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.

Last Updated: 10/2/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
The Horseplayer
star
7.21
43 votes

#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?

Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Henry Slesar
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
star
7.20
61 votes

#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.

Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
The Doubtful Doctor
star
7.15
53 votes

#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.

Directors: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Jerry Sohl
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Incident in a Small Jail
star
7.11
44 votes

#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.

Directors: Norman Lloyd
Writer: Henry Slesar
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Pen Pal
star
7.11
45 votes

#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?

Directors: John Brahm
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The Landlady
star
7.07
14 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Henreid
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Coming, Mama
star
7.05
42 votes

#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?

The Pearl Necklace
star
7.05
43 votes

#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!

Directors: Don Weis
The Contest for Aaron Gold
star
7.00
46 votes

#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?

Directors: Norman Lloyd
Writer: William Fay
Coming Home
star
7.00
43 votes

#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.

Directors: Alf Kjellin
Writer: Henry Slesar
Very Moral Theft
star
7.00
48 votes

#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.

Directors: Norman Lloyd
Writer: Allan Gordon
The Changing Heart
star
7.00
73 votes

#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.

Directors: Robert Florey
Writer: Robert Bloch
A Crime for Mothers
star
7.00
44 votes

#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.

Directors: Ida Lupino
Writer: Henry Slesar
Sybilla
star
7.00
43 votes

#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.

Directors: Ida Lupino
You Can't Trust a Man
star
6.98
46 votes

#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?

Directors: Paul Henreid
Summer Shade
star
6.98
43 votes

#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.

Outlaw in Town
star
6.97
40 votes

#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.

The Last Escape
star
6.96
73 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Henreid
Writer: Henry Slesar
Self Defense
star
6.95
42 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Henreid
Make My Death Bed
star
6.95
39 votes

#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.

Directors: Arthur Hiller
The Man Who Found the Money
star
6.95
77 votes

#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.

Final Arrangements
star
6.94
49 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Gordon Hessler
The Money
star
6.94
48 votes

#23 - 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.

Writer: Henry Slesar
Ambition
star
6.93
43 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Henreid
A Secret Life
star
6.92
39 votes

#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.

Directors: Don Weis