Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Season 5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents·Season 5·1959·38 episodes

Season 5

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Season 5

38 episodes

  • Arthur
    S5·E1

    Arthur

    September 27, 1959 · 27 min

    When his former fiancee turns up missing, chicken farmer Arthur obligingly lets the police search his ranch, despite the fact that they seem to suspect him of her murder.

  • The Crystal Trench
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    The Crystal Trench

    October 4, 1959 · 27 min

    Dangerous secrets are revealed when a devoted widow travels to the glacier in Switzerland where her husband's body has been preserved since his deadly fall forty years earlier.

  • Appointment at Eleven
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    Appointment at Eleven

    October 11, 1959 · 27 min

    A 17-year-old causes havoc at a bar and alarms everyone around him when he talks hysterically about how he'll be "born again" when someone else dies at eleven o'clock.

  • Coyote Moon
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    Coyote Moon

    October 18, 1959 · 26 min

    John Piltkin picks up three hitchhikers who rob him. After he spots them in a diner, he exacts his revenge. He steals a car and picks the hitchhikers up. Concealing his face in shadows, he then pretends the car has stalled and walks off to get help. The hitchhickers are then arrested in the stolen car.

  • No Pain
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    No Pain

    October 25, 1959 · 27 min

    Nothing is as it seems when a polio victim in an iron lung suspects his wife of becoming attracted to a new neighbor and wonders if she's planning to get rid of him for good.

  • Anniversary Gift
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    Anniversary Gift

    November 1, 1959 · 26 min

    Sick of his wife's menagerie of strange and high-maintenance animals, a frazzled husband decides to get her the perfect present - a highly poisonous coral snake.

  • Dry Run
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    Dry Run

    November 8, 1959 · 27 min

    An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.

  • The Blessington Method
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    The Blessington Method

    November 15, 1959 · 26 min

    Troubled by the responsibility of his aging mother in law, a man takes advantage of a society that specializes in "taking care of" elderly relatives and then soon finds out that he may be in for a similar fate.

  • Dead Weight
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    Dead Weight

    November 22, 1959 · 27 min

    Lovers' Lane becomes a dark and deadly destination when an ad executive and his former girlfriend are attacked by a young thug, and his efforts to protect them quickly go from heroic to something much more criminal.

  • Special Delivery
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    Special Delivery

    November 29, 1959 · 27 min

    After his neighbor warns him about suspicious disappearances around them, a man wonders if the vanishings have anything to do with a delivery to his young son.

  • Road Hog
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    Road Hog

    December 6, 1959 · 27 min

    When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.

  • Specialty of the House
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    Specialty of the House

    December 13, 1959 · 26 min

    Mr. Laffler introduces his colleague Mr. Costain to Spirro's, an exclusive gentleman's club, but to their disappointment, the house specialty, a lamb dish, is not being served that day.

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    December 20, 1959 · 26 min

    Moments before he's set to swing from the end of a Union rope, a Southern supporter reflects on the sabotage attempt that brought him there and sees a possibility for freedom.

  • Graduating Class
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    Graduating Class

    December 27, 1959 · 26 min

    A teacher's interest in the one student who seems to care about her lessons turns tragic when she and a kindly neighbor follow the girl to a man's apartment.

  • Man from the South
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    Man from the South

    January 3, 1960 · 27 min

    In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.

  • The Ikon of Elijah
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    The Ikon of Elijah

    January 10, 1960 · 26 min

    An antiques dealer takes refuge in a tucked away monastery with the goal of seizing a priceless manuscript, but his greed will extend his stay at the holy place for much longer than he ever imagined.

  • The Cure
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    The Cure

    January 24, 1960 · 27 min

    Some important things get lost in translation when a South American oil explorer agrees to have his loyal native assistant take his murderous wife to a head shrinker for her health.

  • Backward, Turn Backward
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    Backward, Turn Backward

    January 31, 1960 · 26 min

    A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff can't figure out how the man could have done the crime and been caring for his baby grandson at the same time.

  • Not the Running Type
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    Not the Running Type

    February 7, 1960 · 26 min

    After twelve years in prison for stealing $200,000 from his investment firm employers, Milton Potter calmly returns all the money he embezzled and pursues some very unique post-prison retirement plans.

  • The Day of the Bullet
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    The Day of the Bullet

    February 14, 1960 · 26 min

    When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood friend were profoundly affected by an event that began with their innocent admiration of an elegant car.

  • Hitch Hike
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    Hitch Hike

    February 21, 1960 · 26 min

    A righteous and hypocritical civic leader on a road trip accepts mechanical help from a young man who then asks for a lift, soon afterwards he reveals he's recently been released from reform school.

  • Across the Threshold
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    Across the Threshold

    February 28, 1960 · 27 min

    When his over-bearing mother mentions missing her dead husband, a selfish bachelor is happy to arrange the reunion and enlists his actress girlfriend to help by posing as a clairvoyant.

  • Craig's Will
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    Craig's Will

    March 6, 1960 · 27 min

    It's one lucky dog who is named the beneficiary of his deceased master's estate, but he then becomes the target of murderous plots concocted by the humans in his life.

  • Madame Mystery
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    Madame Mystery

    March 27, 1960 · 27 min

    A ruthlessly ambitious Hollywood publicist capitalizes on the drowning death of an actress, but his hopes for success sink like a stone when he learns that she's still alive.

  • The Little Man Who Was There
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    The Little Man Who Was There

    April 3, 1960 · 26 min

    The patrons in a copper town saloon initially scoff at the mysterious, small man who barges in, but soon find themselves handing over their valuables when he takes on two strapping brothers.

  • Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?
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    Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

    April 10, 1960 · 27 min

    What begins as a mother-son vacation soon becomes a trip to agony when he falls in love with a girl who is determined to share his affections ... and will do anything to get rid of her nemesis.

  • The Cuckoo Clock
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    The Cuckoo Clock

    April 17, 1960 · 26 min

    A sensible widow beginning her stay in a remote summer cottage refuses to be alarmed by news of an escaped mental patient, but her resolve weakens as she visits with an off-beat local.

  • Forty Detectives Later
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    Forty Detectives Later

    April 24, 1960 · 25 min

    The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes that the case is more complex than he had realized.

  • The Hero
    S5·E29

    The Hero

    May 1, 1960 · 26 min

    A wealthy entrepreneur is sure that the man he meets on a cruise ship is the same person he robbed and left for dead many years ago ... or is he?

  • Insomnia
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    Insomnia

    May 8, 1960 · 26 min

    Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a menacing veteran still holding a grudge for his sister's death.

  • I Can Take Care of Myself
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    I Can Take Care of Myself

    May 15, 1960 · 27 min

    A beautiful Greenwich Village nightclub singer unwittingly risks her life - and that of her pianist - when she makes the mistake of brushing off "Little Dandy", a dangerous mobster.

  • One Grave Too Many
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    One Grave Too Many

    May 22, 1960 · 27 min

    Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets the decision when he sees that the lifted wallet contains more than just cash.

  • Party Line
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    Party Line

    May 29, 1960 · 26 min

    A busybody fears for her life when she learns that the man who blames her for his wife's death has escaped from prison and may be planning a visit with his former neighbor.

  • Cell 227
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    Cell 227

    June 5, 1960 · 26 min

    A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly changes when he hurls himself at the jovial guard known as "Pops".

  • The Schartz-Metterklume Method
    S5·E35

    The Schartz-Metterklume Method

    June 12, 1960 · 26 min

    An unconventional governess disrupts a conservative household with her radical ideas about interior design, wines, art and - especially - children and their education.

  • Letter of Credit
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    Letter of Credit

    June 19, 1960 · 26 min

    When he goes to a bank to transfer money, a man writing a book on the subject of unsolved crimes has no idea that he will find information about the $500,000 robbery he is chronicling ... or does he?

  • Escape to Sonoita
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    Escape to Sonoita

    June 26, 1960 · 27 min

    A pair of truck drivers stranded in the Arizona desert find themselves at the mercy of two kidnappers who are heading to the border ... and determined to take the last of the drinking water with them.

  • Hooked
    S5·E38

    Hooked

    September 25, 1960 · 27 min

    Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really loves hatch a scheme that they believe will solve all their problems.

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