All Episodes of Thriller
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Season 1
7.0/10376 votesLoading...The Twisted Image
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1960
When the paths of a disturbed young man (consumed with the idea of taking over the life of his boss) and a disturbed young woman (obsessed with the same man) cross, the results are disatrous.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: James P. Cavanagh
5.6/10277 votesLoading...Child's Play
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1960
A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Robert Dozier
6.8/10253 votesLoading...Worse Than Murder
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1960
A man dies and leaves a diary describing how he and his sister murdered a woman. The sister's unscrupulous daughter-in-law uses the diary for blackmail.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: N/A
6.2/10220 votesLoading...The Mark of the Hand
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1960
An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.
Director: Paul Henreid, Maxwell Shane
Writer: N/A
6.9/10239 votesLoading...Rose's Last Summer
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1960
When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: N/A
6.1/10193 votesLoading...The Guilty Men
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1960
The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10290 votesLoading...The Purple Room
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1960
A man who inherits a house from his brother has one night to decide whether or not to stay - if he leaves, his cousins will inherit the house instead. He expects his cousins to try and frighten him into leaving, but could the strange happenings be more than pranks?
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes
6.8/10224 votesLoading...The Watcher
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1960
A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
6.8/10211 votesLoading...Girl With a Secret
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1960
When the wife of a government agent inadvertently discovers the details of one of his missions she becomes a girl with a secret that must be kept at all costs.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10223 votesLoading...The Prediction
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1960
A phony clairvoyant suddenly starts having genuine premonitions. Will he be able to save those closest to him when he sees death in their future?
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.1/10214 votesLoading...The Fatal Impulse
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1960
A canidate for Mayor is told he won't live through the next day. The police are sent to protect him and we follow their actions as well as those of the potential killer.
Director: Gerald Mayer
Writer: Philip MacDonald
6.2/10189 votesLoading...The Big Blackout
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1960
A former alcoholic is haunted by a past he can't remember. Will he be able to stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10200 votesLoading...Knock Three-One-Two
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1960
A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/10176 votesLoading...Man in the Middle
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1960
A man overhears the kidnapping and murder plot of two unsavory characters and tries to prevent it from being carried out despite the fact that his own life is in danger.
Director: Fletcher Markle
Writer: N/A
8.4/10344 votesLoading...The Cheaters
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1960
A pair of very unusual glasses allow the wearer to see the absolute truth about whatever they look upon. We see what happens as they pass from one owner to another.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
8.1/10347 votesLoading...The Hungry Glass
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1961
A young couple buy a run-down, old mansion surrounded with legends about the lack of mirrors and the deaths of many former tenants. On their first night in the house they are frightened by strage visions, inexplicably intertwined with mirrors and glass.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
7.4/10203 votesLoading...The Poisoner
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1961
A man in nineteenth century England disposes of his family members one by one - his weapon of choice? - an undetectable poison concealed within his ring.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
5.9/10157 votesLoading...Man in a Cage
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1961
A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.
Director: Gerald Mayer
Writer: N/A
7.3/10186 votesLoading...Choose a Victim
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1961
A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money
Director: Richard Carlson
Writer: George Bellak
6.9/10189 votesLoading...Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1961
A young detective is sent to the English countryside to investigate a strange murder. His wife, who has accompanied him, soon finds herself a target of the locals who believe she is a witch.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Alan Caillou
7.6/10184 votesLoading...The Merriweather File
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1961
When a man discovers a body in the trunk of his car the harder he tries to prove his innocence the more guilty he looks. Do the attempts on his wife's life have anything to do with this strange case?
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
7.4/10186 votesLoading...The Fingers of Fear
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1961
A child murderer is on the loose. A mentally disturbed man is arrested for the crimes, but a determined police lieutenant isn't sure they have the right man.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
7.7/10227 votesLoading...Well of Doom
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1961
A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
6.5/10177 votesLoading...The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1961
A research scientist accidentally discovers a strange gas that penetrates his gas mask and the effects are most bizarre - now every time he hears a bell it sends him into a murderous rage.
Director: László Benedek
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.4/10188 votesLoading...Trio for Terror
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/14/1961
Three separate tales: a man murders his uncle for the inheritance, but the uncle is no oridinary man; a man wins a fortune gambling, but may not live to enjoy it; a serial killer meets an odd fate.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.0/10179 votesLoading...Late Date
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/4/1961
When a man murders his adulterous wife his brother attempts to conceal the crime by disposing of the body - but it won't be easy.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.4/10237 votesLoading...Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/11/1961
A series of brutal murders in the modern-day U.S. mirror those of Jack the Ripper. Sir Guy informs the police of his theory that it is in fact the Ripper himself, alive and well - and not a year older.
Director: Ray Milland
Writer: N/A
8.4/10270 votesLoading...The Devil's Ticket
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1961
A starving artist goes to a pawn shop with one of his paintings and ends up pawning his soul to the devil. Will he be able to redeem it when the time comes?
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: Robert Bloch
7.7/10242 votesLoading...Parasite Mansion
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/25/1961
A young teacher is lost during a storm and wakes up to find herself held prisoner in a run-down mansion inhabited by a strange and terrifying family.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
8.3/10242 votesLoading...A Good Imagination
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/2/1961
A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Robert Bloch
8.1/10240 votesLoading...Mr. George
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/9/1961
A little girl is the sole heir to her mother's fortune and her greedy relatives are out to kill her for her money. What they don't realize is this little girl has a supernatural guardian.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.5/10208 votesLoading...Terror in Teakwood
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/16/1961
A young man's former girlfriend comes to him for help; her husband, a famous pianist, is being terrorized by an unknown being - is it a dead rival, secretly alive, or is it something much more grotesque.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: Alan Caillou
7.7/10193 votesLoading...The Prisoner in the Mirror
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/23/1961
A professor researching an eighteenth century murderous magician purchases a mirror in Paris only to find the magician's victims imprisoned within - or is it only a trick?
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.1/10182 votesLoading...Dark Legacy
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/30/1961
The patriarch of a family of magicians dies and leaves his nephew his book of secrets - and it is indeed a dark legacy involving satanic spirits and black magic.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
7.9/10339 votesLoading...Pigeons From Hell
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/6/1961
Two young brothers attempt to spend the night in an abandoned southern plantation and encounter some birds that seem to have a strong dislike for intruders.
Director: John Newland
Writer: N/A
8.4/10369 votesLoading...The Grim Reaper
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1961
An eccentric mystery writer purchases a ghoulish painting of the grim reaper which happens to have a curse on it - almost all of its former owners have died. When the owner's life is in danger the painting sends a gruesome warning - it begins to bleed.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
