# Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents és una sèrie de televisió estatunidenca de 268 episodis de 26 minuts, en blanc i negre, creada per Alfred Hitchcock i difosa entre el 2 d'octubre de 1955 i el 26 de juny de 1962 a la xarxa CBS (d'octubre de 1955 a setembre de 1960) i després a la xarxa NBC (de setembre de 1960 a juny de 1962).

## Argument

Immortalitzada per la silueta d'Alfred Hitchcock apareixent a la pantalla amb el so de La Marxa Fúnebre per a una marioneta de Charles Gounod, aquesta sèrie és de fet una antologia de petites històries negres, amb final sovint inesperat.
Al començament de cada episodi i abans de fer-ne la presentació, sempre tenyit d'humor negre, Alfred Hitchcock saludava els telespectadors amb un sever «Bona nit». Tornava a l'epíleg per exposar la seva moral de la història.
Nombrosos directors van participar en aquesta sèrie, sobretot Robert Altman, Sydney Pollack, Robert Stevenson, Ida Lupino, Don Taylor, Arthur Hiller… i Alfred Hitchcock que en va realitzar ell mateix disset i un altre a la sèrie The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

## Repartiment

Nombrosos actors han figurat al repartiment de la sèrie, entre els quals :
* Barbara Bel Geddes
* Charles Bronson
* John Cassavetes
* James Coburn
* Joseph Cotten
* Bette Davis
* Robert Duvall
* Tom Ewell
* Peter Falk
* John Forsythe
* Vinton Hayworth
* Peter Lorre
* Steve McQueen
* Walter Matthau
* Elizabeth Montgomery
* Roger Moore
* Kim Novak
* Vincent Price
* Robert Redford
* Burt Reynolds
* William Shatner
* Martin Sheen
* Robert Vaughn
* Dick York

## Premis

* Premi Emmy 1956: Millor muntatge per a l'episodi Breakdown
* Premi Emmy 1957: Millor guió de James P. Cavanagh per a l'episodi Fog Closing In
* Premi Emmy 1958: Millor director per Robert Stevens per a l'episodi The Glass Eye
* Premi Globus d'Or 1958: Millor sèrie

## Episodis

Temporada 1 (1955 - 1956)
* Revenge
* Premonition
* Triggers in Leash
* Don't Come Back Alive
* Into Thin Air
* Salvage
* Breakdown
* Our Cook's a Treasure
* The Long Shoot
* The Case of Mr. Pelham
* Guilty Witness
* Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
* The Cheney Vase
* A Bullet for Baldwin
* The Big Switch
* You Got to Have Luck
* The Older Sister
* Shopping for Death
* The Derelicts
* And So Died Riabouchinska
* Safe Conduct
* Place of Shadows
* Back for Christmas
* The Perfect Murder
* There Was an Old Woman
* Whodunit
* Help Wanted
* Portrait of Jocelyn
* The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
* Never Again
* The Gentleman from America
* The Baby Sitter
* The Belfry
* The Hidden Thing
* The Legacy
* Mink
* Decoy
* The Creeper
* Momentum
Temporada 2 (1956 - 1957)
* Wet Saturday
* Fog Closing In
* De Mortuis
* Kill with Kindness
* None Are so Blind
* Toby
* Alibi Me
* Conversation over a Corpse
* Crack of Doom
* Jonathan
* The Better Bargain
* The Rose Garden
* Mr. Blanchard's Secret
* John Brown's Body
* Crackpot
* Nightmare in 4-D
* My Brother, Richard
* The Manacled
* A Bottle of Wine
* Malice Domestic
* Number Twenty-Two
* The End of Indian Summer
* One for the Road
* The Cream of the Jest
* I Killed the Count (part. 1/3)
* I Killed the Count (part. 2/3)
* I Killed the Count (part. 3/3)
* One More Mile to Go
* Vicious Circle
* The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
* The Night the World Ended
* The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
* A Man Greatly Beloved
* Martha Mason, Movie Star
* The West Warlock Time Capsule
* Father and Son
* The Indestructable Mr. Weems
* A Little Sleep
* The Dangerous People
Temporada 3 (1957 - 1958)
* The Glass Eye
* Mail Order Prophet
* The Perfect Crime
* Heart of Gold
* The Silent Witness
* Reward to Finder
* Enough Rope for Two
* The Last Request
* The Young One
* The Diplomatic Corpse
* The Deadly
* Miss Paisley’s Cat
* Night of the Execution
* The Percentage
* Together
* Sylvia
* The Motive
* Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
* The Equalizer
* On the Nose
* Guest for Breakfast
* The Return of the Hero
* The Right Kind of the House
* The Foghorn
* Flight to the East
* Bull in a China Shop
* Disappearing Trick
* Lamb to the Slaughter
* Fatal Figures
* Death Sentence
* The Festive Season
* Listen, Listen...!
* Post Mortem
* The Crocodile Case
* Dip in the Pool
* The Safe Place
* The Canary Sedan
* The Impromptu Murder
* Little White Frock
Temporada 4 (1958 - 1959)
* Poison
* Don't Interrupt
* The Jokester
* The Crooked Road
* The $2,000,000 Defense
* Design for Loving
* Man with a Problem
* Safety for the Witness
* Murder Me Twice
* Tea Time
* And the Desert Shall Blossom
* Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore
* Six People, No Music
* The Morning After
* A Personal Matter
* Out There - Darkness
* Total Loss
* The Last Dark Step
* The Morning of the Bride
* The Diamond Necklace
* Relative Value
* The Right Price
* I'll Take Care of You
* The Avon Emeralds
* The Kind Waitress
* Cheap Is Cheap
* The Waxwork
* The Impossible Dream
* Banquo’s Chair
* A Night with the Boys
* Your Witness
* Human Interest Story
* The Dusty Drawer
* A True Account (Curtains for Me)
* Touché
* Invitation to an Accident
Temporada 5 (1959 - 1960)
* Arthur
* The Crystal Trench
* Appointement at Eleven
* Coyote Moon
* No Pain
* Anniversary Gift
* Dry Run
* The Blessington Method
* Dead Weight
* Special Delivery
* Road Hog
* Specialty of the House
* An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
* Graduation Class
* Man from the South
* The Ikon of Elijah
* The Cure
* Backward, Turn Backward
* Not the Running Type
* The Day of the Bullet
* Hitch Hike
* Across the Threshold
* Craig's Will
* Madame Mystery
* The Little Man Who Was There
* Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?
* The Cuckoo Clock
* Forty Detectives Later
* The Hero
* Insomnia
* I Can Take Care of Myself
* One Grave Too Many
* Party Line
* Cell 227
* The Schartz-Metterklume Method
* Letter of Credit
* Escape to Sonoita
* Hooked
Temporada 6 (1960 - 1961)
* Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
* The Doubful Doctor
* Very Moral Theft
* The Contest for Aaron Gold
* The Five-Forty-Eight
* Pen Pal
* Outlaw in Town
* O Youth and Beauty!
* The Money
* Sybilla
* The Man with Two Faces
* The Baby-Blue Expression
* The Man Who Found the Money
* The Changing Heart
* Summer Shade
* A Crime for Mothers
* The Last Escape
* The Greatest Monster of Them All
* The Landlady
* The Throwback
* The Kiss-Off
* The Horseplayer
* Incident in a Small Jail
* A Woman's Help
* Museum Piece
* Coming, Mama
* Deathmate
* Gratitude
* The Pearl Necklace
* You Can't Trust a Man
* The Gloating Place
* Self Defense
* A Secret Life
* Servant Problem
* Coming Home
* Final Arrangements
* Make My Death Bed
* Ambition
Temporada 7 (1961 - 1962)
* The Hatbox
* Bang! You're Dead!
* Maria
* Cop for a Day
* Keep Me Company
* Beta Delta Gamma
* You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life
* The Old Pro
* I Spy
* Services Rendered
* The Right Kind of Medicine
* A Jury of Her Peers
* The Silk Petticoat
* Bad Actor
* The Door Without Key
* The Case of M.J.H.
* The Faith of Aaron Menefee
* The Woman Who Wanted to Live
* Strange Miracle
* The Test
* Burglar Proof
* The Big Score
* Profit-Sharing Plan
* Apex
* The Last Remains
* Ten O'Clock Tiger
* Act of Faith
* The Kerry Blue
* The Matched Pearl
* What Frightened You, Fred?
* Most Likely to Succeed
* Victim Four
* The Opportunity
* The Twelve Hour Caper
* The Children of Alda Nuova
* First Class Honeymoon
* The Big Kick
* Where Beauty Lies
* The Sorcerer's Apprentice

### Episodis dirigits per Alfred Hitchcock

* Revenge, 1955
* Breakdown, 1955
* The Case of Mr. Pelham, 1955
* Back for Christmas, 1956
* Wet Saturday, 1956
* Mr. Blanchard's Secret, 1956
* One More Mile to Go, 1957
* The Perfect Crime, 1957
* Lamb to the Slaughter, 1958
* Dip in the Pool, 1958
* Poison, 1958
* Banquo's Chair, 1959
* Arthur, 1959
* The Crystal Trench, 1959
* Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, 1960
* The Horseplayer, 1961
* Bang! You're Dead!, 1961
* I Saw the Whole Thing, 1962 (corresponent a la sèrie The Alfred Hitchcock Hour)

## Comentaris

La sèrie va donar a llum una revista de notícies literàries anomenada 'Alfred Hitchcock's Magazine, publicada per H.S.D. Publication Inc. Tanmateix, Hitchcock no estava en absolut implicat en la selecció literària de la revista, es va conformar a escriure'n un editorial cada mes. Aquesta revista existeix encara però va ser recomprada pel grup Dell Magazine el 1997. Després, el títol de la revista es va modificar en Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. És avui una de les més antigues revistes del gènere.

## Enllaços externs

* L'informe i l'emissió ràdio consagrats a Alfred Hitchcock Presents a Aux frontières des Séries Arxivat 2009-07-24 a Wayback Machine. (francès)
* A la Universal Arxivat 2014-12-17 a Wayback Machine. (anglès)