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  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Dec 20, 1963
  • 48 m
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Dec 20, 1963
  • 48 m
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: Alf Kjellin

Written By: Robert Gould

  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Dec 20, 1963
  • 48 m
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Dec 20, 1963
  • 48 m
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
S2 • Episode 11
How to Get Rid of Your Wife
Air Date: Dec 20, 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...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 27, 1963 • 51 m
A Home Away from Home
A patient at a mental hospital kills the head doctor and takes over, replacing the staff with fellow patients. Things get complicated when the niece of the real doctor makes an unexpected visit.
Episode 2 • Oct 4, 1963 • 1 h
A Nice Touch
A successful Hollywood actor convinces his lover to kill her abusive husband, then makes a phone call.
Episode 3 • Oct 11, 1963 • 1 h
Terror at Northfield
A small town is rocked by a series of murders which begins with the killing of a local farmer's son.
Episode 4 • Oct 18, 1963 • 1 h
You'll Be the Death of Me
A woman becomes the target of her murderous spouse after she finds a button from one of his victims.
Episode 5 • Oct 25, 1963 • 48 m
Blood Bargain
Episode 6 • Nov 8, 1963 • 1 h
Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale
A sheriff investigates the disappearance of the wife of a man who has been acting suspiciously.
Episode 7 • Nov 15, 1963 • 48 m
Starring the Defense
Episode 8 • Nov 29, 1963 • 1 h
The Cadaver
A college aide borrows a dead female body from the lab and plants it in his roommate's dorm to try and scare him sober, but the joke becomes disastrous.
Episode 9 • Dec 6, 1963 • 1 h
The Dividing Wall
Three ex-cons plan to heist a fortune in jewels, but inadvertently steal a container of radioactive cobalt.
Episode 10 • Dec 13, 1963 • 1 h
Good-Bye, George
The husband of a successful actress, thought for years to be dead, suddenly returns and demands he once again become a part of her life, now that she's a success. Things get complicated when she accidentally kills him after he attacks her.
Episode 11 • Dec 20, 1963 • 48 m
How to Get Rid of Your Wife
Gerald Swinney is a henpecked husband suffering under the constant verbal abuse of his overbearing wife. Gerald devises a plan to rid himself of her and begin his life over again, but the results have unexpected consequences.
Episode 12 • Jan 3, 1964 • 48 m
Three Wives Too Many
One of a bigamist's four wives takes it upon herself to track down and kill the other three women.
Episode 13 • Jan 10, 1964 • 1 h
The Magic Shop
After a little boy vanishes in a magic shop, he comes back later with supernatural powers and evil intentions.
Episode 14 • Jan 24, 1964 • 1 h
Beyond the Sea of Death
An heiress finally finds a young man who loves her for herself instead of her money. After he dies in a Bolivian mine explosion, she tries to regain contact with him through an Indian mystic.
Episode 15 • Jan 31, 1964 • 48 m
Night Caller
Episode 16 • Feb 7, 1964 • 48 m
The Evil of Adelaide Winters
A woman runs a psychic scam with hidden speakers to make people believe she can contact their dead love ones, and one man believes she has contacted his dead son, so he becomes dangerously obsessed with her sessions.
Episode 17 • Feb 14, 1964 • 48 m
The Jar
Charlie Hill is mesmerized by a strange jar at a carnival sideshow. He buys it from the owner, but his wife Thedy Sue is frightened and wants it thrown out. The townspeople come from miles to see it and Charlie becomes a local celebrity.
Episode 18 • Feb 21, 1964 • 1 h
Final Escape
A convict at a state prison work camp plans a clever escape with the help of the aging, alcoholic fellow prisoner who's in charge of making coffins and burying the camp's deceased.
Episode 19 • Mar 6, 1964 • 1 h
Murder Case
A struggling actor auditioning in London learns that his actress-girlfriend who dumped him is married to the play's backer, a rich diamond merchant. They soon rekindle their romance and plan to get her out of her marriage.
Episode 20 • Mar 13, 1964 • 48 m
Anyone for Murder?
Episode 21 • Mar 20, 1964 • 1 h
Beast in View
An attorney helps a client threatened by an unstable woman who blames her for a broken wedding engagement.
Episode 22 • Mar 27, 1964 • 48 m
Behind the Locked Door
Episode 23 • Apr 3, 1964 • 1 h
A Matter of Murder
A notorious but ethical auto thief and his gang steal a Rolls-Royce, unaware that the trunk contains the body of a woman who was murdered by her husband.
Episode 24 • Apr 10, 1964 • 48 m
The Gentleman Caller
Episode 25 • Apr 17, 1964 • 48 m
The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
An elderly woman is locked in an air tight safe with one of her cats by her niece's fiancé when she discovers he is a forger.
Episode 26 • May 1, 1964 • 48 m
Ten Minutes from Now
Episode 27 • May 8, 1964 • 48 m
The Sign of Satan
Studio executives want Karl Jorla for their next horror film, but he reveals his "audition film" was actually surveillance footage of an actual black mass with devil worshipers.
Episode 28 • May 15, 1964 • 48 m
Who Needs an Enemy?
Episode 29 • May 22, 1964 • 48 m
Bed of Roses
A married man finds his beautiful mistress murdered and flees without reporting it, only to become the victim of blackmail.
Episode 30 • May 29, 1964 • 48 m
The Second Verdict
An ethical lawyer becomes very disturbed about what to do when the client he just got acquitted of murder brags that he committed the crime.
Episode 31 • Jun 5, 1964 • 1 h
Isabel
After serving a prison sentence, a man romances the woman whose false testimony got him convicted.
Episode 32 • Jul 3, 1964 • 48 m
Body in the Barn
A domineering wife is suspected of murdering her husband when the body of an unrecognizable man is found buried in her barn.

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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