List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
Season 1 (1955–56)

List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (1955–56)
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No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Stars	Original air date

1	1	"Revenge"	Alfred Hitchcock	Story by : Samuel Blas Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell	Ralph Meeker, Vera Miles	October 2, 1955

While Carl (Meeker) is at work, his wife Elsa (Miles) is apparently attacked and left traumatized. Later, driving in town, Elsa points out a man as her attacker, so an enraged Carl kills him.

2	2	"Premonition"	Robert Stevens	Harold Swanton	John Forsythe, Warren Stevens, Cloris Leachman, George Macready	October 9, 1955

Kim (Forsythe) returns home to the US from four years in Paris, hoping to reunite with his estranged father. He learns that his father died four years ago, a fact that his brother and sister-in-law didn't tell him.

3	3	"Triggers in Leash"	Don Medford	Story by : Allen Vaughn Elston Teleplay by : Dick Carr	Gene Barry, Darren McGavin, Ellen Corby	October 16, 1955

Cowboys Red (McGavin) and Dell (Barry) meet in old Maggie (Corby)'s roadhouse and threaten a shoot-out. Maggie does her best to negotiate a peace, eventually convincing them to only shoot each other when the clock strikes.

4	4	"Don't Come Back Alive"	Robert Stevenson	Robert Dennis	Sidney Blackmer	October 23, 1955

Financially strapped couple Frank (Blackmer) and Mildred Partridge (Gregg) scheme to have Mildred "disappear" for seven years and declared legally dead in order to collect Frank's insurance pay-off.

5	5	"Into Thin Air"	Don Medford	Marian Cockrell	Pat Hitchcock	October 30, 1955

Paris, 1899. British Mrs.

6	6	"Salvage"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Fred Freiberger Teleplay by : Fred Freiberger & Dick Carr	Gene Barry, Nancy Gates	November 6, 1955

Lois (Gates) expects ex-con Dan (Barry) to kill her as revenge for her causing his brother's death. Dan is surprised when Lois refuses to put up a fight, and seemingly has a change of heart.

7	7	"Breakdown"	Alfred Hitchcock	Story by : Louis Pollock Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell & Louis Pollock	Joseph Cotten	November 13, 1955

Movie producer Mr. Callew (Cotten) fires a long-time employee on the phone and scoffs at his crying.

8	8	"Our Cook's a Treasure"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Dorothy L. Sayers Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis	Everett Sloane, Beulah Bondi	November 20, 1955

With a serial-murderer maid on the loose in the city, Ralph (Sloane) becomes suspicious of his and his wife Ethel (Ward)'s housemaid, Mrs.

9	9	"The Long Shot"	Robert Stevenson	Harold Swanton	Peter Lawford, John Williams	November 27, 1955

Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond (Lawford) answers a newspaper ad placed by Walker Hendricks (Williams), who wants a companion for his road trip to San Francisco.

10	10	"The Case of Mr. Pelham"	Alfred Hitchcock	Story by : Anthony Armstrong Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell	Tom Ewell	December 4, 1955

Albert Pelham (Ewell) has a paranoid suspicion that he has a double who is slowly taking over his life, and is better at it.

11	11	"Guilty Witness"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Morris Hershman Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis	Judith Evelyn, Kathleen Maguire, Joseph Mantell	December 11, 1955

Stanley (Mantell) and Dorothy (Maguire) Crane live in the apartment below volatile couple Amelia (Evelyn) and Ben (Kemmer) Verber, and often hear them fighting.

12	12	"Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid"	Don Weis	Story by : Margaret Cousins Teleplay by : Marian Cockrell	Barry Fitzgerald	December 18, 1955

Disgruntled ex-con Harold Sears (Fitzgerald) is hired as a department store Santa thanks to his parole Officer, Clementine Webster (Gregg). Sears loathes the job but his attention is caught by a cynical, poor boy who wants an expensive toy and believes Santa is unable to give it to him.

13	13	"The Cheney Vase"	Robert Stevens	Robert Blees	Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin	December 25, 1955

Lyle Endicott (McGavin) worms his way into the good graces of Martha Cheney (Collinge), a rich, invalid woman with a penchant for sculpture.

14	14	"A Bullet for Baldwin"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Joseph Ruscoll Teleplay by : Eustace and Francis Cockrell	John Qualen	January 1, 1956

When middle-aged Mr. Stepp (Qualen) is suddenly fired, he shoots his boss Baldwin (Cabot).

15	15	"The Big Switch"	Don Weis	Story by : Cornell Woolrich Teleplay by : Richard Carr	George Mathews, Beverly Michaels	January 8, 1956

Gangster Sam Dunleavy (Mathews) wants to murder his ex-girlfriend, Goldie (Michaels), so he has his friend Barney (Stone) arrange for him the perfect alibi.

16	16	"You Got to Have Luck"	Robert Stevens	Story by : S. R. Ross Teleplay by : Eustace & Francis Cockrell	John Cassavetes, Marisa Pavan	January 15, 1956

Sam Cobbett (Cassavetes) has just broken out of prison and enters the house of Mary Schaffner (Pavan) while her husband is away.

17	17	"The Older Sister"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Lillian de la Torre Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis	Joan Lorring, Carmen Mathews, Polly Rowles	January 22, 1956

Based on the Lizzie Borden murders, and set a year after Lizzie was acquitted for the murder of her parents. Ambitious reporter Nell Cutts (Rowles) barges into the home of the Borden sisters Lizzie (Mathews) and Emma (Lorring) in the hopes of an exclusive interview.

18	18	"Shopping for Death"	Robert Stevens	Ray Bradbury	Jo Van Fleet	January 29, 1956

Clarence (Harris) and Elmer (Qualen) are retired insurance agents, and hope to use their years of experience to save people they believe will die soon.

19	19	"The Derelicts"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Terence Maples Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis	Robert Newton	February 5, 1956

Businessman Ralph Cowell (Reed) kills his silent partner, Alfred Sloane (Delevanti), in order to avoid paying what he owes. The murder is witnessed by vagrant Peter J.

20	20	"And So Died Riabouchinska"	Robert Stevenson	Story by : Ray Bradbury Teleplay by : Mel Dinelli	Claude Rains	February 12, 1956

Detective Krovitch (Bronson) investigates the murder of juggler Luke Ockham in a theatre. His suspicions fall on John Fabian (Rains), a ventriloquist with a fixation on his female dummy, Riabouchinska (voice of Gregg).

21	21	"Safe Conduct"	Justus Addiss	Andrew Solt	Claire Trevor, Jacques Bergerac	February 19, 1956

American journalist Mary Prescott (Trevor) is traveling on a train out of the Iron Curtain when she is befriended by local celebrity Jan Gubak (Bergerac).

22	22	"Place of Shadows"	Robert Stevens	Robert C. Dennis	Everett Sloane	February 26, 1956

Ray Clements (Damon) travels to a monastery to get revenge on a crook who is taking sanctuary there. Father Vincente (Sloane) advises him to choose forgiveness, and Clements is forced to leave.

23	23	"Back for Christmas"	Alfred Hitchcock	Story by : John Collier Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell	John Williams	March 4, 1956

Herbert Carpenter (Williams) and his wife Hermione (Elsom) are planning a long holiday in California. On the day of their departure, Herbert kills his wife and buries her in the wine cellar, and then goes to California by himself.

24	24	"The Perfect Murder"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Stacey Aumonier Teleplay by : Victor Wolfson	Hurd Hatfield, Mildred Natwick	March 11, 1956

Brothers Paul (Hatfield) and Henri (Coolidge) plot to kill their Aunt Rosalie (Natwick) to inherit her fortune. Paul has Henri grind glass into fine powder, and Paul adds it to the egg mixture that is supposed to make a soufflé for Rosalie's dinner.

25	25	"There Was an Old Woman"	Robert Stevenson	Story by : Jerry Hackady & Harold Hackady Teleplay by : Marian Cockrell	Estelle Winwood	March 18, 1956

Couple Frank (Bronson) and Lorna (Crane) Branwell go to the mansion of eccentric Monica Laughton (Winwood) to rob her. The plan goes awry because Laughton is crazy and wholly unresponsive to their threats.

26	26	"Whodunit"	Francis Cockrell	Story by : C. B. Gilford Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell & Marian Cockrell	John Williams	March 25, 1956

Dead mystery writer Alexander Penn Arlington (Williams) is distraught when he arrives in Heaven not knowing who killed him. His angel, Wilfred (Napier), returns Alexander to Earth to repeat his last day to investigate.

27	27	"Help Wanted"	James Neilson	Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis Based upon the Mary Orr and Reginald Denham adaptation of a story by : Stanley Ellin	John Qualen, Lorne Greene	April 1, 1956

Elderly Mr. Crabtree (Qualen) is ordered by his boss, Mr.

28	28	"Portrait of Jocelyn"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Edgar Marvin Teleplay by : Harold Swanton	Philip Abbott, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey	April 8, 1956

Married couple Mark (Abbott) and Debbie (Gates)'s first anniversary is ruined when a portrait they commissioned is revealed to be of Mark's first wife, Jocelyn, who has been missing for five years.

29	29	"The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby"	James Neilson	Story by : Stanley Ellin Teleplay by : Victor Wolfson & Robert C. Dennis	Robert H. Harris, Meg Mundy	April 15, 1956

Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby (Harris) kills his wife in order to get her inheritance. Since he still has debts, he woos and marries wealthy heiress Martha Sturgis (Mundy).

30	30	"Never Again"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Adela Rogers St. Johns Teleplay by : Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud and Stirling Silliphant	Phyllis Thaxter, Louise Allbritton, Warren Stevens	April 22, 1956

Karen (Thaxter), a recovering alcoholic, wakes up hungover and with no memory of the night before. She slowly recalls attending a party with her lover, Jeff (Stevens).

31	31	"The Gentleman from America"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Michael Arlen Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell	Biff McGuire	April 29, 1956

Sir Stephen Hurstwood (Clanton) offers a bet of $1000 if Howard Latimer (McGuire) can stay the entire night in a supposedly haunted room of the Hurstwood mansion.

32	32	"The Baby Sitter"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Emily Neff Teleplay by : Sarett Rudley	Thelma Ritter	May 6, 1956

Lottie Slocum (Ritter) is the last person to have seen Clara Nash (Mathews) before she was strangled to death. Lottie, who used to be the Nashes' babysitter, believes that Clara had it coming because she treated her husband Mr.

33	33	"The Belfry"	Herschel Daugherty	Story by : Allan Vaughan Elston Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis	Jack Mullaney, Pat Hitchcock	May 13, 1956

Clint Ringle (Mullaney) wants to marry schoolteacher Ellie Marsh (Hitchcock), but when she refuses him, he kills her fiancé. Clint is hunted by the townsfolk and hides in the belfry of Ellie's school, planning to kill her when he gets the chance.

34	34	"The Hidden Thing"	Robert Stevens	Story by : A. J. Russell Teleplay by : James Cavanagh	Biff McGuire, Robert H. Harris	May 20, 1956

Dana Edwards (McGuire)'s fiancée is killed in a hit-and-run, and he is unable to remember any details of the car involved.

35	35	"The Legacy"	James Neilson	Story by : Gina Kaus Teleplay by : Gina Kaus & Andrew Solt	Leora Dana, Jacques Bergerac	May 27, 1956

Wealthy but plain-looking housewife Irene Cole (Dana) is pursued by playboy Prince Burhan (Bergerac), but refuses to leave her neglectful husband (Hewitt) for him.

36	36	"Mink"	Robert Stevenson	Irwin Gielgud & Gwen Bagni	Ruth Hussey	June 3, 1956

Mild-mannered Paula Hudson (Hussey) is apprehended by the police for owning a stolen mink coat. Paula attempts to prove that she bought it, but to her distress the people she bought it from deny ever having sold it to her.

37	37	"Decoy"	Arnold Laven	Story by : Richard George Pedicini Teleplay by : Bernard C. Schoenfeld	Robert Horton, Cara Williams	June 10, 1956

Gil Larkin (Horton) is upset when he learns that the woman he loves, Mona Cameron (Williams), is being abused by her husband Ben (McDearmon).

38	38	"The Creeper"	Herschel Daugherty	Story by : Joseph Ruscoll Teleplay by : James Cavanagh	Constance Ford, Steve Brodie, Harry Townes	June 17, 1956

A murderer has killed two blonde women while they're alone at night. Ellen (Ford) is terrified but her husband Steve (Brodie) is dismissive of her.

39	39	"Momentum"	Robert Stevens	Story by : Cornell Woolrich Teleplay by : Francis Cockrell	Skip Homeier, Joanne Woodward	June 24, 1956

Richard (Homeier) and his wife Beth (Woodward) are about to be kicked out of their home. Richard steals the money his boss, Burroughs (Christy) owes him, and in the process accidentally kills him.

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Miles appeared in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock.

final_sentence: Miles appeared in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock.