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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 5 - The Night Caller
    0.0/10(160 votes)

    #1 - The Night Caller

    S1:E5

    A divorce is driven to drastic retaliatory measures after being the victim of a series of phone calls and constant survillance from a near by appartant.

    Directors:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton
    Writers:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton

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  2. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 9 - Prisoners
    0.0/10(144 votes)

    #2 - Prisoners

    S1:E9

    Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on going with him as his "hostage".

    Director:Christopher Crowe
    Writer:John Byrum

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  3. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 10 - Gigolo
    0.0/10(170 votes)

    #3 - Gigolo

    S1:E10

    A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels are met with opposition from her "children" - an army of cats.

    Directors:Thomas Carter, Arthur Williams
    Writers:Steve De Jarnatt, Arthur Williams

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  4. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 11 - The Gloating Place
    0.0/10(137 votes)

    #4 - The Gloating Place

    S1:E11

    A withdrawn teenager is fascinated with the instant celebrity of a murdered classmate and fakes an assault on herself.

    Directors:Christopher Leitch, Robert Bloch
    Writers:Jim Beaver, David Stenn, Robert Bloch

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  5. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 12 - The Right Kind of Medicine
    0.0/10(129 votes)

    #5 - The Right Kind of Medicine

    S1:E12

    A bank robber is wounded in a shoot-out, then forced to endure an excruciating wait for a painkiller at the pharmacy.

    Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Henry Slesar, Michael Braverman
    Writers:Michael Braverman, Jerrold Freedman

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  6. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 13 - Beast In View
    0.0/10(127 votes)

    #6 - Beast In View

    S1:E13

    A psychiatrist is terrorized by menacing phone calls and the killing of her dog following her marriage to one of her patients.

    Directors:Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Margaret Millar
    Writers:Robert Glass, Margaret Millar

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  7. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 14 - A Very Happy Ending
    0.0/10(153 votes)

    #7 - A Very Happy Ending

    S1:E14

    A poor little rich boy who's deaf witnesses a murder, then blackmails the hit man into doing a job for him.

    Director:Thomas Rickman
    Writer:Thomas Rickman

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  8. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 15 - The Canary Sedan
    0.0/10(138 votes)

    #8 - The Canary Sedan

    S1:E15

    A woman goes to Hong Kong to be with her husband.

    Directors:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge
    Writers:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge

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  9. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 16 - Enough Rope For Two
    0.0/10(139 votes)

    #9 - Enough Rope For Two

    S1:E16

    A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-bound law student goes against his better judgement and lets his girl friend bring her "cousin" along.

    Directors:David Chase, Clark Howard
    Writers:David Chase, Clark Howard

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  10. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 17 - The Creeper
    0.0/10(139 votes)

    #10 - The Creeper

    S1:E17

    A fashion designer is terrified that she may be the next target of the creeper who may have the keys to her appartment.

    Directors:Christopher Crowe, Joseph Ruscoll
    Writers:Steve Bello, James P. Cavanagh, Joseph Ruscoll, Stephen Kronish

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  11. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 18 - Happy Birthday
    0.0/10(136 votes)

    #11 - Happy Birthday

    S1:E18

    The arrest of a newspaper reporter on his birthday for a murder supposedly committed 22 years ago comes as a complete surprise to the accused.

    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:Frisco Miller

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  12. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 19 - The Jar
    0.0/10(305 votes)

    #12 - The Jar

    S1:E19

    An artist's years of failure are behind after he finds a jar which holds mysterious contents and entrances to those who view it.

    Director:Tim Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 20 - Deadly Honeymoon
    0.0/10(121 votes)

    #13 - Deadly Honeymoon

    S1:E20

    Following a whirlwind courtship, a new bride fears her luck's run out when she learns that her doctor husband has heavy gambling debts and two deceased formor wives who were heavily insured.

    Directors:Don Medford, Henry Slesar
    Writers:Henry Slesar, Stephen Kronish

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  14. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 21 - Four O'Clock
    0.0/10(141 votes)

    #14 - Four O'Clock

    S1:E21

    Time is running out for a judge who's surprised, bound and gagged by burglars in his house after rigging a bomb to eliminate his wife and her suspected lover.

    Directors:Cornell Woolrich, Andrew Mirisch
    Writers:Cornell Woolrich, Steve Bello

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  15. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 22 - Road Hog
    0.0/10(128 votes)

    #15 - Road Hog

    S1:E22

    What can't go around comes around for a road-hogging salesman who won't allow a truck bound for the hospital to pass.

    Director:Mario DiLeo
    Writers:Steve Bello, Harold R. Daniels, Charles Grant Craig, Stephen Kronish

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  16. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 1 - The Initiation
    0.0/10(125 votes)

    #16 - The Initiation

    S2:E1

    When a shy student pledges a Greek House, the fraternity brothers plot a prank against him.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Rob Hedden
    Writers:Jim Beaver, Rob Hedden

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  17. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 2 - Conversation Over a Corpse
    0.0/10(114 votes)

    #17 - Conversation Over a Corpse

    S2:E2

    Two sisters plot to keep their home after they already agreed to sell it.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Norman Daniels
    Writers:Marian B. Cockrell, Norman Daniels

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  18. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 3 - Man on the Edge
    0.0/10(140 votes)

    #18 - Man on the Edge

    S2:E3

    A troubled young man threatens to jump from the 28th floor of a hotel as police officers attempt to stop him.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Donald Honig
    Writer:Jim Beaver

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  19. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 4 - If the Shoe Fits
    0.0/10(121 votes)

    #19 - If the Shoe Fits

    S2:E4

    A jealous man kills his twin brother and tries to assume his identity.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  20. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mole
    0.0/10(130 votes)

    #20 - The Mole

    S2:E5

    A psychiatrist tries to convince the police that a man recently released from a mental hospital after 15 years, is still dangerous and capable of murder.

    Director:Richard Bugajski
    Writer:Rick Berger

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  21. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 6 - Anniversary Gift
    0.0/10(118 votes)

    #21 - Anniversary Gift

    S2:E6

    A woman and her new lover plan a special anniversary gift for the woman's animal loving husband.

    Directors:Richard Bugajski, John Collier
    Writers:John Collier, Rob Hedden

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  22. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 7 - The Impatient Patient
    0.0/10(113 votes)

    #22 - The Impatient Patient

    S2:E7

    A new nurse starts to annoy a terminally ill cancer patient who just wants to be left in peace to die.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:John Antrobus

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  23. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 8 - When This Man Dies
    0.0/10(120 votes)

    #23 - When This Man Dies

    S2:E8

    A couple receive a letter telling them they will get some money when a certain man dies.

    Directors:Jim Purdy, Lawrence Block
    Writers:Jeremy Hole, Lawrence Block

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  24. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 9 - The Specialty of the House
    0.0/10(130 votes)

    #24 - The Specialty of the House

    S2:E9

    An arrogant, yet influential, food critic attempts to persuade a reluctant restaurant proprietor to reveal a treasured recipe.

    Directors:Allan King, Stanley Ellin
    Writers:Stanley Ellin, Jonathan Glassner

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  25. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 10 - The Final Twist
    0.0/10(233 votes)

    #25 - The Final Twist

    S2:E10

    Three film production house employees who are mistreated by their unscrupulous boss utilize their cinematic skills in divising a murder plot.

    Directors:William Bankier, Atom Egoyan
    Writer:Jim Beaver

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Night Caller" is the worst rated episode of "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It scored /10 based on 160 votes. Directed by John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton and written by John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton, it aired on 11/5/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Prisoners".