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TV-14
CBS
Apr 24, 1962
30 m

TV-14
CBS
Apr 24, 1962
30 m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Summary Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 30 minute episode included opening and closing vingettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors. The seri...

Directed By: Bernard Girard

Written By: Henry Slesar

TV-14
CBS
Apr 24, 1962
30 m

TV-14
CBS
Apr 24, 1962
30 m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S7 • Episode 29

The Matched Pearl

Air Date: Apr 24, 1962

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Summary Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 30 minute episode included opening and closing vingettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors. The seri...

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Episode 1 • Oct 10, 1961 • 30 m

A college student tries to make the police believe that a professor has murdered his missing wife.

Episode 2 • Oct 17, 1961 • 30 m

Bang! You're Dead

A 5-year-old boy finds his uncle's revolver, partially loads it with bullets, and plays with it in public, unaware of its deadly power.

Episode 3 • Oct 24, 1961 • 30 m

Carol Thorby is furious when she discovers her husband has bought what they think is a chimp that can draw. Soon, though, they're both bewildered when they find the chimp is not a chimp at all.

Episode 4 • Oct 31, 1961 • 30 m

When a young woman witnesses two men rob and kill a bank messenger, one of the men devises a plan to silence her.

Episode 5 • Nov 7, 1961 • 30 m

Keep Me Company

A husband who works late continuously neglects his pretty wife's need for companionship, inadvertently bringing about an unwanted police presence.

Episode 6 • Nov 14, 1961 • 30 m

Beta Delta Gamma

A college fraternity drugs and makes up one of their members to look as if he is dead, then lead another unsuspecting member into believing he killed him.

Episode 7 • Nov 21, 1961 • 30 m

You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life

A woman beaten by an unknown attacker comes under great pressure by her husband and the police to identify a suspect.

Episode 8 • Nov 28, 1961 • 30 m

A retired hit man being blackmailed finds out in his profession, he has to keep on killing to protect his wife and to survive.

Episode 9 • Dec 5, 1961 • 30 m

A London private detective trying to find evidence that a sweet, gentle, older woman is cheating on her separated husband, falls in love with her.

Episode 10 • Dec 12, 1961 • 30 m

Services Rendered

A man can't remember who he is, but has a $1000 bill and an address of a doctor.

Episode 11 • Dec 19, 1961 • 30 m

The Right Kind of Medicine

A wounded killer of a policeman rushes to get his prescription of painkiller filled, and a big mistake is made.

Episode 12 • Dec 26, 1961 • 30 m

A Jury of Her Peers

An old woman is suspected of murdering her mentally cruel husband, as her childhood girlfriend tries to cover up evidence against her.

Episode 13 • Jan 2, 1962 • 30 m

The Silk Petticoat

In 1817 London, a silk petticoat belonging to the first wife of a newly remarried husband reveals him to be a very evil man.

Episode 14 • Jan 9, 1962 • 30 m

An alcoholic actor strangles his friend who won his part in a play, and then tries an unusual way to try to dispose of his body.

Episode 15 • Jan 16, 1962 • 30 m

The Door Without a Key

A man goes to a police station claiming memory loss, followed by a boy who says he was accidentally left behind by his father, but the desk sergeant is suspicious of both their stories.

Episode 16 • Jan 23, 1962 • 30 m

The Case of M.J.H.

A psychiatrist's secretary falls for a shady man who pressures her to steal files from her office.

Episode 17 • Jan 30, 1962 • 30 m

The Faith of Aaron Menefee

Aaron is a garage mechanic who becomes a devotee of a faith healer after he is apparently cured of an ulcer. The healer persuades Aaron to become his chauffeur and he becomes part of the tour. But a questionable man seeks a major healing.

Episode 18 • Feb 6, 1962 • 30 m

The Woman Who Wanted to Live

When a woman is forced by a murderer to drive him to safety, she deliberately passes up chances to escape.

Episode 19 • Feb 13, 1962 • 30 m

Strange Miracle

After he's injured in an accident at work, a man dares to fake a miracle after pretending to be paralyzed in order to collect insurance money.

Episode 20 • Feb 20, 1962 • 30 m

A lawyer defending a 17-year-old in his stabbing murder trial, wants to use a controversial chemical test that would show if the weapon ever had blood on it.

Episode 21 • Feb 27, 1962 • 30 m

A paroled safe cracker is hired by a safe company to try and break open one of their safes publicly, and get the 50,000-dollar reward inside.

Episode 22 • Mar 6, 1962 • 30 m

A babysitter and her gang kill and rob her employer of $32,000, unaware that the money belongs to a deadly criminal syndicate.

Episode 23 • Mar 13, 1962 • 30 m

Profit-Sharing Plan

A retiring office worker plots with his wife to steal money from the company vault, but apparently unknown to her, he's planning to flee with his mistress after taking the cash.

Episode 24 • Mar 20, 1962 • 30 m

A man's attractive mistress tells him she will handle the killing of his wife, but he wants to hire someone to do it, and a miscommunication results.

Episode 25 • Mar 27, 1962 • 30 m

The Last Remains

Amos Duff's mortuary is struggling to sell anything but economy funerals. However, when Duff finds something unusual about a wound on a corpse brought in by the deceased's business partner, he feels certain he can sell a "Class A" funeral.

Episode 26 • Apr 3, 1962 • 30 m

Ten O'Clock Tiger

A boxing manager risks his fighter's health by increasing the dosage of a secret energy formula he has been injecting him with.

Episode 27 • Apr 10, 1962 • 30 m

Episode 28 • Apr 17, 1962 • 30 m

A man is devoted to his old, unwell Kerry Blue terrier. Sadly the dog dies while he's out of town. Convinced his wife buried his beloved Annie alive (out of jealousy), he sets out to make her pay - but has his blind rage made him careless?

Episode 29 • Apr 24, 1962 • 30 m

The Matched Pearl

Episode 30 • May 1, 1962 • 30 m

What Frightened You, Fred?

Episode 31 • May 8, 1962 • 30 m

Most Likely to Succeed

A seemingly poor man who was supreme in his college class, gets a servant's job from a rich former classmate, where he finds he makes unlawful tax deals, and should be stopped.

Episode 32 • May 15, 1962 • 30 m

A man searches for his brain-injured wife who has to walk home from work nightly, in the midst of a serial killer.

Episode 33 • May 22, 1962 • 30 m

The Opportunity

Episode 34 • May 29, 1962 • 30 m

The Twelve Hour Caper

A loyal employee learns he won't get his anticipated promotion and decides to get something even better-a half million dollars in negotiable bonds stolen from his employer.

Episode 35 • Jun 5, 1962 • 30 m

The Children of Alda Nuova

Episode 36 • Jun 12, 1962 • 30 m

First Class Honeymoon

Episode 37 • Jun 19, 1962 • 30 m

Episode 38 • Jun 26, 1962 • 30 m

Where Beauty Lies

Caroline has an uncanny infatuation with her actor brother and grows jealous whenever he spends time in the company of other women.

Episode 39 • 1962 • 30 m

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

A magician takes a simple-minded runaway under his wing. But the magician's wife has a sinister idea for the easily manipulated young man.

7 Seasons

Top Cast

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Host, Alfred the Stand-In, Alfred's Brother

Harry Tyler

Aaron Hacker, Apartment Hunter, Bob Jenkins

John Williams

Inspector Davidson, Alexander Penn Arlington, Alexander Vinton

Patricia Hitchcock

Aileen, Diana Winthrop, Dorothy

Arthur Gould-Porter

Mr. Moen, Arthur Chaundry, Clifton

Raymond Bailey

Doctor Jason, Dr. Harley, Ed Johnson

Lillian O'Malley

Ailing parishioner, Flora, Hotel Maid

Russell Collins

Alvin Moss, Bill Finley, Clarence Weems

Robert Carson

Grand Jury Foreman, Harry Judson, Inquest Board Chairman

Barry Harvey

Steward, Constable Barry, Constable Longdon

Robert H. Harris

Albert Birch, Bellefontaine, Ben Prowdy, Clarence Fox, George C. Piper, John Hurley, Lawrence Appleby, Morty Lenton

Ray Teal

Ben Tulip, Chief of Detectives, Fire Chief, Jim Hale, Police Detective, Police Lieutenant, Sheriff Briggs, Warden Jacobs

Bartlett Robinson

Donald Wellman, Dr. Maxwell, George Colton, Henry Caldwell, Hotel Manager, John St. Rogers, Lawyer, Mr. Robinson

David Fresco

Photographer, Assault Victim, Dave, Gas Station Owner, Hotel Desk Clerk, Mr. Parker, The Cripple

Robert Horton

Brad Taylor, Gil Larkin, John Fenton, Mason Bridges, Ray Marchand, Wallace Donaldson, Walter Richmond

Percy Helton

Charlie the building super, Cyrus Rutherford, George the Janitor, Gerald Eaton, Lawyer, Morton, Newspaperman

Ralph Clanton

Ship's Purser, Mr. Saunders, Perry Harrison, Randolph Burnside, Sir Robert Walton, Sir Stephen Hurstwood

Charles Davis

Detective Raines, Mr. Johnson, Museum Guard, Reporter, Sam Saunders

Rusty Lane

Police Detective, Father Rafferty, Mr. Ivers, Sheriff Matt, The Judge, Train Conductor

David Carlile

Det. Langley, First Bank Teller, John Murray, Manny, Patrolman, Sgt. Krebs, The Detective

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