Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E30 Never Again

Never Again
First aired: 4/22/1956
Writer: Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud, Stirling Silliphant, Adela Rogers St. John
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Phyllis Thaxter (Karen Stewart) , Warren Stevens (Jeff Simmons), Jack Mullaney (Marlow), Louise Allbritton (Renee), Mason Curry (Mr. Sterling), Joan Banks (Margaret), Marion Gray, Jack Mulhall, Karine Nordman, Carol Veazie (Nurse)
Global rating: 7.9
Karen has a problem with alcohol, one that will leave her wondering what happened the previous night.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E29 The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
First aired: 4/15/1956
Writer: Victor Wolfson
Director: James Neilson
Guest star: Robert H. Harris (Laurence Appleby) , Michael Ansara (Dizar), Louise Larabee (Lena), Gage Clarke (Gainsboro), Helen Spring (Mrs. Grant), Meg Mundy (Martha Sturgis), Edna Holland (Mrs. Murchie), Mollie Glessing (Maid)
Global rating: 7.2
Lawrence Appleby will do anything to keep his antiques shop, even murder.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E28 Portrait of Jocelyn

Portrait of Jocelyn
First aired: 4/8/1956
Writer: Harold Swanton, Edgar Marvin
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Raymond Bailey (Jeff Harrison), Harry Tyler (Motel manager) , John Baragrey (Arthur Clymer), Philip Abbott (Mark Halliday), Nancy Gates (Debbie Halliday), Olan Soule (Art dealer)
Global rating: 6.7
A man starts seeing reminders of his missing wife - five years after her disappearance and on the anniversary of his remarriage.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E27 Help Wanted

Help Wanted
First aired: 4/1/1956
Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Stanley Ellin
Director: James Neilson
Guest star: Lorne Greene (Mr. X), John Qualen (Mr. Crabtree), Ruth Swanson (Miss. Brown), Madge Kennedy (Laura Crabtree), Parley Baer (Police detective), Paul Brinegar, John Harmon
Global rating: 7.8
A man desperate for money to treat his wife's illness accepts a strange job offer from an anonymous boss, with life-changing consequences for all involved.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E26 Whodunit

Whodunit
First aired: 3/25/1956
Writer: Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell, C.B. Gilford
Director: Francis Cockrell
Guest star: John Williams (II) (Alexander Arlington), Alan Napier (Wilfred), Philip Coolidge (Talbot) , Amanda Blake (Carol Arlington), Jerry Paris (Wally Benson), Ruta Lee, Rudy Robles, Bill Slack
Global rating: 7.2
Arthur (a mystery writer) is allowed to return from heaven to relive his last day on Earth in order to find the identity of his murderer.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E25 There Was an Old Woman

There Was an Old Woman
First aired: 3/18/1956
Writer: Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell
Director: Robert Stevenson
Guest star: Estelle Winwood (Monica Laughton), Norma Crane (Lorna Bramwell), Charles Bronson (Frank Bramwell), Dan Greer (Milkman), Emerson Tracy (Druggist)
Global rating: 7.7
Monica, an old and eccentric woman is the target of two people who think she has a lot of money stashed away.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E24 The Perfect Murder

The Perfect Murder
First aired: 3/11/1956
Writer: Victor Wolfson, Stacy Aumonier
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Philip Coolidge (Henri Tallendier), Walter Kingsford (Pierre) , Hurd Hatfield (Paul Tallendier), Hope Summers (Marie Tallendier), Mildred Natwick (Aunt Rosalie), Gladys Hurlbut (Ernestine), Jack Chefe (Clerk), Percy Helton (Lawyer)
Global rating: 7.8
Two twisted brothers scheme to obtain their inheritance a little sooner by killing their aunt.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E23 Back for Christmas

Back for Christmas
First aired: 3/4/1956
Writer: Francis Cockrell, John Collier
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Guest star: John Williams (II) (Herbert Carpenter), Arthur Gould-Porter (Major Sinclair) , Isobel Elsom (Hermione Carpenter), Gavin Muir (Mr. Wallingford), Lillian Kemble-Cooper (Mrs. Sinclair), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Wallingford), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Hewitt), Gerald Hamer (Mr. Hewitt), Ross Ford, Mollie Glessing, Theresa Harris
Global rating: 8.2
A man tired of having his life mapped out and directed by his overbearing wife plans to get rid of her; permanently.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E22 Place of Shadows

Place of Shadows
First aired: 2/26/1956
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Harry Tyler (Train Ticket Agent) , Everett Sloane (Father Vincente), Mark Damon (Ray Clements), Sean McClory (Brother Gerard), Everett Glass (Brother Charles), Claude Akins (Cop), Joe Downing (Floyd), Steve Mitchell, Harve Presnell
Global rating: 6.3
A man looking for revenge goes undercover in a monastery but things do not turn out the way he planned.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E21 Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct
First aired: 2/19/1956
Writer: Andrew Solt
Director: Justus Addiss
Guest star: Jacques Bergerac (Jan Gubak), Claire Trevor (Mary Prescott), Werner Klemperer (Klopka), Peter van Eyck (Officer), John Banner (Train conductor), Ralph Manza (Waiter), Konstantin Shayne (Custom's Officer), Charlie Hall (Man with Pool Cue in Intro Sequence)
Global rating: 6.0
Suspense and romance fill the travel of an American reporter returning to the east after a visit to an iron curtain nation.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E20 And So Died Riabouchinska

And So Died Riabouchinska
First aired: 2/12/1956
Writer: Mel Dinelli, Ray Bradbury
Director: Robert Stevenson
Guest star: Virginia Gregg (Voice of Riabouchinska), Harry Tyler (Dan Silver), Iris Adrian (Macey), Charles Bronson (Det. Krovitch), Claude Rains (John Fabian), William Haade (Stagehand), Lowell Gilmore (Mel Douglas), Claire Carleton (Alice Fabian), Charles Cantor (Zander)
Global rating: 6.3
A ventriloquist with a very lifelike dummy is questioned about a murder that occurred at a vaudeville theater.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E19 The Derelicts

The Derelicts
First aired: 2/5/1956
Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Terence Maples
Director: Robert Stevenson
Guest star: Philip Reed (Ralph Cowell), Cyril Delevanti (Alfred Sloane), Robert Foulk (Det. Sgt. Monroney), Robert Newton (Peter J. Goodfellow), Johnny Silver (Shanks), Peggy Knudsen (Herta)
Global rating: 7.1
Ralph is having monetary problems. His wife is spending money faster than he can make it and she just bought a mink coat. His silent partner calls in an IOU. Just when he thinks he's solved his problem, two homeless men start blackmailing him.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E18 Shopping for Death

Shopping for Death
First aired: 1/29/1955
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Robert H. Harris (Mr. Foxe) , Jo Van Fleet (Mrs. Shrike), John Qualen (Mr. Shaw), Michael Ross (I) (Mr. Shrike), Michael Ansara (Butcher)
Global rating: 8.3
Two retired sales clerks test their theory that people become killers at 92 degrees.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E17 The Older Sister

The Older Sister
First aired: 1/22/1956
Writer: Robert C. Daniels, Lillian de la Torre
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Pat Hitchcock (Margaret), Carmen Mathews (Lizzie Borden) , Joan Lorring (Emma Borden), Polly Rowles (Nell Cutt), Kay Stewart (Neighbor), Wendy Winkelman (Little Girl)
Global rating: 7.5
A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E16 You Got to Have Luck

You Got to Have Luck
First aired: 1/15/1956
Writer: Eustace Cockrell, Francis Cockrell, S. R. Ross
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Ray Teal (Warden) , John Cassavetes (Sam Cobbett), Marisa Pavan (Mary Schaffner), Robert Patten (Willis), Vivi Janiss (Maude), Hal K. Dawson (Secretary), Lamont Johnson (I) (Davis), Steve Clark (Pilot)
Global rating: 7.8
Sam Cobbet, a crazy man, holds a woman hostage in her farmhouse while he plans his escape from the area.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E15 The Big Switch

The Big Switch
First aired: 1/8/1956
Writer: Richard Carr, Cornell Woolrich
Director: Don Weis
Guest star: George Mathews (Sam Dunleavy), George E. Stone (Barney), Joe Downing (Lieutenant Al), Beverly Michaels (Goldie), James Edwards (Ed)
Global rating: 7.1
Sam, bent on homicide buys an alibi so he can kill his girlfriend.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E14 A Bullet for Baldwin

A Bullet for Baldwin
First aired: 1/1/1956
Writer: Eustace Cockrell, Francis Cockrell, Joseph Ruscoll
Director: Justus Addiss
Guest star: Sebastian Cabot (Nathaniel Baldwin/Mr. Davidson), John Qualen (Mr. Stepp), Philip Reed (Walter King), Cheryl Clark (Mrs. Baldwin), Don McArt (Albert), Kate Drain Lawson (Landlady), James Adamson (Janitor), Bill Erwin (Fireman), David Dwight, Arthur D. Gilmour, Ruth Lee
Global rating: 7.9
Benjamin Stepp turns into a cold-blooded murderer after being fired from his job.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E13 The Cheney Vase

The Cheney Vase
First aired: 12/25/1955
Writer: Robert Blees
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Carolyn Jones (Pamela Waring), Darren McGavin (Lyle Endicott), Patricia Collinge (Martha Cheney), George Macready (Homer Koether), Ruta Lee (Ruby Boyenton), Kathryn Card (Bella)
Global rating: 7.5
Martha Cheney, an elderly invalid, has only one preoccupation in life. She wants to protect a priceless vase that has been in her family for generations. Lyle Endicott, a dishonest ex-museum curator, wants the vase and uses a forged letter to get close to Miss Cheney and the vase.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E12 Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
First aired: 12/18/1955
Writer: Marian Cockrell, Margaret Cousins
Director: Don Weis
Guest star: Tyler McVey , Barry Fitzgerald (Stretch Sears), Bobby Clark (The 10th Avenue Kid), Virginia Gregg (Miss Webster), Arthur Space (Mr. Chambers), Justice Watson (Mr. Shaw), Norman Willis, Wendy Winkelman, Alan Reynolds, Harrison Lewis, Gary Hunley, Betty Harford, Mimi Gibson, Anthony Blankley, Butch Bernard
Global rating: 7.3
A criminal just released from prison finds a job as Santa Claus for the holiday season.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E11 Guilty Witness

Guilty Witness
First aired: 12/11/1955
Writer: Robert C. Daniels, Morris Hersman
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Judith Evelyn (Amelia Verber), Joe Mantell (Stanley Crane), Robert F. Simon (Detective Halloran), Kathleen Maguire (Dorothy Krane), Ed Kemmer (Dan Verber), Grazia Narciso (Mrs Santini), Leola Wendorff (Mrs Glavetsky)
Global rating: 9.1
The male in a very unhappy couple disappears. Neighbors suspect foul play.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E10 The Case of Mr Pelham

The Case of Mr. Pelham
First aired: 12/4/1955
Writer: Anthony Armstrong, Francis Cockrell
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Guest star: Raymond Bailey (Dr. Harley) , Tom Ewell (Albert Pelham), Jan Arvan (Harry), Kirby Smith (Tom Mason), Kay Stewart (Miss Clement), John Compton (Vincent), Diane Brewster (Secretary), Richard Collier (Bartender), Norman Willis (Bartender), Justice Watson (Henry Peterson), Tim Graham (Lawyer)
Global rating: 7.8
Albert Pelham is slowly being replaced at home and at work by a double.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E09 The Long Shot

The Long Shot
First aired: 11/27/1955
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Robert Stevenson
Guest star: John Williams (II) (Walker D. Hendricks) , Peter Lawford (Charlie Raymond), Charles Cantor (Tommy De Witt), Gertrude Hoffman (Marguerite Stoddard), Robert Warwick (Matthew Kelson), Frank Gerstle (Mack), Tim Graham (Bartender), Virginia Christine (Secretary)
Global rating: 8.4
A gambling addict cannot resist the lure of $200.000 dollars.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E08 Our Cook's A Treasure

Our Cook's A Treasure
First aired: 11/20/1955
Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Dorothy L. Sayers
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Everett Sloane (Ralph Montgomery), Janet Ward (Ethel. Montgomery), Beulah Bondi (Mrs. Sutton), Doris Singleton (Secretary), Olan Soule (Chemist), Gavin Gordon (Mr Brooks), Walter Woolf King (Card player), Elliott Reid (Earl Kramer)
Global rating: 9.2
A real state agent becomes obsessed with finding out if his new cook is a serial killer who poisons her victims.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E07 Breakdown

Breakdown
First aired: 11/13/1955
Writer: Francis Cockrell, Louis Pollock, Louis Pollock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Guest star: Raymond Bailey (Ed Johnson), Holly Bane (Escaped Convict (as Mike Ragan)) , Aaron Spelling (Road Worker), Joseph Cotten (William Callew), Murray Alper (Lloyd), Lane Chandler (Sheriff), Marvin Press (Chessy), Harry Shannon (Dr. Harner), Forrest Stanley (Hubka), James Edwards (Convict), Elzie Emanuel (Black Escaped Covict), Harry Landers (Coroner), Richard Newton (Ambulance Driver), Ralph Peters, Jimmy Weldon (Guard)
Global rating: 8.5
William, a cold man in life, is ready to be buried alive after an accident leaves him paralyzed.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E06 Salvage

Salvage
First aired: 11/6/1955
Writer: Fred Freiberger, Dick Carr, Fred Freiberger
Director: Justus Addiss
Guest star: Gene Barry (Dan Varrel), Elisha Cook Jr. (Shorty), Nancy Gates (Lois Williams), Peter Adams (Tim Grady), Paul Bryar (Lou Henry), Maxine Cooper (Mary), Ralph Montgomery (Drunk), Billy Wayne (Bartender), Edit Angold (Hilda), Virginia Christine (Model)
Global rating: 7.8
Dan, an underworld king, prepares a plan to punish a singer who killed his brother.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E05 Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air (aka The Vanishing Lady)
First aired: 10/30/1955
Writer: Alexander Woollcott, Marian Cockrell
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Alan Napier (Sir Everett), Pat Hitchcock (Diana Winthrop) , Mary Forbes (Mrs. Winthrop), John Mylong (Doctor), Ann Codee (Doctor's wife), Maurice Marsac (Clerk), Geoffrey Toone (Basil Farnham), Gerry Gaylor (Maid), Peter Camlin (Porter), Jack Chefe (Detective), Albert D'Arno (Bellhop), Michael Hadlow (Maris)
Global rating: 7.7
A woman and her mother check in at a hotel in Paris. The woman goes out and when she comes back discovers that nobody remembers her mother and all the things in the room have been changed.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E04 Dont Come Back Alive

Don't Come Back Alive
First aired: 10/23/1955
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Robert Stevenson
Guest star: Robert Emhardt (Kettle) , Sidney Blackmer (Frank Partridge), Virginia Gregg (Mildred Partridge), Edna Holland (Librarian), Irene Tedrow (Lucy)
Global rating: 8.1
A detective suspects murder when a man tries to have his, apparently disappeared wife, declared dead.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E03 Triggers in Leash

Triggers in Leash
First aired: 10/16/1955
Writer: Dick Carr, Allan Vaughn Elston
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Darren McGavin (Red Hillman), Gene Barry (Dell Delaney), Ellen Corby (Maggie), Casey MacGregor (Ben)
Global rating: 7.0
Maggie, a restaurant owner, tries to prevent a duel between two of the clients.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E02 Premonition

Premonition
First aired: 10/9/1955
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Robert Stevens
Guest star: Percy Helton (Gerald Eaton), Harry Tyler (Mr. Dodds) , Cloris Leachman (Susan Stanger), John Forsythe (Kim Stanger), George Macready (Doug Irwin), Warren Stevens (Perry Stanger), Paul Brinegar (Mason)
A pianist returns to his home town, hoping to mend a broken relationship with his father, and instead finds mystery and foreboding in everything he encounters.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents S01E01 Revenge

1. Revenge
First aired: 10/2/1955
Writer: Samuel Blas, Francis Cockrell
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Guest star: Ray Teal (Police Lieutenant) , Frances Bavier (Mrs. Fergusen), Vera Miles (Elsa Span), Ralph Meeker (Carl Span), John Gallaudet (The Doctor), Norman Willis (Cop), John Daheim (Cop), Lilian O' Malley (Hotel maid), Herbert Lytton (Police Lieutenant), Ray Montgomery (Man In Grey Suit)
Global rating: 9.2
Revenge fuels a husband looking for the man who raped his wife