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Season 5

Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Season 5

Sep 27, 1959
  • Arthur

    1. Arthur

    Sep 27, 1959

    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.

    27m
  • The Crystal Trench

    2. The Crystal Trench

    Oct 04, 1959

    Dangerous secrets are revealed when a devoted widow travels to the glacier in Switzerland where her husband's body has been preserved since his deadly fall forty years earlier.

    27m
  • Appointment at Eleven

    3. Appointment at Eleven

    Oct 11, 1959

    A 17-year-old causes havoc at a bar and alarms everyone around him when he talks hysterically about how he'll be "born again" when someone else dies at eleven o'clock.

    27m
  • Coyote Moon

    4. Coyote Moon

    Oct 18, 1959

    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.

    26m
  • No Pain

    5. No Pain

    Oct 25, 1959

    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.

    27m
  • Anniversary Gift

    6. Anniversary Gift

    Nov 01, 1959

    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.

    26m
  • Dry Run

    7. Dry Run

    Nov 08, 1959

    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.

    27m
  • The Blessington Method

    8. The Blessington Method

    Nov 15, 1959

    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.

    26m
  • Dead Weight

    9. Dead Weight

    Nov 22, 1959

    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.

    27m
  • Special Delivery

    10. Special Delivery

    Nov 29, 1959

    After his neighbor warns him about suspicious disappearances around them, a man wonders if the vanishings have anything to do with a delivery to his young son.

    27m
  • Road Hog

    11. Road Hog

    Dec 06, 1959

    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.

    27m
  • Specialty of the House

    12. Specialty of the House

    Dec 13, 1959

    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.

    26m
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    13. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    Dec 20, 1959

    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.

    26m
  • Graduating Class

    14. Graduating Class

    Dec 27, 1959

    A teacher's interest in the one student who seems to care about her lessons turns tragic when she and a kindly neighbor follow the girl to a man's apartment.

    26m
  • Man from the South

    15. Man from the South

    Jan 03, 1960

    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.

    27m
  • The Ikon of Elijah

    16. The Ikon of Elijah

    Jan 10, 1960

    An antiques dealer takes refuge in a tucked away monastery with the goal of seizing a priceless manuscript, but his greed will extend his stay at the holy place for much longer than he ever imagined.

    26m
  • The Cure

    17. The Cure

    Jan 24, 1960

    Some important things get lost in translation when a South American oil explorer agrees to have his loyal native assistant take his murderous wife to a head shrinker for her health.

    27m
  • Backward, Turn Backward

    18. Backward, Turn Backward

    Jan 31, 1960

    A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff can't figure out how the man could have done the crime and been caring for his baby grandson at the same time.

    26m
  • Not the Running Type

    19. Not the Running Type

    Feb 07, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • The Day of the Bullet

    20. The Day of the Bullet

    Feb 14, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • Hitch Hike

    21. Hitch Hike

    Feb 21, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • Across the Threshold

    22. Across the Threshold

    Feb 28, 1960

    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.

    27m
  • Craig's Will

    23. Craig's Will

    Mar 06, 1960

    It's one lucky dog who is named the beneficiary of his deceased master's estate, but he then becomes the target of murderous plots concocted by the humans in his life.

    27m
  • Madame Mystery

    24. Madame Mystery

    Mar 27, 1960

    A ruthlessly ambitious Hollywood publicist capitalizes on the drowning death of an actress, but his hopes for success sink like a stone when he learns that she's still alive.

    27m
  • The Little Man Who Was There

    25. The Little Man Who Was There

    Apr 03, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

    26. Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

    Apr 10, 1960

    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.

    27m
  • The Cuckoo Clock

    27. The Cuckoo Clock

    Apr 17, 1960

    A sensible widow beginning her stay in a remote summer cottage refuses to be alarmed by news of an escaped mental patient, but her resolve weakens as she visits with an off-beat local.

    26m
  • Forty Detectives Later

    28. Forty Detectives Later

    Apr 24, 1960

    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.

    25m
  • The Hero

    29. The Hero

    May 01, 1960

    A wealthy entrepreneur is sure that the man he meets on a cruise ship is the same person he robbed and left for dead many years ago ... or is he?

    26m
  • Insomnia

    30. Insomnia

    May 08, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • I Can Take Care of Myself

    31. I Can Take Care of Myself

    May 15, 1960

    A beautiful Greenwich Village nightclub singer unwittingly risks her life - and that of her pianist - when she makes the mistake of brushing off "Little Dandy", a dangerous mobster.

    27m
  • One Grave Too Many

    32. One Grave Too Many

    May 22, 1960

    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.

    27m
  • Party Line

    33. Party Line

    May 29, 1960

    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.

    26m
  • Cell 227

    34. Cell 227

    Jun 05, 1960

    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".

    26m
  • The Schartz-Metterklume Method

    35. The Schartz-Metterklume Method

    Jun 12, 1960

    An unconventional governess disrupts a conservative household with her radical ideas about interior design, wines, art and - especially - children and their education.

    26m
  • Letter of Credit

    36. Letter of Credit

    Jun 19, 1960

    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?

    26m
  • Escape to Sonoita

    37. Escape to Sonoita

    Jun 26, 1960

    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.

    27m
  • Hooked

    38. Hooked

    Sep 25, 1960

    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.

    27m

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