Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1

Episode 1: Revenge 1955-10-02 | 27 min When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is left traumatized after being assaulted by an unknown attacker, he becomes determined to track down the perpetrator and take revenge. Episode 2: Premonition 1955-10-09 | 27 min A famous pianist returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends and family are covering up the true details of that death. Episode 3: Triggers in Leash 1955-10-16 | 27 min A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other. Episode 4: Don't Come Back Alive 1955-10-23 | 27 min Frank Partridge and his wife plot to cheat their life insurance company by having her hide out for 7 years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes Mr. Partridge has murdered her. Episode 5: Into Thin Air 1955-10-30 | 26 min When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there. Episode 6: Salvage 1955-11-06 | 26 min Gangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death. Episode 7: Breakdown 1955-11-13 | 26 min William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead. Episode 8: Our Cook's a Treasure 1955-11-20 | 26 min A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess. Episode 9: The Long Shot 1955-11-27 | 26 min Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer. Episode 10: The Case of Mr. Pelham 1955-12-04 | 26 min A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him. Episode 11: Guilty Witness 1955-12-11 | 26 min When Mr. and Mrs. Crane hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment just above them, and then Mr. Verber disappears the next day, they can't help suspecting the worst. Episode 12: Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid 1955-12-18 | 26 min While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy. Episode 13: The Cheney Vase 1955-12-25 | 26 min When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum. Episode 14: A Bullet for Baldwin 1956-01-01 | 26 min When an office worker is fired from his job, he shoots his boss to death, but when he returns to the office his boss is alive, and has no recollection of the incident. Episode 15: The Big Switch 1956-01-08 | 26 min Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man. Episode 16: You Got to Have Luck 1956-01-15 | 26 min During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone. Episode 17: The Older Sister 1956-01-22 | 26 min A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case. Episode 18: Shopping for Death 1956-01-29 | 26 min Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster. Episode 19: The Derelicts 1956-02-05 | 26 min Inventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime. Episode 20: And So Died Riabouchinska 1956-02-12 | 26 min While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy. Episode 21: Safe Conduct 1956-02-19 | 26 min An American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler. Episode 22: Place of Shadows 1956-02-26 | 26 min 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. Episode 23: Back for Christmas 1956-03-04 | 26 min Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip. Episode 24: The Perfect Murder 1956-03-11 | 26 min Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance. Episode 25: There Was an Old Woman 1956-03-18 | 27 min Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her. Episode 26: Whodunit 1956-03-25 | 26 min Recently deceased mystery writer Alexander Penn Arlington gets permission from the recording angel to relive his last day on earth, so that he can find out who murdered him. Episode 27: Help Wanted 1956-04-01 | 26 min Mr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment. Episode 28: Portrait of Jocelyn 1956-04-08 | 26 min When Mark Halliday and his new wife unexpectedly see a portrait of Halliday's first wife, it is only the first in a series of disturbing developments. Episode 29: The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby 1956-04-15 | 27 min Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage. Episode 30: Never Again 1956-04-22 | 26 min Karen Stewart has once again broken her promise not to drink anymore, and now she is in a strange bed, injured, with no memory of what happened the night before. Episode 31: The Gentleman from America 1956-04-29 | 26 min Rich American Howard Lattimer visits London, and bets 1000 pounds that he can spend the night in a room that is said to be haunted. Episode 32: The Baby Sitter 1956-05-06 | 25 min When Clara Nash is murdered, her baby-sitter Lottie Slocum is excited to be the center of attention, and she also hopes to become closer to Clara's husband. Episode 33: The Belfry 1956-05-13 | 26 min 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. Episode 34: The Hidden Thing 1956-05-20 | 26 min 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. Episode 35: The Legacy 1956-05-27 | 27 min 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. Episode 36: Mink 1956-06-03 | 26 min Paula Hudson has a stolen mink coat she tells police she purchased on a recommendation, and when they retrace her steps to find out how she obtained it, everyone denies they ever talked to her about it. Episode 37: Decoy 1956-06-10 | 26 min Gil Larkin is suspected of murder when Mona Cameron's allegedly abusive husband is shot dead in front of him and he gets knocked out by an unknown assailant. Episode 38: The Creeper 1956-06-17 | 26 min A serial killer known as "the strangler" terrorizes a New York neighborhood. Episode 39: Momentum 1956-06-24 | 26 min A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.