The BEST episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 6
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 6!
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 - The Horseplayer
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1961
On a wing and a prayer, a gambler with a mission thinks he has a hotline to God in praying for a string of successful winners. Convincing a naive minister to play the odds with the parish funds, could this be the race which beats the horse player?
#2 - Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1960
A touch of mink for Mr and Mrs Bixby is only part of a story of love grown cold and a hidden passion beneath the surface.
#3 - The Doubtful Doctor
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1960
Bewitched advertising executive Ralph Jones seeks psychiatric help when he inexplicably finds an escape from his present day marital woes by traveling back in time to his earlier carefree bachelorhood.
#4 - Incident in a Small Jail
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/21/1961
An arresting tale of crime and misdemeanor in a small town sees a traveling salesman embroiled in deceit and murder. In a twisted variation on the prince and the pauper, the swapping of clothes reveals the true identity of a murderous fiend.
#5 - Pen Pal
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1960
Love letters from a pen pal bring an escaped convict to a country cottage in search of the woman he plans to make his bride. With the police closing in, is more than his heart trapped?
#6 - The Landlady
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1961
In a small provincial town, an English lady takes in lodgers. For Billy Weaver, the town of Bramley offers accommodation at a reasonable rate, and a vacation to die for.
#7 - Coming, Mama
Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/11/1961
Can the apron strings ever truly be cut when the bonds that bind are so firmly tied to affairs of the heart? For plain Lucy Baldwin, the chance of happiness with her beau is threatened by her ailing mother. Can a sleeping mixture provide the answer?
#8 - The Pearl Necklace
Season 6 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/2/1961
How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!
#9 - The Contest for Aaron Gold
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1960
A pensive, withdrawn child attending a summer camp fashions a one-armed warrior knight in clay, to the consternation of his counselors. Is there a reason behind this particular display?
#10 - Coming Home
Season 6 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/13/1961
When an armed robber is released from prison, beaten down by the system and wanting to retreat to his long-lost family life, his homecoming makes for a shocking revelation.
#11 - Very Moral Theft
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1960
Lumbered with more than an enormous debt, a businessman needs money - and fast. His doting fiance-in-waiting provides an instant solution, but in so doing, her act of desperate kindness leads to fatal consequences.
#12 - The Changing Heart
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1961
The time for love is any time, but for Dane Ross and his beloved Lisa, the clock is almost certainly ticking.
#13 - A Crime for Mothers
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1961
When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.
#14 - Sybilla
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1960
On the passing of his wife, a man reflects on a marriage filled with bitterness and suspicion through the pages of her diary, and comes to realize he never really knew her at all.
#15 - You Can't Trust a Man
Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/9/1961
When a nightclub beauty is visited upon by the misfortune of a former husband whom she has carelessly neglected to divorce amidst her rapid rise to stardom and subsequent bigamy, murder seems the only answer. Surely, reasons beautiful Crystal Coe, you can't trust a man to be of any worth her now?
#16 - Summer Shade
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1961
The witches of Salem are getting younger by the year, and for nine-year-old Kate Kendall this isn't a problem as she has a new playmate for the summer. Parents Phyllis and Ben are altogether more concerned, and consult the local Reverend on the subject of exorcism.
#17 - Outlaw in Town
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1960
At the Last Chance Saloon, an outlaw rides in to town amidst a raging blizzard. The "Whistling Kid" has a price on his head, and everyone wants a piece of the action.
#18 - The Last Escape
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1961
An escapologist with a daring new act, a deceitful wife with a passion for music and the musician performing it, and a last escape worthy of Houdini himself, make cheating death a circus act to bend anyone's sanity.
#19 - Self Defense
Season 6 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/23/1961
When a robbery goes wrong and one fatal bullet becomes four, can self defense really be the motive behind a frightened man's gun-toting pursuit of the culprits? The police think not ... and they may have a point.
#20 - Make My Death Bed
Season 6 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/27/1961
When music is the food of love, sweet passion spells more than cream in the coffee for two couples.
#21 - The Man Who Found the Money
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1960
When a down-on-his-luck man finds a small fortune on the streets of Las Vegas, a simple act of charity pays more dividends than he ever expected.
#22 - The Money
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1960
To win the hand of his beautiful girlfriend, a bookie-turned-import agent eyes the main chance with a deceitful ploy. In so doing, he finds himself earning more than the highest prize.
#23 - Final Arrangements
Season 6 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/20/1961
Browbeaten husband seeks nothing but the best for his late-lamented wife. The most expensive casket from the best in the business, every detail attended to in the making of final arrangements. Just one item left of the to-do list: kill the wife.
#24 - Ambition
Season 6 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/4/1961
The price of ambition for District Attorney Rudolf Cox is high when a hard-bitten hoodlum prepares to make a confession that could put an end to his high-profile career.
#25 - A Secret Life
Season 6 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/30/1961
James Howgill wants a divorce from his wife. When she refuses to give him one, he hires a private eye to follow her in hopes of finding evidence of adultery.