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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 7 - Breakdown
    8.0/10(2342 votes)

    S1:E7

    William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 38 - The Creeper
    7.8/10(1171 votes)

    S1:E38

    A serial killer known as "the strangler" terrorizes a New York neighborhood.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 9 - The Long Shot
    7.7/10(1462 votes)

    S1:E9

    Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 16 - You Got to Have Luck
    7.7/10(1423 votes)

    S1:E16

    During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 27 - Help Wanted
    7.7/10(1081 votes)

    S1:E27

    Mr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment.

    Director:James Neilson
    Writers:Robert C. Dennis, Stanley Ellin

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  6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 23 - Back for Christmas
    7.6/10(1388 votes)

    S1:E23

    Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writers:John Collier, Francis M. Cockrell

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  7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 2 - Premonition
    7.4/10(2077 votes)

    S1:E2

    A famous pianist returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends and family are covering up the true details of that death.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 8 - Our Cook's a Treasure
    7.4/10(1494 votes)

    S1:E8

    A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  9. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 10 - The Case of Mr. Pelham
    7.4/10(1698 votes)

    S1:E10

    A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 11 - Guilty Witness
    7.4/10(1377 votes)

    S1:E11

    When Mr. and Mrs. Crane hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment just above them, and then Mr. Verber disappears the next day, they can't help suspecting the worst.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 1 - Revenge
    7.3/10(2839 votes)

    S1:E1

    When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is left traumatized after being assaulted by an unknown attacker, he becomes determined to track down the perpetrator and take revenge.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 4 - Don't Come Back Alive
    7.2/10(1737 votes)

    S1:E4

    Frank Partridge and his wife plot to cheat their life insurance company by having her hide out for 7 years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes Mr. Partridge has murdered her.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  13. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 24 - The Perfect Murder
    7.2/10(1054 votes)

    S1:E24

    Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 29 - The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
    7.2/10(994 votes)

    S1:E29

    Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage.

    Director:James Neilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 30 - Never Again
    7.2/10(1035 votes)

    S1:E30

    Karen Stewart has once again broken her promise not to drink anymore, and now she is in a strange bed, injured, with no memory of what happened the night before.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  16. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 6 - Salvage
    7.1/10(1534 votes)

    S1:E6

    Gangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  17. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 15 - The Big Switch
    7.1/10(1246 votes)

    S1:E15

    Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 25 - There Was an Old Woman
    7.1/10(1085 votes)

    S1:E25

    Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writers:Marian B. Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell

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  19. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 39 - Momentum
    7.1/10(878 votes)

    S1:E39

    A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 13 - The Cheney Vase
    7.0/10(1579 votes)

    S1:E13

    When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Robert Blees

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  21. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 14 - A Bullet for Baldwin
    7.0/10(1267 votes)

    S1:E14

    When an office worker is fired from his job, he shoots his boss to death, but when he returns to the office his boss is alive, and has no recollection of the incident.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  22. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 26 - Whodunit
    7.0/10(992 votes)

    S1:E26

    Recently deceased mystery writer Alexander Penn Arlington gets permission from the recording angel to relive his last day on earth, so that he can find out who murdered him.

    Director:Francis M. Cockrell
    Writers:Marian B. Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell

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  23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 28 - Portrait of Jocelyn
    7.0/10(1052 votes)

    S1:E28

    When Mark Halliday and his new wife unexpectedly see a portrait of Halliday's first wife, it is only the first in a series of disturbing developments.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 20 - And So Died Riabouchinska
    6.9/10(1264 votes)

    S1:E20

    While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  25. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 3 - Triggers in Leash
    6.8/10(1836 votes)

    S1:E3

    A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Breakdown" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 2342 votes. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Francis M. Cockrell, it aired on 11/13/1955. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Creeper".