List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
Season 8 (1962–63)
Beginning with this season, the program was expanded to an hour and re-titled The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes

Section Title: Season 8 (1962–63)
Table Section Text: Beginning with this season, the program was expanded to an hour and re-titled The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Stars	Original air date

269	1	"A Piece of the Action"	Bernard Girard	Alfred Hayes	Gig Young, Robert Redford, Martha Hyer, Gene Evans	September 20, 1962

A gambler ends up putting his life at stake when he wins $30,000 from an ex-hood.

270	2	"Don't Look Behind You"	John Brahm	Barre Lyndon	Vera Miles, Jeffrey Hunter, Dick Sargent	September 27, 1962

An undergraduate medical student at a college campus thinks she'll be the victim of a ritualistic murder.

271	3	"Night of the Owl"	Alan Crosland, Jr.	Andrew Garve	Brian Keith	October 4, 1962

A man blackmails a couple with the intention of telling their adopted daughter about her biological parents.

272	4	"I Saw the Whole Thing"	Alfred Hitchcock	Henry Cecil (story) Henry Slesar (teleplay)	John Forsythe, Evans Evans	October 11, 1962

A mystery novelist is accused of going through a stop sign, then hitting a young motorcyclist.

273	5	"Captive Audience"	Alf Kjellin	John Bingham (novel) Richard Levinson, William Link (teleplay)	James Mason, Angie Dickinson	October 18, 1962

A publisher suspects the latest book of a renowned mystery author to be all too real.

274	6	"Final Vow"	Norman Lloyd	Henry Slesar	Carol Lynley, Clu Gulager, R.G. Armstrong	October 25, 1962

An apprentice nun tracks down the robber who stole a priceless figurine she was entrusted to bring to her convent.

275	7	"Annabel"	Paul Henreid	Robert Bloch (teleplay) Patricia Highsmith (novel)	Dean Stockwell, Susan Oliver	November 1, 1962

A chemist lusts for a married woman.

276	8	"House Guest"	Alan Crosland, Jr.	Andrew Garve	Macdonald Carey, Robert Sterling	November 8, 1962

A man gets more than he bargained for when he offers a younger man a fresh start.

277	9	"The Black Curtain"	Sydney Pollack	Cornell Woolrich (novel)	Richard Basehart, Lola Albright	November 15, 1962

A former amnesiac discovers he's an accused killer pursued by the police and a hit man.

278	10	"Day of Reckoning"	Jerry Hopper	Richard Levinson, William Link	Barry Sullivan, Claude Akins	November 22, 1962

A gentleman is unable to convince anyone that he murdered his cheating wife.

279	11	"Ride the Nightmare"	Bernard Girard	Richard Matheson (novel)	Hugh O'Brian, Gena Rowlands	November 29, 1962

An old man gets a younger man involved in blackmail, kidnapping and murder.

280	12	"Hangover"	Bernard Girard	Charles Runyon (short story)	Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield	December 6, 1962

A man wakes up with a hangover and realizes his wife is missing while another woman is in his room.

281	13	"Bonfire"	Joseph Pevney	William D. Gordon, Alfred Hayes	Peter Falk, Dina Merrill	December 13, 1962

A preacher is willing to commit murder to get a woman's manor for his church.

282	14	"The Tender Poisoner"	Leonard J. Horn	Lukas Heller (teleplay) John Bingham (novel)	Dan Dailey, Jan Sterling, Howard Duff	December 20, 1962

Two business executives compete for the affections of a beautiful woman.

283	15	"The Thirty-First of February"	Alf Kjellin	Julian Symons (novel) Richard Matheson (teleplay)	David Wayne, William Conrad, Bob Crane, Elizabeth Allen	January 4, 1963

A widower is driven insane by a series of events following his wife's passing.

284	16	"What Really Happened"	Jack Smight	Marie Belloc Lowndes(novel) Henry Slesar (teleplay)	Anne Francis, Ruth Roman	January 11, 1963

A housekeeper murders her boss, but his wife is charged with the crime.

285	17	"Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog"	Charles F. Haas	Lee Erwin	Inger Stevens, Dan O'Herlihy	January 18, 1963

A woman faces the consequences for refusing to help a gentleman and his beaten girlfriend.

286	18	"A Tangled Web"	Alf Kjellin	Nicholas Blake (novel) James Bridges (teleplay)	Robert Redford, Zohra Lampert, Barry Morse	January 25, 1963

A married man with a life of crime stands trial for murder.

287	19	"To Catch a Butterfly"	David Lowell Rich	Richard Fielder	Bradford Dillman, Ed Asner	February 2, 1963

A couple believe a boy in their neighborhood intends to kill them.

288	20	"The Paragon"	Jack Smight	Alfred Hayes (teleplay) Rebecca West (story)	Gary Merrill, Joan Fontaine	February 9, 1963

A man comes up with the solution to dealing with his cold-hearted wife.

289	21	"I'll Be Judge—I'll Be Jury"	James Sheldon	Lukas Heller	Peter Graves, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., Albert Salmi	February 15, 1963

A honeymoon in Mexico ends with the wife being murdered and the husband tracking down the killer.

290	22	"Diagnosis: Danger"	Sydney Pollack	Roland Kibbee	Michael Parks	March 1, 1963

While health-department officials try to contain an anthrax outbreak, police try to identify the man who died from the disease.

291	23	"The Lonely Hours"	Jack Smight	Celia Fremlin (novel) William D. Morgan (story)	Nancy Kelly, Gena Rowlands	March 8, 1963

A mother of three whose husband is out of town grows concerned when a boarder gets attached to her infant son.

292	24	"The Star Juror"	Herschel Daugherty	James Bridges	Dean Jagger, Betty Field	March 15, 1963

A killer serves jury duty for the trial of a man who's been accused of his crime.

293	25	"The Long Silence"	Robert Douglas	Charles Beaumont, William D. Gordon (teleplay) Hilda Lawrence (story "Composition for Four Hands")	Michael Rennie, Phyllis Thaxter	March 22, 1963

A woman becomes paralyzed in reaction to the news that her eldest son apparently killed himself.

294	26	"An Out for Oscar"	Bernard Girard	Henry Kane (novel) David Goodis (teleplay)	Henry Silva, Linda Christian, Larry Storch	April 5, 1963

A bank teller plans the perfect crime to do away with his cheating wife and her lover.

295	27	"Death and the Joyful Woman"	John Brahm	Ellis Peters (novel) James Bridges (teleplay)	Gilbert Roland, Laraine Day, Don Galloway	April 12, 1963

A man loses his life upon winning a gamble with his disinherited child.

296	28	"Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans"	Alan Crosland, Jr.	Amber Dean (novel) Lou Rambeau (teleplay)	Michael Wilding, Anna Lee, Randy Boone	April 19, 1963

A juvenile schoolgirl witnesses a murder and becomes the killers' next target.

297	29	"The Dark Pool"	Jack Smight	Alec Coppel (story) William D. Gordon (teleplay)	Lois Nettleton, Anthony George	May 3, 1963

A woman is blackmailed after her child drowns.

298	30	"Dear Uncle George"	Joseph M. Newman	James Bridges (teleplay) Richard Levinson, William Link (story and teleplay)	Gene Barry, John Larkin, Dabney Coleman	May 10, 1963

An advice journalist tries to advise himself on how to deal with his cheating wife.

299	31	"Run for Doom"	Bernard Girard	James Bridges (teleplay) Henry Kane (novel)	John Gavin, Diana Dors, Scott Brady	May 17, 1963

A doctor plans to marry a soloist despite the fact that her three previous husbands met gruesome deaths.

300	32	"Death of a Cop"	Joseph M. Newman	Leigh Brackett (teleplay)	Victor Jory, Peter Brown, Richard Jaeckel	May 24, 1963

A police officer plots the punishment of his son's killer.

Sentence(s)

"An Out for Oscar" episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour written by David Goodis, broadcasted on April 5, 1963.

final_sentence: "An Out for Oscar" episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour written by David Goodis, broadcasted on April 5, 1963.