/10 800 votes#18 - The Legacy
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/27/1956
When a prince who is well known as a playboy takes a sudden romantic interest in a shy, plain housewife, everyone is baffled and fascinated.
Director: James Neilson
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 732 votes#19 - Kill with Kindness
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1956
Hoping to profit from insurance fraud, a man torches his house. But the plan could backfire unless he enters the burning home to retrieve his ring.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 623 votes#20 - The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/21/1957
A henpecked husband escapes into a fantasy world populated by a girl from the South Seas and a dream of murder.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 577 votes#21 - Father and Son
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 6/2/1957
The shifty son of a shop owner plots to extract money from his long-suffering father.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 491 votes#22 - Safety for the Witness
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1958
A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.
Director: Norman Lloyd
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 547 votes#23 - Graduating Class
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1959
A teacher's interest in the one student who seems to care about her lessons turns tragic when she and a kindly neighbor follow the girl to a man's apartment.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
6.4/10 416 votes#24 - Gratitude
Season 6 Episode 28 - Aired 4/25/1961
When a prosperous racketeer with a fear of death gambles with life, those closest to him turn their backs on him in his hour of need. Can a dead man walking really show gratitude?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 451 votes#25 - 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