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  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Apr 5, 1963
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Apr 5, 1963
  • 1 h
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Summary The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 60 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 series...

Directed By: Bernard Girard

Written By: David Goodis, Henry Kane

  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Apr 5, 1963
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Apr 5, 1963
  • 1 h
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
S1 • Episode 26
An Out for Oscar
Air Date: Apr 5, 1963
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Summary The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 60 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 series...

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Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1962 • 1 h
A Piece of the Action
Duke Marsden is a compulsive gambler and is about to lose his wife because of it. She gives him an ultimatum to either give up poker or else she's gone. He agrees, but there's one last thing he has to do first.
Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1962 • 1 h
Don't Look Behind You
Some unknown person is brutally attacking women in a small college town and a host of weird staff members are suspects.
Episode 3 • Oct 4, 1962 • 1 h
Night of the Owl
A blackmailer threatens to reveal some horrific information to an adopted teen girl about her real parents, unless her adoptive father pays him off.
Episode 4 • Oct 11, 1962 • 1 h
I Saw the Whole Thing
There are five witnesses for a hit-and-run accident at an intersection who all say the car did not stop at the stop sign, but are they all wrong?
Episode 5 • Oct 18, 1962 • 1 h
Captive Audience
Episode 6 • Oct 25, 1962 • 49 m
Final Vow
Episode 7 • Nov 1, 1962 • 1 h
Annabel
Episode 8 • Nov 8, 1962 • 48 m
House Guest
A young boy named Tony Mitchell is saved from drowning by an unwelcome guest.
Episode 9 • Nov 15, 1962 • 48 m
The Black Curtain
A mugging restores the memory of a man with amnesia.
Episode 10 • Nov 22, 1962 • 49 m
Day of Reckoning
Episode 11 • Nov 29, 1962 • 1 h
Ride the Nightmare
A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.
Episode 12 • Dec 6, 1962 • 48 m
Hangover
Remembering nothing of what happened the day before, a talented, alcoholic ad man painfully reconstructs the events of what proves to have been a very bad day indeed.
Episode 13 • Dec 13, 1962 • 49 m
Bonfire
Episode 14 • Dec 20, 1962 • 51 m
The Tender Poisoner
An executive plans to end an associate's love affair and save the man's career and marriage.
Episode 15 • Jan 4, 1963 • 49 m
The Thirty-First of February
Episode 16 • Jan 11, 1963 • 1 h
What Really Happened
A woman stands trial for her wealthy husband's murder. Her vengeful mother-in-law is convinced that she did it, but a family servant knows the key to what really happened.
Episode 17 • Jan 18, 1963 • 49 m
Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
Episode 18 • Jan 25, 1963 • 1 h
A Tangled Web
A very sweet French maid runs away with, and marries a professional burglar with hopes of making him honest. However, the burglar's "fence" (Karl) has his own hopes in mind.
Episode 19 • Feb 1, 1963 • 1 h
To Catch a Butterfly
Episode 20 • Feb 8, 1963 • 1 h
The Paragon
A man tries to stop his insensitive wife from alienating their family and friends.
Episode 21 • Feb 15, 1963 • 1 h
I'll Be Judge - I'll Be Jury
Relatives of a murdered newlywed decide to bring the killer to justice themselves.
Episode 22 • Mar 1, 1963 • 1 h
Diagnosis: Danger
An apparent hit-and-run turns out to be so much more. It leads to an anthrax scare that spreads through Los Angeles, but the perpetrator is elusive.
Episode 23 • Mar 8, 1963 • 1 h
The Lonely Hours
A mother of three notices that her baby son fascinates the lady renting a room in her home.
Episode 24 • Mar 15, 1963 • 1 h
The Star Juror
After killing a woman, a man is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder.
Episode 25 • Mar 22, 1963 • 1 h
The Long Silence
A paralyzed woman is terrified her husband will learn she is recovering.
Episode 26 • Apr 5, 1963 • 1 h
An Out for Oscar
Episode 27 • Apr 12, 1963 • 1 h
Death and the Joyful Woman
The secretary of a wine baron murders when her dream of marrying him is shattered.
Episode 28 • Apr 19, 1963 • 49 m
Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans
A beautiful 17-year-old British girl is inadvertently driven to Mexico by a dangerous car thief who is unaware she is sleeping in the back seat.
Episode 29 • May 3, 1963 • 1 h
The Dark Pool
After an adopted son drowns, a strange woman arrives claiming to be the boy's birth mother and proceeds to blackmail the adoptive mother.
Episode 30 • May 10, 1963 • 1 h
Dear Uncle George
A neighbor's letter about an unfaithful wife disturbs an advice columnist.
Episode 31 • May 17, 1963 • 1 h
Run for Doom
A young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her three previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.
Episode 32 • May 24, 1963 • 49 m
Death of a Cop
A remorseful detective vows to find the men who killed his son, who was also a cop.

Top Cast

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Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Host

Hinton Pope

The 1st Bomb Squad Man, The 2nd Guard, The 2nd Man

Jimmy Joyce

Fingerprint Man, Photographer, Prison Orderly

Lew Brown

Al Ruben, David Carson, Detective Lanning

Robert Reiner

Mr. Brown, Pedro, the Bartender, Pete

Alice Backes

Helen Fiske, Martha Hinchley, Mrs. Tridden

Dee J. Thompson

Kelly, Miss Nelson, Miss Rice

Gail Bonney

Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Hayes, Sarah

Brendan Dillon

Bartender, Collins, Inspector Roberts

Myron Healey

Bob Blake, Dave Connor, George Foyle

Mary Scott

Laura, Sarah Norton, The Party Guest, Wanda Hatfield

Carmen Phillips

Bess Macken, Bette Rose Calder, Mary Smith, Mother Daisy

David Fresco

Brother-in-Law, Newsstand Dealer, Sam Ogle, The Waiter

John Zaremba

Mr. Meecham, Richard Anderson, The Coroner, The Judge

Doris Lloyd

Andrina Gibbs, Martha, Mother, The Callendars' Maid

Vince Williams

Newscaster, Our Hero, The Court Bailiff, The Hotel Clerk

Cathie Merchant

Frieda Little, Lola Penderwaller, Mary Masterson, The Receptionist

Sam Reese

Henry, The Barber, Martin Hendrix, Milt Marshall, Wilford Likens

Len Hendry

Mr. Horner, The Driver, The Man, The Night Watchman

Audrey Swanson

2nd Woman, Eric's Mother, The Nurse, The Office Nurse

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