Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Poison

1958-10-05 · 27m

Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.

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Episode 2

Don't Interrupt

1958-10-12 · 26m

Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.

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Episode 3

★ 6.3

The Jokester

1958-10-19 · 26m

A morgue attendant gets the last laugh when he finally has enough of a man who has been provoking him.

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Episode 4

★ 7.8

The Crooked Road

1958-10-26 · 27m

A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.

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Episode 5

The $2,000,000 Defense

1958-11-02 · 27m

A lawyer gets creative when the man he is defending offers him half of his net worth if he will find a way out of the case.

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Episode 6

★ 8.0

Design for Loving

1958-11-09 · 26m

A man's marriage seriously malfunctions when he buys a robot to take over his relationship with his demanding wife so he can escape to Rio.

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Episode 7

★ 6.1

Man with a Problem

1958-11-16 · 27m

A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.

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Episode 8

★ 8.0

Safety for the Witness

1958-11-23 · 26m

A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.

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Episode 9

Murder Me Twice

1958-12-07 · 25m

When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?

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Episode 10

Tea Time

1958-12-14 · 26m

It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating.

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Episode 11

★ 8.5

And the Desert Shall Blossom

1958-12-21 · 26m

When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home, the answer arrives in the unlikely form of a killer on the run from the law.

Still from Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

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Episode 12

Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

1958-12-28 · 27m

Two women plot to do away with an irascible old man and seize his money, but their plan is foiled when one of them decides she deserves more of the fortune.

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Episode 13

★ 8.5

Six People, No Music

1959-01-04 · 26m

A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.

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Episode 14

The Morning After

1959-01-11 · 27m

Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.

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Episode 15

A Personal Matter

1959-01-18 · 27m

Two construction engineers are between more than just a rock and a hard place when one of them discovers the other's violent past during an explosive tunnel blast.

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Episode 16

★ 5.4

Out There - Darkness

1959-01-25 · 27m

When a wealthy woman mistakenly accuses her elevator boy of robbing her, his resulting imprisonment will take her to levels of guilt she never expected.

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Episode 17

★ 8.5

Total Loss

1959-02-01 · 27m

A desperate department store owner foolishly agrees to a scheme to have her store burned down so she can collect the insurance, but the fiery transaction doesn't go down as planned.

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Episode 18

★ 10.0

The Last Dark Step

1959-02-08 · 27m

It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.

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Episode 19

The Morning of the Bride

1959-02-15 · 27m

A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother.

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Episode 20

The Diamond Necklace

1959-02-22 · 27m

During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.

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Episode 21

Relative Value

1959-03-01 · 27m

When John learns that he has been made the beneficiary in his cousin's will, he decides he can't wait for nature to take its course and begins plotting murder.

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Episode 22

The Right Price

1959-03-08 · 26m

A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.

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Episode 23

I'll Take Care of You

1959-03-15 · 27m

A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.

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Episode 24

The Avon Emeralds

1959-03-22 · 26m

Nothing is as it seems when a young Scotland Yard inspector follows a widow suspected of smuggling jewelry.

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Episode 25

The Kind Waitress

1959-03-29 · 27m

Thelma Tomkins and her deadbeat boyfriend begin poisoning an old and wealthy woman in order to get an inheritance ... but the results are not what they expected.

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Episode 26

★ 7.5

Cheap Is Cheap

1959-04-05 · 27m

When a miser discovers how expensive a divorce will cost, he comes up with another way to rid himself of his wife.

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Episode 27

The Waxwork

1959-04-12 · 27m

A reporter with a gambling problem will do anything for a lucrative story - including spending the night in the Murderers' Den of a wax museum.

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Episode 28

The Impossible Dream

1959-04-19 · 27m

Pining for her boss - a former movie star now forced to take supporting roles - a middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality.

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Episode 29

★ 6.8

Banquo's Chair

1959-05-03 · 25m

A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.

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Episode 30

A Night with the Boys

1959-05-10 · 27m

When he loses all his money in a poker game, a man tells his pregnant wife an involved lie to explain the missing cash.

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Episode 31

Your Witness

1959-05-17 · 25m

A prominent lawyer appears able to manipulate any situation successfully - except, perhaps, for his marriage.

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Episode 32

Human Interest Story

1959-05-24 · 27m

A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.

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Episode 33

★ 8.0

The Dusty Drawer

1959-05-31 · 27m

When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.

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Episode 34

A True Account

1959-06-07 · 27m

Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death. In the time since then, she married Mr. Hughes only to come to the conclusion that he murdered his first wife. Brett advises her that little that can be done without evidence, but he takes a liking to her and they eventually become lovers and marry when Gilbert takes his own life. Little does he realize the consequences of the choices he has made.