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The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5

Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 15 - Man from the South
    8.5/10(1486 votes)

    S5:E15

    In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 11 - Road Hog
    8.2/10(904 votes)

    S5:E11

    When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Bill S. Ballinger

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  3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 12 - Specialty of the House
    8.0/10(901 votes)

    S5:E12

    Mr. Laffler introduces his colleague Mr. Costain to Spirro's, an exclusive gentleman's club, but to their disappointment, the house specialty, a lamb dish, is not being served that day.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 7 - Dry Run
    7.7/10(750 votes)

    S5:E7

    An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Bill S. Ballinger

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  5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 38 - Hooked
    7.7/10(660 votes)

    S5:E38

    Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really loves hatch a scheme that they believe will solve all their problems.

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 4 - Coyote Moon
    7.6/10(729 votes)

    S5:E4

    John Piltkin picks up three hitchhikers who rob him. After he spots them in a diner, he exacts his revenge. He steals a car and picks the hitchhikers up. Concealing his face in shadows, he then pretends the car has stalled and walks off to get help. The hitchhickers are then arrested in the stolen car.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 37 - Escape to Sonoita
    7.6/10(819 votes)

    S5:E37

    A pair of truck drivers stranded in the Arizona desert find themselves at the mercy of two kidnappers who are heading to the border ... and determined to take the last of the drinking water with them.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 1 - Arthur
    7.4/10(854 votes)

    S5:E1

    When his former fiancee turns up missing, chicken farmer Arthur obligingly lets the police search his ranch, despite the fact that they seem to suspect him of her murder.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 9 - Dead Weight
    7.4/10(625 votes)

    S5:E9

    Lovers' Lane becomes a dark and deadly destination when an ad executive and his former girlfriend are attacked by a young thug, and his efforts to protect them quickly go from heroic to something much more criminal.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Jerry Sohl

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  10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 19 - Not the Running Type
    7.4/10(567 votes)

    S5:E19

    After twelve years in prison for stealing $200,000 from his investment firm employers, Milton Potter calmly returns all the money he embezzled and pursues some very unique post-prison retirement plans.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Jerry Sohl

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  11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 32 - One Grave Too Many
    7.4/10(559 votes)

    S5:E32

    Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets the decision when he sees that the lifted wallet contains more than just cash.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 33 - Party Line
    7.4/10(601 votes)

    S5:E33

    A busybody fears for her life when she learns that the man who blames her for his wife's death has escaped from prison and may be planning a visit with his former neighbor.

    Director:Hilton A. Green
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 5 - No Pain
    7.3/10(629 votes)

    S5:E5

    Nothing is as it seems when a polio victim in an iron lung suspects his wife of becoming attracted to a new neighbor and wonders if she's planning to get rid of him for good.

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 25 - The Little Man Who Was There
    7.3/10(593 votes)

    S5:E25

    The patrons in a copper town saloon initially scoff at the mysterious, small man who barges in, but soon find themselves handing over their valuables when he takes on two strapping brothers.

    Director:George Stevens Jr.
    Writers:Gordon Russell, Larry Ward

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  15. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 20 - The Day of the Bullet
    7.2/10(637 votes)

    S5:E20

    When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood friend were profoundly affected by an event that began with their innocent admiration of an elegant car.

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Bill S. Ballinger

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  16. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 22 - Across the Threshold
    7.2/10(547 votes)

    S5:E22

    When his over-bearing mother mentions missing her dead husband, a selfish bachelor is happy to arrange the reunion and enlists his actress girlfriend to help by posing as a clairvoyant.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 36 - Letter of Credit
    7.2/10(513 votes)

    S5:E36

    When he goes to a bank to transfer money, a man writing a book on the subject of unsolved crimes has no idea that he will find information about the $500,000 robbery he is chronicling ... or does he?

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 6 - Anniversary Gift
    7.1/10(585 votes)

    S5:E6

    Sick of his wife's menagerie of strange and high-maintenance animals, a frazzled husband decides to get her the perfect present - a highly poisonous coral snake.

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 28 - Forty Detectives Later
    7.1/10(567 votes)

    S5:E28

    The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes that the case is more complex than he had realized.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Henry Slesar

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  20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 8 - The Blessington Method
    7.0/10(584 votes)

    S5:E8

    Troubled by the responsibility of his aging mother in law, a man takes advantage of a society that specializes in "taking care of" elderly relatives and then soon finds out that he may be in for a similar fate.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 13 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    7.0/10(701 votes)

    S5:E13

    Moments before he's set to swing from the end of a Union rope, a Southern supporter reflects on the sabotage attempt that brought him there and sees a possibility for freedom.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 21 - Hitch Hike
    7.0/10(594 votes)

    S5:E21

    A righteous and hypocritical civic leader on a road trip accepts mechanical help from a young man who then asks for a lift, soon afterwards he reveals he's recently been released from reform school.

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Bernard C. Schoenfeld

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  23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 26 - Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?
    7.0/10(641 votes)

    S5:E26

    What begins as a mother-son vacation soon becomes a trip to agony when he falls in love with a girl who is determined to share his affections ... and will do anything to get rid of her nemesis.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 30 - Insomnia
    7.0/10(552 votes)

    S5:E30

    Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a menacing veteran still holding a grudge for his sister's death.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Henry Slesar

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  25. Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 5 Episode 34 - Cell 227
    7.0/10(530 votes)

    S5:E34

    A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly changes when he hurls himself at the jovial guard known as "Pops".

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Bill S. Ballinger

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Man from the South" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1486 votes. Directed by Norman Lloyd and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/3/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Road Hog".