TV series
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Samuel BlasGuest stars Ralph Meeker, Vera Miles, Ray Teal, Frances Bavier, Ray Montgomery, John Gallaudet, Norman Willis, John Daheim
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Harold SwantonGuest stars George Macready, Warren Stevens, Percy Helton, Paul Brinegar, Harry Tyler, John Forsythe, Cloris Leachman
Episode 3
A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Richard Carr, Allan Vaughan ElstonGuest stars Gene Barry, Darren McGavin, Casey MacGregor, Ellen Corby
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Virginia Gregg, Sidney Blackmer, Irene Tedrow, Edna Holland, Robert Emhardt
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Marian B. Cockrell, Alexander WoollcottGuest stars Geoffrey Toone, Ann Codee, Mary Forbes, Alan Napier, Patricia Hitchcock, Maurice Marsac, Gerry Gaylor, John Mylong
Episode 6
Gangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.
Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Fred Freiberger, Richard CarrGuest stars Virginia Christine, Elisha Cook Jr., Gene Barry, Nancy Gates, Maxine Cooper, Peter Adams, Paul Bryar, Edit Angold
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Louis Pollock, Louis PollockGuest stars Joseph Cotten, Harry Shannon, Murray Alper, Raymond Bailey, Forrest Stanley, Lane Chandler, Aaron Spelling, James Edwards
Episode 8
A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Dorothy L. SayersGuest stars Beulah Bondi, Walter Woolf King, Olan Soule, Everett Sloane, Doris Singleton, Gavin Gordon, Janet Ward
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Harold SwantonGuest stars Gertrude Hoffmann, Robert Warwick, John Williams, Peter Lawford, Virginia Christine, Frank Gerstle, Charles Cantor, Tim Graham
Episode 10
A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Anthony ArmstrongGuest stars Diane Brewster, Tom Ewell, Raymond Bailey, Justice Watson, Kirby Smith, Kay Stewart, John Compton, Jan Arvan
Episode 11
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Morris HershamGuest stars Ed Kemmer, Joe Mantell, Kathleen Maguire, Judith Evelyn, Robert F. Simon, Grazia Narciso, Leola Wendorff
Episode 12
While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Marian B. Cockrell, Margaret CousinsGuest stars Mimi Gibson, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Space, Tony Blankley, Virginia Gregg, Bobby Clark, Justice Watson, Norman Willis
Episode 13
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Robert BleesGuest stars Kathryn Card, Patricia Collinge, Carolyn Jones, Ruta Lee, George Macready, Darren McGavin
Episode 14
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.
Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Eustace Cockrell, Joseph RuscollGuest stars Sebastian Cabot, John Qualen, Bill Erwin, Phillip Reed, Ruth Lee, Cheryll Clarke, James Adamson, Don Mcart
Episode 15
Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Richard Carr, Cornell WoolrichGuest stars George E. Stone, George Mathews, Beverly Michaels, James Edwards, Joe Downing, Mark Dana, Napoleon Whiting
Episode 16
During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Eustace Cockrell, S.R. RossGuest stars Marisa Pavan, John Cassavetes, Ray Teal, Lamont Johnson, Vivi Janiss, Hal K. Dawson, Robert Patten, Steven Clark
Episode 17
A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Lillian de la TorreGuest stars Joan Lorring, Carmen Mathews, Polly Rowles, Patricia Hitchcock, Wendy Winkelman, Kay Stewart
Episode 18
Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Robert H. Harris, Michael Ansara, Jo Van Fleet, John Qualen, Michael Ross, Alfred Linder, Charlotte Knight, Lee Erickson
Episode 19
Inventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Terence MaplesGuest stars Robert Newton, Peggy Knudsen, Phillip Reed, Johnny Silver, Cyril Delevanti, Robert Foulk
Episode 20
While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Ray Bradbury, Mel DinelliGuest stars Iris Adrian, William Haade, Charles Bronson, Claude Rains, Claire Carleton, Virginia Gregg, Harry Tyler, Lowell Gilmore
Episode 21
An American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler.
Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Andrew SoltGuest stars Werner Klemperer, Peter van Eyck, John Banner, Ralph Manza, Charlie Hall, Claire Trevor, Jacques Bergerac, Konstantin Shayne
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Sean McClory, Claude Akins, Everett Sloane, Harry Tyler, Joe Downing, Mark Damon, Everett Glass, Steve Mitchell
Episode 23
Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.
Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by John Collier, Francis M. CockrellGuest stars Katherine Warren, Isobel Elsom, John Williams, Irene Tedrow, Arthur Gould-Porter, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Gavin Muir, Gerald Hamer
Episode 24
Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Victor Wolfson, Stacy AumonierGuest stars Mildred Natwick, Hurd Hatfield, Hope Summers, Philip Coolidge, Gladys Hurlbut, Walter Kingsford, Percy Helton, Jack Chefe
Episode 25
Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Marian B. Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell, Hal Hackady, Jerry HackadyGuest stars Estelle Winwood, Norma Crane, Charles Bronson, Dabbs Greer, Emerson Treacy
Episode 26
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.
Directed by Francis M. CockrellWritten by Marian B. Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell, C.B. GilfordGuest stars Amanda Blake, Jerry Paris, John Williams, Alan Napier, Ruta Lee, Philip Coolidge, Bill Slack, Rudy Robles
Episode 27
Mr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment.
Directed by James NeilsonWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Stanley EllinGuest stars Malcolm Atterbury, Parley Baer, Madge Kennedy, Lorne Greene, John Harmon, John Qualen, Paul Brinegar, Ruth Swanson
Episode 28
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Harold Swanton, Edgar MarvinGuest stars Philip Abbott, Olan Soule, Raymond Bailey, Harry Tyler, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey
Episode 29
Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage.
Directed by James NeilsonWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Victor Wolfson, Stanley EllinGuest stars Meg Mundy, Robert H. Harris, Michael Ansara, Edna Holland, Gage Clarke, Louise Larabee, Helen Spring, Molly Glessing
Episode 30
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Stirling Silliphant, Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud, Adela Rogers St. JohnsGuest stars Jack Mullaney, Phyllis Thaxter, Joan Banks, Mason Curry, Warren Stevens, Franklyn Farnum, Louise Allbritton, Karine Nordman
Episode 31
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Michael ArlenGuest stars Biff McGuire, Ralph Clanton, John Irving, Eric Snowden, Geoffrey Steele, John Anderson, John Dodsworth, Sonia Torgeson
Episode 32
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Sarett Tobias, Emily NeffGuest stars Thelma Ritter, Carole Mathews, Mary Wickes, Michael Ansara, Theodore Newton, Rebecca Welles, Ray Teal
Episode 33
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.
Directed by Herschel DaughertyWritten by Robert C. Dennis, Allan Vaughan ElstonGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Jim Hayward, Jack Mullaney, Patricia Hitchcock, Ross Evans, Ralph Moody, John Compton, Norman Leavitt
Episode 34
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.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by James P. Cavanagh, A.J. RussellGuest stars Rachel Ames, Katherine Warren, Biff McGuire, Robert H. Harris, Theodore Newton, Richard Collier
Episode 35
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.
Directed by James NeilsonWritten by Andrew Solt, Gina Kaus, Gina KausGuest stars Rudolph Anders, Roxanne Arlen, Joan Dixon, Leora Dana, Enid Markey, Walter Kingsford, Jacques Bergerac, Herschel Graham
Episode 36
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.
Directed by Robert StevensonWritten by Gwen Bagni, Irwin GielgudGuest stars Mary Jackson, Vinton Hayworth, Veda Ann Borg, Anthony Eustrel, Ruth Hussey, Eugenia Paul, Vivi Janiss, Sheila Bromley
Episode 37
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.
Directed by Arnold LavenWritten by Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Richard PediciniGuest stars Cara Williams, Robert Horton, Jack Mullaney, Philip Coolidge, David Orrick McDearmon, Harry Lewis, Frank Gorshin, Wallace Earl
Episode 38
A serial killer known as "the strangler" terrorizes a New York neighborhood.
Directed by Herschel DaughertyWritten by James P. Cavanagh, Joseph RuscollGuest stars Reta Shaw, Constance Ford, Steve Brodie, Percy Helton, Harry Townes, Alfred Linder
Episode 39
A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Francis M. Cockrell, Cornell WoolrichGuest stars Joanne Woodward, Skip Homeier, Ken Christy, Henry Hunter, Mike Ragan, William Newell, Frank Kreig, Harry Tyler
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Alfred HitchcockSelf - Host
Alan NapierLord Sorrington
John WilliamsInspector Davidson
Phyllis ThaxterKaren Stewart
Robert HortonBrad Taylor
Russell CollinsSkinner #21
Raymond BaileyDoctor Jason
Rusty LanePolice Detective
NBCUnited States
CBSUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
