The BEST episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of suspense himself - Alfred Hitchcock. Each episode stands alone, delving into horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural.
#1 - Murder Me Twice
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1958
When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?
#2 - The Dusty Drawer
Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/31/1959
When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.
#3 - Road Hog
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1959
When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.
#4 - The Glass Eye
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1957
While cleaning out the apartment of his dead sister Julia, Jim Whitely (Shatner) comes across a strange glass eye and tells to his wife the story of how his sister acquired it.
#5 - You Got to Have Luck
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1956
During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
#6 - The Long Shot
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1955
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.
#7 - The Perfect Crime
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1957
A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.
#8 - The Indestructible Mr. Weems
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/9/1957
Cemetery owners bribe an allegedly dying man to be their first customer for business reasons...but the plot backfires when the man simply will not expire.
#9 - Our Cook's a Treasure
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1955
A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess.
#10 - Breakdown
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1955
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.
#11 - The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/5/1957
In 1919 London, a killer is stalking the streets, and residents look to a police sergeant (Bikel) to catch the culprit.
#12 - The Right Kind of House
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1958
After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.
#13 - The Older Sister
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1956
A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.
#14 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/13/1958
Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.
#15 - There Was an Old Woman
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1956
Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.
#16 - The Case of Mr. Pelham
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1955
A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
#17 - Back for Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1956
Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.
#18 - One More Mile to Go
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1957
After murdering his shrewish spouse, a man finds that disposing of her body may be the challenge of his life.
#19 - The Perfect Murder
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1956
Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.
#20 - Don't Come Back Alive
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1955
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.
#21 - The Crooked Road
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1958
A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.
#22 - Into Thin Air
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1955
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.
#23 - A Man Greatly Beloved
Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/12/1957
A precocious, pigtailed girl attaches herself to a grumpy loner in the hopes of learning his secrets.
#24 - Bull in a China Shop
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/30/1958
A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.
#25 - And So Died Riabouchinska
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1956
While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.