The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 1

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

A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: Robert Dozier

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

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

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

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

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

A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.

Director: John Brahm

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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