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TV-14
CBS
Jan 20, 1957
30 m

TV-14
CBS
Jan 20, 1957
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: Herschel Daugherty

Written By: Sarett Tobias, Jay Bennett

TV-14
CBS
Jan 20, 1957
30 m

TV-14
CBS
Jan 20, 1957
30 m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S2 • Episode 17

My Brother, Richard

Air Date: Jan 20, 1957

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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 • Sep 30, 1956 • 26 m

Mr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime.

Episode 2 • Oct 7, 1956 • 26 m

When her husband goes away on a business trip, Mary Summers is all alone in her house--and gripped with a nameless fear. Then an escaped mental patient breaks in.

Episode 3 • Oct 14, 1956 • 25 m

Professor Rankin's buddies Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar, filling in a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled it with his wife.

Episode 4 • Oct 21, 1956 • 26 m

Kill with Kindness

Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.

Episode 5 • Oct 28, 1956 • 26 m

None Are So Blind

An antiques dealer feels he should be enjoying the finer things in life, but his Aunt Muriel is the one with all the money. Finding another man's wallet gives him an evil idea.

Episode 6 • Nov 4, 1956 • 25 m

New York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.

Episode 7 • Nov 11, 1956 • 30 m

Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.

Episode 8 • Nov 18, 1956 • 30 m

Conversation Over a Corpse

Cissie Enright is not exactly thrilled with the idea of poisoning the real estate man. But her sister, Joanna, insists that it's the only way.

Episode 9 • Nov 25, 1956 • 30 m

A no-limit game of poker brings a real estate man to the brink of ruin.

Episode 10 • Dec 2, 1956 • 30 m

A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.

Episode 11 • Dec 9, 1956 • 30 m

The Better Bargain

A middle-aged mobster suspects his young wife is cheating on him. He gets in touch with Harry Silver, the best hitman in the business.

Episode 12 • Dec 16, 1956 • 30 m

The Rose Garden

A book publisher visits two elderly sisters at their Louisiana mansion. One of them has written a murder mystery. And he learns that it may contain more fact than fiction.

Episode 13 • Dec 23, 1956 • 26 m

Mr. Blanchard's Secret

A mystery writer's imagination gets her in trouble when she turns her overstimulated mind to her new next-door neighbors -- and wonders why she has never seen the wife.

Episode 14 • Dec 30, 1956 • 30 m

John Brown's Body

An upstart furniture designer colludes with his boss's wife to drive her husband mad.

Episode 15 • Jan 6, 1957 • 30 m

A Good Samaritan helps a newlywed couple with a flat tire. But when the groom accidentally dirties the man's suit, the stranger reveals himself to be a dangerous crackpot.

Episode 16 • Jan 13, 1957 • 30 m

Nightmare in 4-D

A man who reads too much pulp fiction finds himself playing Sir Galahad to the blonde in the apartment downstairs. It seems she's burdened with a corpse.

Episode 17 • Jan 20, 1957 • 30 m

My Brother, Richard

District attorney Martin Ross, who's running for governor, learns that his brother, Richard, has killed the other candidate, Burton Reeves.

Episode 18 • Jan 27, 1957 • 30 m

Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.

Episode 19 • Feb 3, 1957 • 30 m

A Bottle of Wine

Judge Connors shares amontillado and civilized conversation with the young architect about to steal his wife. But the quality of his mercy is strained.

Episode 20 • Feb 10, 1957 • 30 m

Malice Domestic

Marital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.

Episode 21 • Feb 17, 1957 • 30 m

Number Twenty-Two

Young robber Steve Morgan is in jail for his first offense and too cocky for his own good.

Episode 22 • Feb 24, 1957 • 30 m

The End of Indian Summer

An insurance investigator and his wife look into the case of Mrs. Gillespie, who has been widowed twice -- and has twice enjoyed windfalls from her husbands' life insurance.

Episode 23 • Mar 3, 1957 • 30 m

One for the Road

A former nurse learns that when her husband is away on business trips, he's seeing another woman.

Episode 24 • Mar 10, 1957 • 30 m

The Cream of the Jest

Broken-down actor Charles Gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright Wayne Campbell give him a part. When Campbell refuses, Gresham resorts to blackmail.

Episode 25 • Mar 17, 1957 • 30 m

I Killed the Count: Part 1

A maid discovers the body of Count Victor Mattoni. It's up to Inspector Davidson from Scotland Yard to find the murderer.

Episode 26 • Mar 24, 1957 • 30 m

I Killed the Count: Part 2

Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni.

Episode 27 • Mar 31, 1957 • 30 m

I Killed the Count: Part 3

Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.

Episode 28 • Apr 7, 1957 • 26 m

One More Mile to Go

Sam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.

Episode 29 • Apr 14, 1957 • 30 m

A hired killer reluctantly sets out to kill his own girlfriend as ordered by his crime boss, a man who won't tolerate failure.

Episode 30 • Apr 21, 1957 • 30 m

The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater

Ernest Findlater is constantly nagged at by his wife so he fantasizes about Lalage, an exotic lover from the South Seas.

Episode 31 • Apr 28, 1957 • 30 m

The Night the World Ended

A newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going to end that night, but the prank has deadly results.

Episode 32 • May 5, 1957 • 30 m

The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

A murderer has been strangling people in the London fog. A reporter manages to continually make it to the crime scene before the police.

Episode 33 • May 12, 1957 • 30 m

A Man Greatly Beloved

In a small Massachusetts town, precocious young Hildegarde Fell learns a secret about crusty old John Anderson, who has just moved there.

Episode 34 • May 19, 1957 • 30 m

Martha Mason, Movie Star

A vain, querulous woman can't get a divorce from her husband. Luckily, he loves to garden. And he's just dug a nice big hole in the backyard.

Episode 35 • May 26, 1957 • 30 m

The West Warlock Time Capsule

Taxidermist George Tiffany has domestic trouble when his wife's visiting brother Waldren overstays his welcome.

Episode 36 • Jun 2, 1957 • 30 m

London, 1912. Shop owner Joe Saunders refuses to lend money to his son Sam, who is anxious to win over a cheap showgirl.

Episode 37 • Jun 9, 1957 • 30 m

The Indestructible Mr. Weems

A lodge is selling cemetery plots, but nobody will buy one until the first person is buried there. The brothers turn to Mr. Weems.

Episode 38 • Jun 16, 1957 • 30 m

A bored rich girl goes up to her cabin in the mountains. Before the night is over, she'll wish desperately she had just gone home.

Episode 39 • Jun 23, 1957 • 30 m

The Dangerous People

Two men wait at a train station. A wailing siren periodically reminds them that a maniac has escaped from the local mental hospital.

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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