5.0/10428 votesLoading...#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
5.4/10537 votesLoading...#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
5.7/10450 votesLoading...#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
6.0/10804 votesLoading...#4 - 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
6.0/10505 votesLoading...#5 - 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
6.0/10503 votesLoading...#6 - 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
6.1/10597 votesLoading...#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
6.1/10632 votesLoading...#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
6.1/10409 votesLoading...#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
6.2/10482 votesLoading...#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
6.2/10330 votesLoading...#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
6.3/101,068 votesLoading...#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
6.3/10883 votesLoading...#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
6.3/10989 votesLoading...#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
6.3/10585 votesLoading...#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
6.3/10388 votesLoading...#16 - 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
6.4/10881 votesLoading...#17 - The Belfry
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/13/1956
When Clint Ringle learns that Ellie Marsh, the schoolteacher whom he loves, is engaged to Walt Norton, Clint kills Walt and then hides in the schoolhouse's bell tower, waiting for his chance to exact further revenge.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
6.4/10807 votesLoading...#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
6.4/10739 votesLoading...#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
6.4/10631 votesLoading...#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
6.4/10585 votesLoading...#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
6.4/10503 votesLoading...#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
6.4/10523 votesLoading...#23 - 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
6.4/10558 votesLoading...#24 - 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
6.4/10420 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Children of Alda Nuova" is the worst rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It scored 5/10 based on 428 votes. Directed by Robert Florey and written by N/A, it aired on 6/5/1962. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Appointment at Eleven".