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Series notes
Alfred Hitchcock, who had been directing movies for three decades, came to television in the mid 1950's with stories of terror, suspense and twisted endings. It started as the half hour Alfred Hitchcock Presents and after 7 seasons was expanded to and hour with the title The Alfred Hitchcock Hour for 3 more seasons. In the 1980s the show was revived with episodes produced over 4 years. Each episode was introduced by Hitchcock with a few well chosen witty remarks and sometimes included a jab at the sponsor. After the episode Hitchcock had closing comments. Since often it appeared evil triumphed which was in violation of the television code of ethics Hitchcock would explain how something did the villain in. All of the introduction and closing remarks were written by James Allardice.
Many of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes were adaptions of previously published works. These included works from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as some novellas and short stories. The first 2 seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ran on CBS and for season 3 moved to NBC.
In the U.S. there have not been any DVD releases for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. In Australia a DVD box set The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Complete Series was released on July 21, 2021 by Via Vision. It is NTSC format and the region code is such that it plays on U.S. DVD players. In the U.K. a DVD box set The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Complete Collection was released on January 11, 2016 by Fabulous Films. However it is PAL format with region 2 and does not play on U.S. DVD players.
Production Credits
Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd
Produced by: Norman Lloyd, Joan Harrison, Leon Benson, David Lowell Rich, Roland Kibbee, Robert Douglas, Charles Russell, Herbert Coleman, Morton Fine, David Friedkin, Gordon Hessler
Director of Photography: John L. Russell A.S.C., Benjamin H. Kline A.S.C., William Margulies A.S.C., John F. Warren A.S.C., Lionel Lindon A.S.C., Robert Tobby A.S.C., Jack Marquette A.S.C., Walter Strence A.S.C., Richard L. Rawlings, Bud Thackery A.S.C., Stanley Cortez A.S.C., Ray Rennahan A.S.C.
Music Theme by: Lyn Murray
Music by: Lyn Murray, Richard Shores, Pete Rugolo, Robert Drasnin, Bernard Herrmann, Leonard Rosenman, Lalo Schifrin, Benny Carter
Associate Producer: Gordon Hessler
An Alfred Hitchcock Production;
A Shamley Production
Filmed in Hollywood at Revue Studios;
Filmed at Universal City;
Filmed at the Studios of Universal City
MCA-TV Exclusive Distributor
Guide notes
Does not include any of the 1955-1962 or 1985-1989 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes. Synopses are adapted from several sources. Credits are as listed on the DVD release episodes. Things not in the on screen credits are in brackets.
This guide has updated airdates for the two episodes effected by the coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This is based on research done by Martin Grams Jr. and Patrick Wikstrom which is in their book The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion published on January 1, 2001. Most information on the internet has not been updated with their findings. One online source for this information is How Lee Harvey Oswald F***ed Up Television History . For the airing changes see the episode notes for Body in the Barn and The Cadaver. This also changes the episode numbers for many of the season 2 episodes.
Season 1
1. A Piece of the Action
Airdate: September 20, 1962
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes
Based on a Story by: Oliver H.P. Garrett
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Gig Young [as Duke Marsden]
Martha Hyer [as Alice Marsden]
Co-Starring
Gene Evans as Ed Krutcher
Robert Redford as Chuck [Marsden]
With
Nick Dennis as Danny
Raymond Bailey as Allie Saxon
Roger De Koven as Nate
Kreg Martin as Smiley
Jack Sahakian as The Gambler
Ralph Smiley as The Waiter
Dee J. Thompson as Kelly
Robert Reiner as Pete
Synopsis: Duke Marsden is a compulsive gambler and is about to lose his wife because of it. She gives him an ultimatum to either give up poker or else she's gone. He agrees, but there's one last thing he has to do first.
Note: In the introduction Hitchcock switched from a regular necktie he wore in first seven seasons to a bowtie which he continued to wear for the duration of the series.
2. Don't Look Behind You
Airdate: September 27, 1962
Teleplay by: Barré Lyndon
Based on the Novel by: Samuel Rogers
Directed by: John Brahm
Starring
Jeffrey Hunter [as Harold]
Vera Miles [as Daphne]
Co-Starring
Abraham Sofaer as Dr. MacFarlane
Dick Sargent as Dave Fulton
Alf Kjellin as Edwin Volck
With
Mary Scott as Wanda Hatfield
Madge Kennedy as Mrs. MacFarlane
Ralph Roberts as Paul Hatfield
Clancy Cooper as The Police Lt.
Suzanne Noel as The Woman
Synopsis: Some unknown person is brutally attacking women in a small college town where a group of faculty aridly mull the situation at their regular cocktail parties.
3. Night of the Owl
Airdate: October 4, 1962
Teleplay by: Richard Fielder
Based on the Novel by: Andrew Garve
Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Starring
Brian Keith [as Jim Mallory]
Co-Starring
Patricia Breslin as Linda Mallory
Mike Kellin as Parker
With
Philip Coolidge as Locke
Robert Bray as Lt. Ames
Frank Ferguson as Capt. Garner
Norman Leavitt as Ben Kaylor
Terry Ann Ross as Barbara [Mallory]
Claudia Cravey as Anne Mallory
Synopsis: A former prison chaplain and his accomplice threaten to reveal some horrific information to an adopted teen girl about her real parents, unless her stepfather pays him off. The stepfather, a forest ranger, wants to shield his daughter from taunts and gossip should the information become public knowledge but the smarmy blackmailers keep coming back for more.
Notes: The pay-per-view television concept Alfred Hitchcock mentions in the opening was conceived and tested in the early 1950s. It was not used until cable television made it more profitable in the 1980s. The end credits included: This program was filmed in cooperation with the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Please help them prevent forest fires.
4. I Saw the Whole Thing
Airdate: October 11, 1962
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar
Based on a Story by: Henry Cecil
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring
John Forsythe [as Michael Barnes]
Co-Starring
Kent Smith as Jerry O'Hara
Evans Evans as Penny Sanford
John Fiedler as Malcolm Stuart
With
Philip Ober as Colonel [John] Hoey
John Zaremba as Richard Anderson
Barney Phillips as Lt. Sweet
William Newell as Sam Peterson
Willis Bouchey as Judge Neilson
Rusty Lane as Judge Martin
Billy Wells as George Peabody
Robert Karnes as The Police Sergeant
Maurice Manson as The Doctor
Ken Harp as The Bailiff
Anthony Jochim as Foreman
Lou Byrne as The Nurse
Mel Jass as The Recorder
Marc Cavell as The Young Man
Ronnie R. Rondell as The Motorcyclist
Ben Pollock as The Court Clerk
Claire Griswold as Joanne Dowling
Synopsis: A mystery writer named Michael Barnes is accused of causing a fatal motorcycle accident with his car. He defends himself in court but the five witnesses prove to be less than reliable.
Note: This episode marked Alfred Hitchcock's last directorial effort for television.
5. Captive Audience
Airdate: October 18, 1962
Teleplay by: William Link and Richard Levinson
Based on a Novel by: John Bingham
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
James Mason [as Warren Barrow]
Angie Dickinson [as Janet West]
Co-Starring
Arnold Moss as Victor Hartman
Ed Nelson as Tom Keller
Roland Winters as Ivar West
With
Sara Shane as Helen Barrow
Bart Burns as Summers
Geraldine Wall as Mrs. Hurley
Renee Godfrey as Hartman's Secretary
Don Matheson as Jack Pierson
Cosmo Sardo as The Croupier
Barbara Dane as The Folk Singer
Synopsis: A publisher tries to determine if a series of weird audiotapes sent to him by a mystery novelist are an unorthodox pitch of a new novel or the writer's plans to commit murder.
6. Final Vow
Airdate: October 25, 1962
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar
From His Own Story
Directed by: Norman Lloyd
Starring
Carol Lynley as [Sister Pamela Wiley]
Clu Gulager as [Jimmy K. Bresson]
With
Don Hanmer as Wormer
Carmen Phillips as Bess Macken
Isobel Elsom as Reverend Mother
Charity Grace as Sister Jem
Nora Marlowe as The Landlady
Sam Gilman as Lt. Shapiro
John Zaremba as Mr. Meecham
Sara Taft as Sister Lydia
Gaylord Cavallaro as [Arnold] The Butler
Bridget Rohland as The 1st Girl
Darlene Lucht as The 2nd Girl
Craig Duncan as The Sergeant
Virginia Aldridge as The Lay Sister
Hinton Pope as The Train Conductor
R.G. Armstrong as William Downey
Synopsis: A nun leaves her order to track down the thief who stole a priceless 15th-century Donatello statuette donated to the convent by an aging criminal seeking redemption for his illegal endeavors.
7. Annabel
Airdate: November 1, 1962
Teleplay by: Robert Bloch
Based on a Novel by: Patricia Highsmith
Directed by: Paul Henreid
Starring
Dean Stockwell [as David H. Kelsey]
Susan Oliver [as Annabel Delaney]
Kathleen Nolan [as Linda Brennan]
With
Bert Remsen as The Sheriff
Bryan O'Byrne as Mr. Phelps
Florence MacMichael as Daisy
Henry Brandt as Gerald Delaney
Gary Cockrell as Wes Carmichael
[Lisabeth Hush as Linda]
Synopsis: David is a successful young scientist who fantasizes he is actually entertaining a woman, Annabel. She lives near a country cottage he owns but she is happily married to another man. When his co-workers follow him to the cottage, David's dream world for Annabel morphs into a nightmare for all.
8. House Guest
Airdate: November 8, 1962
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar and Marc Brandel
From a Novel by: Andrew Garve
Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Starring
Robert Sterling [as Ray Roscoe]
Macdonald Carey [as John Mitchell]
Co-Starring
Peggy McCay as Sally Mitchell
With
Adele Mara as Eve Sherston
Karl Swenson as George Sherston
Robert Armstrong as [Captain] Charles Faulkner
Linda Rand as Kira [- The Maid]
William Hellinger as The Workman
Bill Mumy as Tony [Mitchell]
Synopsis: When an unemployed stranger saves the life of their young son, the grateful parents give him a place to stay in their seaside home until the man finds a job.
Note: The beach sequence filmed in Malibu was the same beach location where Jim Rockford would later live at in The Rockford Files.
9. The Black Curtain
Airdate: November 15, 1962
Teleplay by: Joel Murcott
Based on the Story by: Cornell Woolrich
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Starring
Richard Basehart [as Phillip Townsend]
Lola Albright [as Ruth Burke]
Co-Starring
Harold J. Stone as The Taxi Driver
Gail Kobe as Virginia [Carlin]
With
James Farentino as Bernie
Neil Nephew as Chuck
Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Fisher
George Mitchell as The Druggist
Andy Romano as The P.A.L. Officer
William Sharon as The Man
Joe Trapaso as The Motorcycle Policeman
Frank Sully as The Drunk
Lee Philips as Frank Carlin
[Rudy Solari as Mugger]
Synopsis: A blow to the head during a mugging restores the memory of a man from a three year long case of amnesia. He believes he needs to get to his wedding to a fiancée named Virginia, but conveniently forgets that he's wanted for murder under an assumed identity.
10. Day of Reckoning
Airdate: November 22, 1962
Teleplay by: William Link and Richard Levinson
From the Novel by: John Garden
Directed by: Jerry Hopper
Starring
Barry Sullivan [as Paul Sampson]
Guest Stars
Claude Akins [as Sheriff Jordan]
Katharine Bard [as Caroline Sampson]
Hugh Marlowe [as Harold]
Jeremy Slate [as Trent Parker - Golf Pro]
K.T. Stevens [as Alic]e
Louis Hayward as Judge David Wilcox
With
Les Tremayne as Dr. [Felix] Ryder
Robert Cornthwaite as The District Attorney
Alexander Lockwood as Dr. Campbell [- Psychiatrist]
James Flavin as The Coroner
Tom Begley as The Court Clerk
Buck Taylor as [Officer] Frazier
Hinton Pope as The Police Officer
Dee Hartford as Felicity Sampson
Synopsis: An unfaithful wife taunts her husband that she's ditching him for a real man. As the drunken couple argue on the stern of a yacht, the normally timid husband shoves her overboard to drown. Plagued by a guilty conscience the man confesses to his wife's murder, but his words fall on deaf ears.
11. Ride the Nightmare
Airdate: November 29, 1962
Teleplay by: Richard Matheson
From His Novel
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Hugh O'Brian [as Christopher Martin]
Gena Rowlands [as Helen Martin]
With
John Anderson as Adam
Jay Lanin as Fred
Richard Shannon as Steve
Philippa Bevans as Mrs. Anthony
Gail Bonney as The Elderly Woman
Olan Soule as Bill[, the Neighbour]
Richard Franchot as The Bank Teller
George Gaynes as Mr. Campbell [- Bank Manager]
Synopsis: A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.
Note: This episode's opening credit sequence is unusual in that it does not show the title and producer, writer, actor and director names against a plain white background as in other episodes, but rather superimposes them over the initial filmed shot of the story, showing the suburban street and exterior of the house where the principal characters live.
12. Hangover
Airdate: December 6, 1962
Teleplay by: Lou Rambeau
Based on Stories by: John D. MacDonald and Charles Runyon
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Tony Randall [as Hadley Purvis]
Jayne Mansfield [as Marion]
With
Robert Lieb as Bill Hunter
Myron Healey as Bob Blake
Tyler McVey as D.A. Driscoll
James Maloney as Cushman
June Levant as The Saleswoman
William Phipps as The Bartender
Chris Roman as Cliff
Richard Franchot as Albert
Dody Heath as Sandra Purvis
Synopsis: Hadley Purvis, an advertising man, finds himself facing a divorce if he doesn't knock off his heavy drinking. One night he drinks himself into an alcoholic stupor and wakes up in the morning remembering nothing of what happened the day before. He tries to reconstruct the events of what proves to have been a very bad day indeed.
Note: In the closing Hitchcock refrained from making the usual lighthearted comment and instead he noted the seriousness of alcoholism and urged those affected by it to seek help.
13. Bonfire
Airdate: December 13, 1962
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes and William D. Gordon
Based on a Story by: V.S. Pritchett
As Published in the New Yorker
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Starring
Peter Falk [as Robert Evans]
Dina Merrill [as Laura]
Co-Starring
Patricia Collinge [as Naomi Freshwater]
With
Paul von Schreiber as The Youth
Sam Weston as The Taxi Driver
Craig Curtis as The Young Man
Craig Duncan as The Officer
Synopsis: A lonely young woman moves into her newly deceased aunt's home in a small town. A way-too-helpful, next-door neighbor becomes her guardian angel, yet with his own agenda in mind. He's a lay preacher, who's determined not to go back to being a coal miner.
14. The Tender Poisoner
Airdate: December 20, 1962
Teleplay by: Lukas Heller
From the Novel by: John Bingham
Directed by: Leonard J. Horn
Starring
Dan Dailey [as Philip 'Barney' Bartel]
Howard Duff [as Peter Harding]
Jan Sterling [as Beatrice Bartel]
With
Phillip Reed as John O'Brien
William Bramley as Lt. MacDonald
Richard Bull as The Detective
Robert Reiner as The Policeman
G. Stanley Jones as The Drug Clerk
Bettye Ackerman as Lorna Dickson
Synopsis: A business executive plans to help an associate who has both a nagging wife and an attractive mistress.
Note: In the closing monologue, Hitchcock includes a disclaimer that the poison used in the plot, "Altrapeine", is fictitious and does not exist.
15. The Thirty-First of February
Airdate: January 4, 1963
Teleplay by: Logan Swanson
Based on the Novel by: Julian Symons
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
David Wayne [as Andrew Anderson]
William Conrad [as Sgt. Cresse]
Elizabeth Allen [as Molly O'Rourke]
Co-Starring
Staats Cotsworth as Vincent
With
William Sargent as Peter Granville
Bob Crane as Charlie Lessing
Steve Gravers as The Psychiatrist
Stacy Harris as The D.A.
Bernadette Hale as Miss [Maggie] Wright
King Calder as Reverton
Kathleen O'Malley as Valerie Anderson
Robert Carson as The Coroner
Olan Soule as Clerk of the Court
Synopsis: An inquest rules a wife's death as accidental, but a police detective constantly hounds a man who he believes murdered his wife.
16. What Really Happened
Airdate: January 11, 1963
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar
From the Novel by: Marie Belloc Lowndes
Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring
Anne Francis [as Eve Raydon]
Ruth Roman as [Adelaide "Addie" Strain]
Gladys Cooper [as Mrs. Raydon]
Steve Dunne as [Jack Wentworth]
Co-Starring
Michael Strong as Molloy
With
Tim O'Connor as Halstead
Gene Lyons as Howard Raydon
Charles Irving as The Judge
Theodore Newton as The Doctor
Fern Barry as The Maid
Michael Crisalli as Gilly Strain]
[Ralph Brooks as Juror]
[Raoul Freeman as Courtroom Spectator]
[Joe Garcio as Juror]
[Herschel Graham as Courtroom Spectator]
[Bobby Johnson as Juror]
[Lillian O'Malley as Juror]
[Robert Strong as Juror]
Synopsis: A woman stands trial for her wealthy husband's murder. Her vengeful mother-in-law is convinced that she did it, but a family servant knows the key to what really happened.
17. Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
Airdate: January 18, 1963
Written by: Lee Erwin
Directed by: Charles Haas
Starring
Inger Stevens [as Karen Wilson]
Dan O'Herlihy [as Simon Carter]
Co-Starring
Chris Robinson as Ricky
Peter Brown as Ed
Richard Jaeckel as Tom
With
Simon Scott as Stan Wilson
Russell Thorson as [Deputy Sheriff] Geary
Robert Millar as Mitch
Greg Morris as The Intern
Christopher Dark as Manuel Sanchez
Synopsis: A beautiful young newlywed is left alone by her much-older husband in their beach house. When a man knocks on her door at night asking for help, she turns him away, leading to tragic consequences.
18. A Tangled Web
Airdate: January 25, 1963
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based on the Novel by: Nicholas Blake
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Robert Redford as David Chesterman
Zohra Lampert as Marie Petit
Barry Morse as Karl Gault
With
Gertrude Flynn as Ethel Chesterman
Cathleen Cordell as Mrs. Spaulding
Joan Houseman as Mrs. Fllingston
Elizabeth Thompson as The Student's Girl
Ronnie R. Rondell as The College Student
Hinton Pope as The Cab Driver
Hal Bokar as The Reporter
Syl Lamont as The Photographer
[Rudy Germane as Guard]
Synopsis: A very sweet French maid runs away with, and marries a professional burglar with hopes of making him honest. However the burglar's accomplice, Karl, has his own hopes in mind.
19. To Catch a Butterfly
Airdate: February 1, 1963
Written by: Richard Fielder
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
Starring
Bradford Dillman [as Bill Nelson]
Co-Starring
Diana Hyland as Janet Nelson
Edward Asner as Jack Stander
With
June Dayton as Barbara Stander
Than Wyenn as Doctor Burns
Clegg Hoyt as Trucker
John Newton as The Policeman
Andy Romano as The 2nd Fireman
John Pickard as The 1st Fireman
Mickey Sholdar as Eddie Stander
Synopsis: A young couple are thrilled to relocate for the husband's new executive job, and are especially happy with their new home. Soon the next-door neighbor boy shows cruelty toward them and the husband's empathy for the boy drives a dangerous wedge into their marriage.
20. The Paragon
Airdate: February 8, 1963
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes
Based on a Story by: Rebecca West
Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring
Joan Fontaine as [Alice Pemberton]
Gary Merrill as [John Pemberton]
With
Virginia Vincent as Madge Fletcher
Linda Leighton as Evie Wales
June Walker as Mrs. Wales
Irene Tedrow as Ethel
Susan Gordon as Betty
Richard Carlyle as Leo Wales
William Sargent as Walter Fletcher
Jesslyn Fax as Mrs. Bates
Willis Bouchey as Mr. Norton
Lester Maxwell as Colin
Donald Elson as The Mailman
Synopsis: A man upset with his wife always meddling in their family and friends' affairs comes up with a plan to stop her for good.
Note: This episode is adapted from Rebecca West's short story, The Salt of the Earth, from her 1935 collection, The Harsh Voice: Four Short Novels.
21. I'll Be Judge - I'll Be Jury
Airdate: February 15, 1963
Teleplay by: Lukas Heller
From the Novel by: Elizabeth Hely
Directed by: James Sheldon
Starring
Peter Graves [as Mark Needham]
Albert Salmi [as Theodore Bond]
Ed Nelson [as Alex Trevor]
Sarah Marshall as Louise [Trevor]
With
Rodolfo Hoyos as Inspector Ortiz
Eric Tovar as [Sgt.] Perez
Zolya Talma as Mrs. Bond
Eileen O'Neill as Laura Needham
Judith DeHart as Margaret [Bond]
Martin Garralaga as The Mexican Priest
[Mike De Anda as Bartender]
Synopsis: In Mexico, relatives of a murdered newlywed decide to bring the killer to justice themselves when the police are unable to do anything to the guilty party.
22. Diagnosis: Danger
Airdate: March 1, 1963
Written by: Roland Kibbee
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Starring
Michael Parks [as Dr. Daniel Dana]
Charles McGraw [as Dr. Simon P. Olive]
Berkeley Harris [as Deputy Sheriff Judd]
Co-Starring
Rupert Crosse as Dr. [Paul] Mackey
Allen Joseph as Dr. [Norman] Abrams
Dee J. Thompson as Miss Nelson
With
Douglas Henderson as Huntziger
Hellena Westcott as Mrs. Fletcher
Marc Cavell as Alf [Colton]
Gus Trikonis as Gordie [Sykes]
Marc Rambeau as Doug [Lynch]
Clarke Gordon as Dr. Miller
Al Ruscio as Dr. Taylor
Celia Lovsky as The Old Woman [Mrs. Dominic Chitava]
Irene A. Martin as Mrs. Benson
Howard Wendell as The General Practitioner
Audrey Swanson as The Office Nurse
Stefan Gierasch as Sgt. Boyle
Synopsis: An apparent hit-and-run leads to an anthrax scare that spreads through Los Angeles and health officials race to find the elusive carrier.
23. The Lonely Hours
Airdate: March 8, 1963
Teleplay by: William D. Gordon
From the Novel by: Celia Fremlin
Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring
Nancy Kelly [as Mrs. J. A. Williams]
Gena Rowlands [as Louise Henderson]
Co-Starring
Joyce Van Patten as Grace
With
Alice Backes as The Policewoman
Willa Pearl Curtis as Hassie [should be Katie]
Juanita Moore as Mrs. McFarland
Jackie Russell as Sandra
Mary Adams as The Nurse
Jesslyn Fax as Miss McGuiness
Sally Smith as Marjorie Henderson
Jennifer Gillespie as Celia
Annette Ferra as Harriett Henderson
Synopsis: A mother of three notices that her baby son fascinates the lady renting a room in her home.
Note: This episode had an entirely female cast. Though adult male characters are mentioned they are ever seen.
24. The Star Juror
Airdate: March 15, 1963
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based on a Novel by: Francis Didelot
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Starring
Dean Jagger [as George Davies]
Betty Field [as Jenny Davies]
Will Hutchins [as J.J. Fenton]
Co-Starring
Crahan Denton as [Sheriff] Walter Watson
Harry Harvey, Sr. as Doctor Vince
Katherine Squire as Mrs. Fenton
With
George Mitchell as Judge Higgins
Don Hanmer as Leo Lloyd
Ray Hemphill as [Deputy] Pete
Jennifer West as Alice Morse
Sam Reese as Martin Hendrix
Lew Brown as The Prosecuting Attorney
William Challee as Jess Bartholomew
Martine Bartlett as Flossie
Cathie Merchant as Lola Penderwaller
Darius Guernsey as Bob
Mark Murray as Jack
Kathryn Card as Elise Grissom
Josie Lloyd as Pauline Davies
Synopsis: A store owner accidentally kills a woman, then is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder.
25. The Long Silence
Airdate: March 22, 1963
Teleplay by: William D. Gordon and Charles Beaumont
Based on a Short Story by: Hilda Lawrence
Directed by: Robert Douglas
Starring
Michael Rennie [as Ralph Manson]
Phyllis Thaxter [as Nora Cory Manson]
Co-Starring
James McMullan as George Cory
Natalie Trundy as Jean Dekker
Vaughn Taylor as Dr. Babcock
With
Connie Gilchrist as Emma
Claude Stroud as Edgar Ogden
Rees Vaughn as Robbie Cory
Synopsis: A woman was paralyzed when her husband shoved her down a staircase after she accused him of committing murder. She is unable to speak and is terrified he will learn she is recovering.
26. An Out for Oscar
Airdate: April 5, 1963
Teleplay by: David Goodis
From a Novel by: Henry Kane
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Henry Silva [as Bill Grant]
Linda Christian [as Eva Ashley]
Larry Storch as Oscar
With
John Marley as Mike
George Petrie as Rogers
Myron Healey as Peter Rogan
Rayford Barnes as Ronald
David White as Detective Burr
Alan Napier as Mr. Hodges
[Leoda Richards as Bank Customer]
Synopsis: A timid bank clerk whose two-timing wife refuses to divorce him is approached by her lover who has a foolproof plan to rid the clerk of his wife.
27. Death and the Joyful Woman
Airdate: April 12, 1963
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Novel by: Ellis Peters
Directed by: John Brahm
Starring
Gilbert Roland [as Luis Aguilar]
Laraine Day [as Ruth]
Co-Starring
Laura Devon as Kitty Norris
Tom Lowell as Dominic Felse
Don Galloway as Al Aguilar
With
Raymond Greenleaf as The Doctor
Richard Bull as The Butler
Andy Romano as The Assistant
Jack Sahakian as The Man
Frank Overton as George Felse
[Paul Bradley as Party Guest]
[Dick Cherney as Party Guest]
[Paul Cristo as Party Guest]
[Maggie Pierce as Jeanne Aguilar]
[Murray Pollack as Party Guest]
[Jeffrey Sayre as Party Guest]
[Norman Stevans as Party Guest]
Synopsis: The secretary of a wealthy wine baron murders when her dream of marrying him is shattered.
28. Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans
Airdate: April 19, 1963
Teleplay by: Lou Rambeau
From a Novel by: Amber Dean
Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Starring
Michael Wilding [as David Saunders]
Anna Lee [as Roberta Saunders]
Katherine Crawford [as Loren Saunders]
Randy Boone [as Pete Tanner]
With
James Anderson as Vince Cates
Jesse Jacobs as Grosse
Eve McVeagh as Rose Cates
Russ Conway as Henderson [Customs Insp.]
Kreg Martin as Al
Jose De Vega as Gato
Frank Albertson as Constable Tom Batterman
Carlos Romero as Alfau [Mexican Chief of Police]
Tito De Mario as The 1st Youth
Ricky Vera as The 2nd Youth
Paul Fierro as The Priest
Rose Montiel as Maria [Roca]
And Co-Starring
Karl Lukas as Mel Tanner
Synopsis: A vacationing British family is on the Arizona border with Mexico when their teenage daughter mistakes a criminal's stolen car for her family's and goes to sleep in the backseat. Not realizing she is there, the criminal drives the car to Mexico. When the parents realize their daughter is missing they attempt to locate her, but are thwarted by corrupt police forces on both sides of the border.
29. The Dark Pool
Airdate: May 3, 1963
Teleplay by: William D. Gordon and Alec Coppel
Based on a Story by: Alec Coppel
Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring
Lois Nettleton [as Dianne Castillejo]
Anthony George [as Victor Castillejo]
Madlyn Rhue as Consuela Sandino
Co-Starring
David White as Lance Hawthorn
Eugene Iglesias as Pedro Sanchez
With
Doris Lloyd as Andrina Gibbs
John Zaremba as The Coroner
Isobel Elsom as Sister Marie Therese
Walter Woolf King as Senator Hayes
Eva Novak as Mrs. Hayes
Bess Flowers as Mrs. Pradanos
Paul Bradley as Mr. Pradanos
Synopsis: An ex-alcoholic woman is responsible for the accidental death of her adopted son. A strange woman arrives claiming to be the boy's birth mother and proceeds to blackmail the adoptive mother.
30. Dear Uncle George
Airdate: May 10, 1963
Teleplay by: William Link, Richard Levinson and James Bridges
Story by: William Link and Richard Levinson
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Gene Barry [as John Chambers]
John Larkin [as Simon Aldritch]
Co-Starring
Patricia Donahue as Louise Chambers
Dabney Coleman as Tom Esterow
With
Robert Sampson as Sgt. Duncan
Brendan Thomas Dillon as Sam
Charity Grace as Mrs. Weatherby
Jimmy Joyce as The Fingerprint Man
Joseph Trapaso as The Policeman
Alicia Li as Bea
Lou Jacobi as Lt. Wolfson
Synopsis: A neighbor's letter about an unfaithful wife disturbs an advice columnist.
31. Run for Doom
Airdate: May 17, 1963
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based on the Novel by: Henry Kane
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
John Gavin [as Dr. Don Reed]
Diana Dors [as Nickie Carole]
Scott Brady as Bill Floyd
With
Carl Benton Reid as Horace Reed
Tom Skerritt as Dr. Frank Farmer
Lew Brown as David Carson
Robert Carson as Mulloy
Gail Bonney as Sarah
Jackie Russell as The Waitress
Jon Shepodd as Curtis Cane
Barry Cahill as The Chief Petty Officer
Patricia Krest as The Teller
Audrey Swanson as The Nurse
Cathie Taylor as The Singer
[Paul Cristo as Maitre D']
Synopsis: A young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her three previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.
32. Death of a Cop
Airdate: May 24, 1963
Teleplay by: Leigh Brackett
Based on a Novel by: Douglas Warner
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Victor Jory [as Det. Paul Reardon]
Peter Brown [as Det. Philip Reardon]
Co-Starring
Paul Hartman as Trenker
John Marley as [Det. Ed] Singer
Richard Jaeckel as Boxer
Paul Genge as Lt. Tom Mills
With
Jean Willes as Eva
Wilton Graff as George Chaney
Read Morgan as Freddie [Arnold]
Rex Holman as Jocko [Hanlin]
Shirley O'Hara as Alice Reardon
Bob Okazaki as Wong
Rees Vaughn as Sammy Garrison
Marc Rambeau as Alec Malloy
Joseph Ruskin as [Gabby] Donovan
Hari Rhodes as The Patrolman
Tenen Holtz as The Druggist
Rita Conde as Mrs. Dominguez
Lawrence Tierney as Herbie Lane
Synopsis: After a rookie cop is killed his police detective father vows to find the men who killed his son even if it costs him his life.
Season 2
1. A Home Away from Home
Airdate: September 27, 1963
Teleplay by: Robert Bloch
From His Story as Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Starring
Ray Milland [as Dr. Howard Fenwick]
Claire Griswold [as Natalie Rivers]
Co-Starring
Mary La Roche as Ruth
Virginia Gregg as Miss Gibson
With
Peter Leeds as Andrew
Ben Wright as Doctor Norton
Connie Gilchrist as Martha
Jack Searl as Nicky Long
Richard Peel as The 1st Officer
Brendan Dillan as Inspector Roberts
Ronald Long as The Major
Peter Brooks as Donald
Beatrice Kay as Sarah Sanders
Synopsis: A patient at a mental hospital kills the head doctor and takes over, replacing the staff with fellow patients. Things get complicated when the niece of the real doctor makes an unexpected visit.
2. A Nice Touch
Airdate: October 4, 1963
Teleplay by: Mann Rubin
From His Story as Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Starring
Anne Baxter [as Janice Brandt]
George Segal [as Larry Duke]
With
Charlene Holt as Darlene Vance
Mimi Dillard as The Receptionist
Gil Stuart as The Actor
Martha Stewart as The Secretary
Walter Woolf King as The Executive
Harry Townes as Ed Brandt
Synopsis: A Hollywood agent makes her alcoholic husband jealous when she falls for a handsome young actor.
Note: A husband and wife are shown sleeping together in one bed. This is unusual as it was common practice on TV at the time for married couples to sleep in separate beds.
3. Terror at Northfield
Airdate: October 11, 1963
Teleplay by: Leigh Brackett
From a Story By Ellery Queen
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Starring
Dick York [as Sheriff Will Pearce]
Jacqueline Scott [as Susan Marsh]
R.G. Armstrong [as John Cooley]
Co-Starring
Katherine Squire as Mrs. La Font
Peter Whitney as Bib Hadley
Dennis Patrick as Frenchy La Font
Curt Conway as Dr. Buxton
With
Gertrude Flynn as Flora Sloan
Jim Boles as The Grocer
Harry Harvey, Sr. as Mayor Sanford Brown
Raymond Guth as The Farmer
Bryan O'Byrne as Mr. Smith
Gail Bonney as Mrs. Hayes
Hal Bokar as The 3rd Man
William Newell as Mr. Jones
Harry Antrim as The Councilman
Robert Reiner as Mr. Brown
Hinton Pope as The 2nd Man
Dee Carroll as The Woman
Synopsis: A small town is rocked by a series of murders which begins with the killing of a local farmer's son. The father becomes obsessed with avenging the murder of his son.
4. You'll Be the Death of Me
Airdate: October 18, 1963
Teleplay by: William D. Gordon
Based on a Story by: Anthony Gilbert
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Robert Douglas
Starring
Robert Loggia as "Driver" Arthur
Co-Starring
Pilar Seurat as Mickey Arthur
Sondra Kerr as Ruby McCleod
With
G. B. Atwater as [Gar] Newton
Carmen Phillips as Bette Rose Calder
Hal Smith as Tompy Dill
Charles Seel as Doctor Chalmont
Norman Leavitt as Kyle Sawyer
Sam Edwards as The Bartender
Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. McCleod
Synopsis: A woman becomes the target of her murderous spouse after she finds a button from one of his victims.
5. Blood Bargain
Airdate: October 25, 1963
Written by: Henry Slesar
Based on His Story
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Richard Kiley [as Jim Derry]
Richard Long [as Eddie Breech]
Guest Star
Anne Francis as Connie Breech
With
Barney Martin as Rupert Harney
Ross Elliott as Lt. Geer
Anthony Call as Earl
Peter Brocco as Figaro
Craig Duncan as The Detective
Thomas Bellin as The Bartender
[Beverly Holliday as Cocktail Waitress]
Synopsis: A hired killer decides to back out of his contract when he meets his victim's wife who is a paraplegic.
6. Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale
Airdate: November 8, 1963
Teleplay by: William Link and Richard Levinson
Based on a Story by: Robert Twohy
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Starring
Gary Merrill [as Harry Jarvis]
Phyllis Thaxter [as Mrs. Logan]
Special Guest Star
Fess Parker [as Sheriff Ben Wister]
Co-Starring
George Furth as Charlie
With
Robert P. Lieb as Dr. Wyatt
Burt Mustin as Mr. Bell
Jan Arvan as Al
Cathie Merchant as The Receptionist
Sam Reese as Henry, The Barber
Robert Roter as The Boy
Martine Bartlett as Mrs. Bergen
Synopsis: A sheriff investigates the disappearance of the wife of a man who their neighbor thinks has been acting suspiciously.
7. Starring the Defense
Airdate: November 15, 1963
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar
From His Story as Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Starring
Richard Basehart [as Miles Crawford]
Co-Starring
Russell Collins as Sam Brody
S. John Launer as Ed Rutherford
Teno Pollick as Tod Crawford
Diane Mountford as Ruthie [Rutherford]
With
Jean Hale as Babs Riordan
Christopher Connelly as Rudy Trask
John Zaremba as The Judge
Rockne Tarkington as The Police Officer
Vince Williams as The Court Bailiff
Selmer Jackson as The Movie Chaplain
Nolan Leary as The Movie Judge
Charles Fredericks as The Movie Warden
Buster West as The Movie Foreman
Will Allen as The Movie Boy
Barney Phillips as Hanley
Florence Halop as Jenny, Mr. Crawford's maid
Synopsis: Miles Crawford, a former movie star, is now a successful attorney. When his young son Tod is charged with first-degree murder, he hires the best criminal lawyer, but then convinces Tod that he should represent him at trial. His closing argument is an impassioned performance, bringing applause from spectators.
8. Body in the Barn
Airdate: November 29, 1963
Airdate: July 3, 1964
Teleplay by: Harold Swanton
From the Story by: Margaret Manners
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Lillian Gish [as Bessie Carnby]
Maggie McNamara [as Camilla]
Peter Lind Hayes [as Henry Wilkins]
Kent Smith [as Dr. Sam Adamson]
With
Josie Lloyd as Nora
James Maloney as [Ed -] The Storekeeper
Doodles Weaver as Gregg
Bruce Andersen as Huckaby
Charles Kuenstle as Huckaby's Clerk
Ralph Roberts as The Driver
Richard Niles as The Deputy
Kelly Thordsen as Sheriff Pate [O.] Turnbull
Patricia Cutts as Samantha Wilkins
Synopsis: A man mysteriously disappears after hinting of marital troubles to a curious neighbor. When the body of an unrecognizable male is found buried in the couple's barn, the man's domineering wife is suspected of murdering her husband.
Notes: This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 22, 1963 but it was preempted by the coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It was thought not to have aired until July 3, 1964 but it has been found to have aired on November 29, 1963. The Cadaver episode originally scheduled to air on this date was rescheduled and it aired on January 17, 1964. The newspaper article read out by Samantha Wilkins quotes the poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost.
9. The Dividing Wall
Airdate: December 6, 1963
Teleplay by: Joel Murcott
Story by: George Bellak
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
James Gregory [as Fred Kruger]
Chris Robinson [as Terry]
Co-Starring
Katharine Ross as Carol Brandt
Norman Fell as Al Norman
Simon Scott as Durrell
With
Robert Kelljan as Frank Ludden
Rusty Lane as Otto Brandt
Judd Foster as Polson
Renata Vanni as The Woman Customer
William Boyett as The Radio Operator
Erik Corey as The Little Boy
Synopsis: Three ex-cons plan to heist a fortune in industrial diamonds, but inadvertently steal a container of radioactive cobalt.
10. Good-Bye, George
Airdate: December 13, 1963
Teleplay by: William Fay
Based on a Story by: Robert Arthur
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Starring
Robert Culp [as Harry Lawrence]
Stubby Kaye [as George Cassidy]
Elliott Reid [as Dave Dennis]
Guest Star
Patricia Barry as Lana Layne
With
Kreg Martin as The Patrol officer
Mike Ragan as The Bartender
Sally Carter as The Starlet
Jimmy Joyce as The Photographer
Bernie Kopell as The Director
Alice Pearce as Haila French
Synopsis: The husband of a successful actress, thought for years to be dead, suddenly returns and demands he once again become a part of her life, now that she's a success.
Notes: When Lana grabs a statue to defend herself, she does not grab the Oscar, a condition imposed by the Academy that their statuette not be seen as a murder weapon. The U.S. Customs Port of entry is the historic Calexico Port of Entry, located at the intersection of First Street and Heffernan Avenue in Calexico, California. This was built in 1932 and remained in operation until the 1970's.
11. How to Get Rid of Your Wife
Airdate: December 20, 1963
Based on a Teleplay by: Robert Gould
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Bob Newhart as Gerald Swinney
Co-Starring
Jane Withers as Edith Swinney
Joyce Jameson as Rosie Feather
With
Mary Scott as Laura
George Petrie as Henry
Ann Morgan Guilbert as The Pet Shop Proprietress
Robert Karnes as The Sergeant
William Wellman, Jr. as The Delivery Man
Joseph Hamilton as [Oscar -] The Stage Doorman
Helene Winston as Mrs. Penny
Harold Gould as The District Attorney
Bill Quinn as Mr. Penny
Harry Hines as The Rat Poison Salesman
Gail Bonney as Mrs. Harris
Synopsis: Gerald Swinney is a henpecked husband suffering under the constant verbal abuse of his overbearing wife. Gerald devises a plan to rid himself of her and begin his life over again, but the results have unexpected consequences.
12. Three Wives Too Many
Airdate: January 3, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
Based on the Story by: Kenneth Fearing
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Teresa Wright [as Marion Brown]
Guest Star
Dan Duryea [as Raymond Brown]
Co-Starring
Linda Lawson as Lucille Brown
Jean Hale as Bernice Brown
Steve Gravers as Lt. Storber
Robert Cornthwaite as Mr. Bleeker
With
Lew Brown as Detective Lanning
Dee J. Thompson as The Sister-in-Law
Duane Grey as Detective Millard
David Fresco as The B[r]other-in-Law
Synopsis: A wife learns that her husband is also married to three other women so she decides to do something.
13. The Magic Shop
Airdate: January 10, 1964
Teleplay by: John Collier
From the Story by: H.G. Wells
And a Script by: James Parish
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Starring
Leslie Nielsen [as Mr. Grainger]
Peggy McCay as [Mrs. Grainger]
John Megna as [Anthony 'Tony' Grainger]
Guest Star
David Opatoshu [as Mr. Dulong]
Co-Starring
Paul Hartman as Mr. Adams
William Sargent as Dr. Stone
With
Ted deCorsia as Herlie
Hugh Sanders as The 1st Cop
Rolfe Sedan as The Old Man
Audrey Swanson as Eric's Mother
Robert Reiner as The Intern
Brian Corcoran as Eric
[Ron Rich as Onlooker]
[Leoda Richards as Onlooker]
[Wendy Ferdin as Girl]
Synopsis: Steven Grainger gives his son Tony money for his birthday, and takes the little boy to a remote magic store in town, where Tony can spend his money. The owner, Mr. Dulong, sees a promising future in the youngster, and offers to teach him all he knows about "real" magic. Tony's eyes fill with delight and stepping into a cabinet, he promptly disappears.
14. The Cadaver
Airdate: January 17, 1963
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based Upon a Story by: Robert Arthur
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Michael Parks [as Skip Baxter]
Ruth McDevitt [as Mrs. Fiste]r
Joby Baker [as Doc Carroll]
Co-Starring
Martin Blaine as Professor Dawson
With
Jennifer West as Ruby
Don Marshall as Tom Jackson
William Sharon as [Sam -] The Bartender
Bronwyn FitzSimons as The Girl Student
Eric Matthews as Charlie Pitts
George Dockstader as The Garbage Collector
Rafer Johnson as Ed Blair
Jeff Cooper as Pete Phillips
Michael Beirne as Jim Thompson
Bob Bernard as The 1st Student
Brooke Hayward as Barbara Simms
Synopsis: Medical student Doc Carroll decides to play a practical joke on his drunken roommate, Skip. He plants a cadaver from the medical school in Skip's bed and convinces him he killed their friend, Ruby. The joke works much better than Doc had hoped.
Notes: This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 29, 1963 but it was rescheduled for reasons unknown. The Body in the Barn episode originally scheduled for November 22, 1963 aired in its place.
15. Beyond the Sea of Death
Airdate: January 24, 1964
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes and William D. Gordon
Based on the Story by: Miriam Allen deFord, William D. Gordons
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Mildred Dunnock [as Minnie Briggs]
Diana Hyland [as Grace Renford]
Jeremy Slate as Keith Holloway
Co-Starring
Abraham Sofaer as Dr. Shankara
With
Ann Ayars as Lucy Barrington
Orville Sherman as Charles
Francis De Sales as Lt. Farrell
Vince Williams as The Hotel Clerk
Ollie O'Toole as 2nd Hotel Clerk
Jim Barringer as The Messenger Boy
Synopsis: An heiress tired of the series of goldiggers who have been romancing her decides not to tell her latest boyfriend she is rich. When the young man loves her for herself instead of her money she wants to marry him. After he dies in a Bolivian mine explosion, she tries to regain contact with him through an Indian mystic.
Note: The lines of the poem that Holloway reads out are the two first lines of the poem A Ballad of Boding by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
16. Night Caller
Airdate: January 31, 1964
Teleplay by: Robert Westerby and Gabrielle Upton
Story by: Gabrielle Upton
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Felicia Farr [as Marcia Fowler]
Bruce Dern [as Roy Bullock]
David White [as Jack Fowler]
With
Leslie Barringer as Stevey Fowler
Will J. White as The 1st Policeman
Diane Sayer as Nancy Willis
Elizabeth Harrower as Mrs. Masters
Frances Morris as The Woman Shopper
Angela Greene as Lucy Phillips
Synopsis: Marcia Fowler is sunbathing in her backyard when she spots a new neighbor, Roy Bullock, eyeing her. Frightened, she calls the police, who warn Roy not to be a peeping Tom. Marcia begins getting obscene telephone calls, and she accuses Roy of making them.
17. The Evil of Adelaide Winters
Airdate: February 7, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
From His Story
Directed by: Laslo Benedek
Starring
Kim Hunter [as Adelaide Winters]
Co-Starring
John Larkin as Edward Porter
Gene Lyons as Robert McBain
With
Sheila Bromley as Mrs. Thompson
Bartlett Robinson as Mr. Thompson
Synopsis: A woman runs a psychic scam where she convinces people she can contact their dead love ones. One man believes she has contacted his dead son and he becomes dangerously obsessed with her sessions.
18. The Jar
Airdate: February 14, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Ray Bradbury
Directed by: Norman Lloyd
Starring
Pat Buttram [as Charlie Hill]
Collin Wilcox [as Thedy Sue Hill]
William Marshall as Jahdoo
Co-Starring
Jane Darwell as Granny Carnation
Carl Benton Reid as Gramps Medknowe
James Best as Tom Carmody
George Lindsey as Juke Marmer
Jocelyn Brando as Emma Jane
With
Slim Pickens as Clem Carter
Alice Backes as Mrs. Tridden
Sam Reese as Milt Marshall
Marlene DeLamater as Eva Ann
Billy Barty as The Barker
[Herman Hack as Townsman]
[Joe Ploski as Townsman]
Synopsis: A country bumpkin is mesmerized by a strange jar at a carnival sideshow. He buys it from the owner and the townspeople come from miles to see it. His wife is frightened and wants it thrown out but he has become a local celebrity so does not want to lose his new popularity.
Note: The carnival side show sign reads: The Magic Jar... What Is It?
19. Final Escape
Airdate: February 21, 1964
Teleplay by: John Resko
From a Story by: Thomas H. Cannan Jr. and Randall Hood
Directed by: William Witney
Starring
Stephen McNally [as Captain]
Robert Keith [as Doc]
Guest Star
Edd Byrnes [as Paul Perry]
Co-Starring
Nicholas Colasanto as The Work Partner
John Kellogg as The 1st Guard
With
Ray Kellogg as The Convict Blacksmith
Bernie Hamilton as The 2nd Convict
Stacy Harris as The Lawyer
Hinton Pope as The 2nd Guard
Betsy Hale as Elissa
John Alderson as The 3rd Guard
[Greg Morris as Burial Detail Inmate]
Synopsis: A convict at a state prison work camp plans a clever escape with the help of the aging, alcoholic fellow prisoner who's in charge of making coffins and burying the camp's deceased.
Note: Hitchcock doesn't appear onscreen in the conclusion, only his voice can be heard.
20. Murder Case
Airdate: March 6, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges, William Link and Richard Levinson
From the Story by: Max Marquis
Directed by: John Brahm
Starring
John Cassavetes [as Lee Griffin]
Gena Rowlands [as Diana Justin]
Co-Starring
Murray Matheson [as Charles Justin]
With
Ben Wright as Tony Niles
Brendan Dillon as Collins
David Frankham as Peter
John Banner as The Dutch Customs Man
Richard Lupino as The Author
Richard Peel as [Detective] Sgt. Elliott
Ina Victor as The Young Ingenue
Noel Drayton as The Bar Steward
Hedley Mattingly as Blackie
[Arthur Tovey as Servant]
Synopsis: A struggling actor auditioning in London learns that his actress-girlfriend who dumped him is married to the play's backer, a rich diamond merchant. They soon rekindle their romance and plan to get her out of her marriage.
21. Anyone for Murder?
Airdate: March 13, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
From the Story by: Jack Ritchie
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Leo Penn
Starring
Barry Nelson [as Dr. James Parkerson]
Patricia Breslin [as Doris Parkerson]
Richard Dawson [as Robert Johnson]
Guest Star
Edward Andrews [as Bingham]
With
Richard X. Slattery as Detective Barker
Robert Jacquin as Mr. Conelley, Editor
Grant Lockwood as The Man At The Bar
David Fresco as The Waiter
[George DeNormand as Man at Exchange]
Synopsis: James Parkerson, a professor and dean of psychology, places a classified ad in the newspaper to conduct research in order to learn just how many people want to be relieved of their spouses.
22. Beast in View
Airdate: March 20, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based Upon the Novel by: Margaret Millar
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Joan Hackett [as Helen Clarvoe]
Kevin McCarthy as Paul Blackshear
Guest Star
Kathleen Nolan as Dorothy Johnson
Co-Starring
Brenda Forbes as Verna Clarvoe
George Furth as Jack Terola
Curt Conway as Lt. Bromley
With
Peggy Moffitt as Robin Rath
Anthony McBride as Tommy Thompson
Len Hendry as Mr. Horner
William Boyett as The Young Policeman
Jimmy Joyce as The Cab Driver
Bruce Andersen as The Father
[George DeNormand as Man on Street]
[Arthur Tovey as Man at Hotel Desk]
Synopsis: An attorney helps a client who has been threatened in phone calls she received from a deranged woman.
23. Behind the Locked Door
Airdate: March 27, 1964
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar and Joel Murcott
Based on the Story by: Henry Slesar
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Robert Douglas
Starring
Gloria Swanson [as Mrs. Daniels]
James MacArthur [as Dave Snowden]
Co-Starring
Lynn Loring as Bonnie Daniels
Whit Bissell as Adam Driscoll
Synopsis: After eloping with a wealthy young woman, a man becomes curious about a locked room in a deserted mansion on his new wife's estate.
24. A Matter of Murder
Airdate: April 3, 1964
Written by: Boris Sobelman
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
Starring
Darren McGavin as Sheridan Westcott
Pat Crowley as Enid Bentley
Patrick McVey as Police Lieutenant
Guest Star
Telly Savalas as Philadelphia Harry
With
Howard Wendell as Mr. Flagstone
Than Wyenn as General Delivery
Lewis Charles as Lopez
Jordan Grant as Al
Paul Potash as Vinnie
Tyler McVey as [Capt. J. X. Doran -] The Chief of Police
Marc Rambeau as Weldon
Calvin Bartlett as Harv
Synopsis: A notorious but ethical auto thief and his gang steal a Rolls-Royce, unaware that the trunk contains the body of a woman who was murdered by her husband.
Note: In order to prevent an accidental use of a real address, the zip code on the envelope is 735462 (six digits). ZIP codes were only then being introduced. However the street address, 3900 Lankershim Blvd is real, being what is now building 2160, on James Stewart Ave inside the Universal Studios lot.
25. The Gentleman Caller
Airdate: April 10, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Veronica Parker Johns
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Roddy McDowall [as Gerald Musgrove]
Ruth McDevitt [as Miss Emmy Wright]
Diane Sayer [as Milly Musgrove]
Co-Starring
Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Goldy
Juanita Moore as Mrs. Jones
With
Frank Maxwell as Officer Petrie
Marjorie Bennett as The Plump Lady
William Fawcett as The Junk Collector
Norman Leavitt as The Gas Company Man
Lew Brown as The 1st Policeman
John Alonzo as The Intern
Len Hendry as The Night Watchman
Joe De Angelo as The Pedestrian
[Walter Bacon as Citizen in Park]
Synopsis: A thief comes up with a plan to use a senile old woman to legitimately acquire the $100,000 obtained in a bank robbery.
Note: Emmy mentions that her grandfather lived to be 106 years old. This episode was produced by Norman Lloyd, who also lived to be 106.
26. The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
Airdate: April 17, 1964
Teleplay by: Alvin Sargent
Based on the Story by: Patrick Quentin
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Starring
Patricia Collinge [as Adelaide Snow]
Jessica Walter [as Lorna Richmond]
Don Chastain [as Bruce Richmond]
Co-Starring
George Macready as Hillary Prine
Cal Bartlett as John Wilson
With
June Vincent as Ruth Prine
Pamela Curran as Sally Wilson
Bartlett Robinson as Harvey Crane
Edit Angold as Frieda
Danny Gardino as Mr. Arthur
[Bert Stevens as Carl the Butler]
Synopsis: An elderly woman is locked in an air tight safe by her niece's fiancé when she discovers he is a forger. He tells his betrothed, Lorna, that her aunt went to Connecticut to visit a friend for the weekend but Lorna begins to wonder who is taking care of her aunt's cats.
27. Ten Minutes from Now
Airdate: May 1, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
From the Story by: Jack Ritchie
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Donnelly Rhodes [as James Bellington]
Lou Jacobi [as Dr. Glover]
Lonny Chapman [as Lt. Wymar]
Co-Starring
Neile Adams as Sgt. Louise Marklen
With
Ed Peck as The 1st Policeman
Sandra Gould as The Secretary [- Park Commission]
Betty Harford as The Woman [in Museum]
Edward Mallory as The Thief
Jess Kirkpatrick as [Thomas] Grindley
Tony Franke as The Messenger
Syl Lamont as The [Museum] Guide
Vince Williams as The Newscaster
Harold Ayer as The [Hardware] Salesman
Hinton Pope as The 1st Bomb Squad Man
John W. Ziegler as The 1st Detective
[David Carradine as Art Thief]
[Tommy Kirk as Thief's Assistant]
Synopsis: The Commissioner of Recreation & Parks receives three life-threatening letters in one week, complaining about the method by which art is selected for museum display. When a man brings a ticking shoe box into his office the man is arrested.
28. The Sign of Satan
Airdate: May 8, 1964
Teleplay by: Barré Lyndon
From a Story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: Robert Douglas
Starring
Christopher Lee [as Karl Jorla]
Gia Scala [as Kitty Frazier]
Gilbert Green [as Max Rubini]
Co-Starring
Adam Roarke as Ed Walsh
Myron Healey as Dave Connor
With
Byron Keith as Capt. Hartzell
Nicki Brick as The Script Girl
Saul Gorss as The Studio Policeman
Horst Ebers as The 1st Acolyte
Dieter Jacoby as The 2nd Acolyte
Eric Forst as The 3rd Acolyte
Walter Friedel as The 4th Acolyte
[George DeNormand as Police Inspector]
[William Meader as Photographer]
Synopsis: A group of studio executives view a screening of French film footage and are impressed by the performance of an actor. They want the actor for the lead in their next horror picture but he is afraid that devil worshipers will try to kill him when he comes to Hollywood to make his American movie debut.
Note: Adapted from Robert Bloch's story Return to the Sabbath which appeared in the July 1938 edition of Weird Tales magazine.
29. Who Needs an Enemy?
Airdate: May 15, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
Based on a Story by: Henry Slesar
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Harry Morgan
Starring
Steven Hill [as Charlie Osgood]
Joanna Moore [as Danielle]
Richard Anderson [as Eddie Turtin]
With
Dee Carroll as The Woman
Paul Baxley as The Man
Wally Rose as The 2nd Man
Barney Phillips as The 1st Detective
[Paul Bradley as Funeral Usher]
Synopsis: To avoid going to prison for embezzling, a man with the help of his girlfriend come up with a plan to fake his own suicide.
30. Bed of Roses
Airdate: May 22, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges
Based on the Story by: Emily Neff
Directed by: Philip Leacock
Starring
Patrick O'Neal [as George Maxwell]
Kathie Browne [as Mavis Maxwell]
Co-Starring
Torin Thatcher as Alva Hardwicke
George Lindsey as Sam Kirby
Alice Backes as Miss [Martha] Hinchley
With
Alice Frost as Eda Faye Hardwicke
Bill Walker as Sam
Paulene Myers as Celeste
Robert Reiner as [Pedro,] The Bartender
Ethel Griffies as Lulu
Synopsis: A married man finds his beautiful mistress murdered and flees without reporting it, only to become the victim of blackmail.
31. The Second Verdict
Airdate: May 29, 1964
Teleplay by: Henry Slesar and Alfred Hayes
Based on the Story by: Henry Slesar
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Starring
Martin Landau [as Ned Murray]
Frank Gorshin as Lew Rydell
Sharon Farrell [as Melanie Rydell]
Co-Starring
John Marley as Tony Hardeman
Nancy Kovack as Karen Osterman
Harold J. Stone as Mr. Osterman
With
Richard Hale as Judge Arthur
Michael Beirne as Tom Bailey
Richard F. Guizon as Bailiff
William Remick as The Jury Foreman
Helen Mayon as The Maid
Synopsis: An ethical lawyer gets his client acquitted of murder. The client then brags that he committed the crime as he is aware that he can't be tried twice for the same crime.
32. Isabel
Airdate: June 5, 1964
Teleplay by: William Fay and Henry Slesar
From a Novel by: S.B. Hough
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Bradford Dillman [as Howard Clements]
Barbara Barrie [as Isabel Smith]
Edmon Ryan [as Lt. John Huntley]
With
Les Tremayne as Mr. Selby
Dabney Coleman as Sgt. Lou Snyder
Doris Lloyd as Martha
Kenneth Patterson as The Warden
Ricks Falk as Finley
Don Marshall as Officer Healy
Forrest Lewis as The Sailor
Walter Woolf King as The Judge
Lou Byrne as The Librarian
Synopsis: After serving a prison sentence, a man romances the woman whose false testimony got him convicted.
Season 3
1. Return of Verge Likens
Airdate: October 5, 1964
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Davis Grubb
Directed by: Arnold Laven
Starring
Peter Fonda [as Verge Likens]
Robert Emhardt [as Riley McGrath]
Co-Starring
George Lindsey as D.D. Martin
Jim Boles as Sheriff Reynolds
William Bramley as Fred Starcher
With
Robert H. Barrat as Stoney Likens
Charles Seel as Rush Sigafoose
Nydia Westman as Aunt Ida Maye
June Walker as Aunt Mary Jane
Cathie Merchant as Mary Masterson
Sammy Reese as Wilford Likens
Synopsis: After his father is shot and killed in a bar room brawl by a crooked politician who gets away with it, a poor farmer becomes determined to get revenge.
2. Change of Address
Airdate: October 12, 1964
Teleplay by: Morton Fine and David Friedkin
From the Story by: Andrew Benedict
Directed by: David Friedkin
Starring
Arthur Kennedy [as Keith Hollands]
Phyllis Thaxter [as Elsa Hollands]
Co-Starring
Royal Dano as Mr. Miley
With
Tisha Sterling as Rachel
Robert Karnes as Sergeant
Susan Davis as Reba
Arnold Lessing as Officer Raymo
Michael Blodgett as Dancer (Apollo)
Synopsis: Keith Hollands rents a beach house despite his wife's objections because he wants to pursue his romance with a beach bunny. After the couple move in a secret about the former owners is uncovered.
3. Water's Edge
Airdate: October 19, 1964
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes
From the Story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Starring
Ann Sothern [as Helen Cox]
Guest Starring
John Cassavetes [as Rusty Connors]
With
Rayford Barnes as Mike Krause
David Fresco as Newsstand Dealer
J. B. Brown as Prison Guard
Jimmy Joyce as Prison Orderly
Synopsis: Rusty Connors is a prison cellmate with Mike Krause, who tells Rusty all about his wife Helen. Mike becomes ill with pneumonia, and reveals to Rusty on his deathbed that a stash of $56,000 is with his dead accomplice, Pete Taylor. When he is released, Rusty goes to Hanesville and courts Helen, while attempting with her help to find the hidden loot.
4. The Life Work of Juan Diaz
Airdate: October 26, 1964
Teleplay by: Ray Bradbury
From His Own Story
Directed by: Norman Lloyd
Starring
Alejandro Rey [as Juan Diaz]
Frank Silvera [as Alejandro]
Guest Star
Pina Pellicer [as Maria Diaz]
Co-Starring
Valentin de Vargas as Ricardo[, Chief of Police]
With
Larry Domasin as Jorge [Diaz]
Alex Montoya as [Ignacia,] The Coffin Maker
Hinton Pope as The Man
Audrey Swanson as The 2nd Woman
Gale Lindsey as The [1st] Woman
Mark Miranda as The 1st Boy
Suzanne Barnes as The 3rd Woman
Concepcion Sandoval as The 1st Child
Yolanda Alonzo as The 2nd Child
Vincent Arias as The 2nd Boy
Carmelita Acosta as The 1st Girl
Synopsis: A poor Mexican woman struggles to fulfill her husband's dying wish, but she makes it work to her children's benefit.
Note: The sign outside the Diaz home reads: The Juan Diaz Museum See the Mummy 10 Centavos.
5. See the Monkey Dance
Airdate: November 9, 1964
From a Teleplay by: Lewis Davidson
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [as Stranger]
Roddy McDowall [as George]
Patricia Medina [as Wife]
With
George Pelling as Conductor
Shari Lee Bernath as Little Girl
Synopsis: A London stockbroker who is having an affair with a married woman befriends a stranger who later claims to be the woman's husband.
6. Lonely Place
Airdate: November 16, 1964
Teleplay by: Francis Irby Gwaltney
From the Story by: C.B. Gilford
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Starring
Teresa Wright [as Stella]
Pat Buttram [as Emery]
Bruce Dern [as Jesse]
Synopsis: A peach farmer offers a drifter a place to stay in exchange for helping with the harvest despite his wife's fear of the man.
7. The McGregor Affair
Airdate: November 23, 1964
Teleplay by: Morton Fine and David Friedkin,
From the Story by: Sidney Rowland
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: David Friedkin
Starring
Andrew Duggan as [John McGregor]
Guest Star
Elsa Lanchester as [Aggie McGregor]
Co-Starring
Bill Smith as Tommy Lad
John Hoyt as Dr. Knox
Michael Pate as Hare
Arthur Malet as Burke
Betty Harford as Elsie [Muldoon]
With
Michael Macready as Jarmley
William Beckley as Becker
Janine Gray as The Wench
Barry Macollum as The Vendor
Harriet Harper as Glynis
Iris Bristol as Rosie
Brendan Dillon as The Bartender
Synopsis: In 19th century Scotland a simple and unhappily-married man is employed to deliver supplies to anatomy professor Dr. Robert Knox of the Edinburgh Medical College, but is unaware of the true contents of the boxes.
8. Misadventure
Airdate: December 7, 1964
Written by: Lewis Davidson
Directed by: Joseph Newman
Starring
Barry Nelson [as Colin]
Lola Albright [as Eva Martin]
George Kennedy [as George Martin]
Michael Bregan as The Boyfriend
Synopsis: A wife awaiting the arrival of her lover is visited by a bizarre meter reader who loosens a valve on the gas pipe allowing gas fumes to escape into her basement. When she confronts the man he fakes a chronic fever and says a hot shower will assuage then he refuses to leave.
9. Triumph
Airdate: December 14, 1964
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
From a Story by: Robert Branson
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Starring
Ed Begley as Brother Thomas Fitzgibbons
Jeanette Nolan as Mary Fitzgibbons
Co-Starring
Maggie Pierce as Mrs. Lucy Sprague
Tom Simcox as Brother John Sprague
With
Than Wyenn as Ramna
Tony Scott as The Indian Employee
Synopsis: Two new missionaries arrive at the Fitzgibbons' medical mission in the jungles of India to help the doctor there, but the doctor's wife becomes jealous of the young arrivals.
10. Memo from Purgatory
Airdate: December 21, 1964
Teleplay by: Harlan Ellison
Based Upon His Autobiographical Work: Memos From Purgatory
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Starring
James Caan [as Jay Shaw]
Lynn Loring [as Filene - Girl Gang Member]
Walter Koenig [as Tiger]
Co-Starring
Tony Musante as Candle
Zalman King as Fish
With
Simon Scott as The Defender
Mark Slade as Slats
Michael Lamont as The Trooper
Johnny Silver as Ben
Jacquelin Palmer as Cherry
Chuck Courtney as Ski
Jimmy Joyce as The Proprietor
Will J. White as The Guard
Leonard P. Geer as The Derelict
Synopsis: A young writer joins a New York street gang in order to get material to write fiction about juvenile delinquent gangs. During his gang initiation, he gains the gang's leader trust and respect and begins a relationship with one of the gang's female affiliates. He also makes an enemy of the gang's second-in-command and risks exposure of his true identity.
Notes: This is one of few episodes of the series not to feature a humorous ending comment from Hitchcock. He said that the problem of youth gangs should be taken seriously, so he doesn't do a silly concluding scene, although his opening and the comment at the midpoint are humorous. The teleplay was based on Harlan Ellison's own real-life experiences in street gangs. In an interview Ellison said he had joined a gang simply to follow Hemingway's dictum to write what you know about.
11. Consider Her Ways
Airdate: December 28, 1964
Teleplay by: Oscar Millard
From the Story by: John Wyndham
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Starring
Barbara Barrie [as Dr. Jane Waterleigh]
Gladys Cooper [as Laura]
Co-Starring
Robert H. Harris as Doctor Perrigan
Gene Lyons as Max Wilding
Ellen Corby as The Chief Nurse
Virginia Gregg as The 3rd Doctor
With
Carmen Phillips as Mother Daisy
Diane Sayer as Mother Hazel
Dee J. Thompson as The 1st Doctor
Alice Backes as The 2nd Doctor
Eve Bruce as The Amazon
Ivy Bethune as The Nurse
Ginny Gan as The 1st Worker
Stacy King as The Female Worker
Penny Zaferiou as The Little Servitor
Leif Erickson as Doctor Hellyer
Synopsis: A woman awakens and finds herself in a future world where there are no men. The woman remembers her past life as a physician and wife and rebels at her position here as being just a mother.
12. Crimson Witness
Airdate: January 4, 1965
Teleplay by: Morton Fine and David Friedkin
From the Story by: Nigel Elliston
Directed by: David Friedkin
Starring
Peter Lawford [as Ernie Mullett]
Martha Hyer [as Judy Mullett]
Joanna Moore [as Madeleine]
Guest Star
Julie London [as Barbara]
Co-Starring
Roger C. Carmel as Farnum Mullett
Alan Baxter as Mr. Baldwin
Paul Comi as Modeer
With
Larry Thor as Haskel
Paul Micale as The Waiter
Nancy Hsueh as The Secretary
Synopsis: An embezzling engineer, Ernie Mullett, is demoted and his brother, Farnum Mullett, takes over his former position. Ernie was having an affair with his secretary who tells him how much she loves Farnum. Then his wife of six years tells him that she is leaving him for Farnum. Ernie decides he needs to do something about his brother.
Note: This episode features an original music score by jazz great Benny Carter.
13. Where the Woodbine Twineth
Airdate: January 11, 1965
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Davis Grubb
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
Margaret Leighton [as Nell Snyder]
Co-Starring
Carl Benton Reid as Captain King Snyder
Juanita Moore as Suse
With
Joel Fluellen as Jessie
E.J. Andre as The Preacher
Lila Perry as Numa
Eileen Baral as Eva Snyder
Synopsis: Recently orphaned five-year-old Eva comes to live with her riverboat captain grandfather and his old-maid daughter, Nell. Eva has an overactive imagination and Nell becomes concerned when Eva constantly talks to imaginary friends.
Note: This episode is based on the short story You Never Believe Me by Davis Grubb best known for writing The Night of the Hunter (1955).
14. Final Performance
Airdate: January 18, 1965
Teleplay by: Clyde Ware
From the Story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: John Brahm
Starring
Franchot Tone [as Rudolph Bitzner]
Sharon Farrell [as Rosie]
Roger Perry [as Cliff Allen]
Co-Starring
Kelly Thordsen as The Sheriff
William Challee as Wint Davis
Synopsis: An old vaudevillian performer hoping to make a comeback discovers that the young woman he wants to marry is planning to run away with a television writer.
15. Thanatos Palace Hotel
Airdate: February 1, 1965
Teleplay by: Arthur Ross
From the Story by: Andre Maurois
Directed by: Laslo Benedek
Starring
Angie Dickinson [as Ariane Shaw]
Guest Starring
Steven Hill [as Robert Manners]
Co-Starring
G. B. Atwater as Borchter
Bartlett Robinson as Mr. J. Smith
With
Rex Comeaux as Devereau
Robert Reiner as The Doctor
Charles Fredericks as The Big Man
Gail Bonney as The Gray-Haired Woman
Pat Renella as The Lean Man
Adrianne Ellis as The Young Woman
Nancy Sanderson as The Nurse
Len Hendry as The Driver
Henry Wills as The 1st Cowboy
Lew Brown as The 2nd Cowboy
Synopsis: Robert Manners is suicidal, and is saved by a fire company when he jumps from a building. While recuperating he is visited by Mr. J. Smith who invites him to a resort hotel for those who wish to die. He meets a beautiful guest, Ariane Shaw, who resides at the hotel providing services for her room and board by the romancing of male guests in preparation for their deaths. With Manners, for the first time, she finds a reason to live, as does he.
Note: Thanatos is the Greek word for death.
16. One of the Family
Airdate: February 8, 1965
Teleplay by: Oscar Millard
From the Story by: James Yaffe
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Starring
Lilia Skala [as Frieda Schmidt]
Jeremy Slate [as Dexter Dailey]
Kathryn Hays as Joyce Dailey
Co-Starring
Olive Deering as Christine Callendar
With
Willis Bouchey as Dr. Bailey
Doris Lloyd as The [Callendars'] Maid
Frances Reid as The Mother [- Joyce's]
Synopsis: A man and his wife hire his childhood nanny to care for their baby son. The mother becomes suspicious when she learns the description of a child killer whom the police are looking for matches their nanny.
17. An Unlocked Window
Airdate: February 15, 1965
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Ethel Lina White
Directed by: Joseph M. Newman
Starring
Dana Wynter [as Stella]
Co-Starring
Louise Latham as Maude Isles
John Kerr as Glendon Baker
With
T.C. Jones as Nurse Betty Ames
E. J. Andre as Sam Isles
Stephen Roberts as Boris Crispis
Cathie Merchant as Frieda Little
John Willis as The Newscaster
Lew Brown as Al Ruben
Len Hendry as The Man
Synopsis: Two nurses are taking care of a bed ridden patient in an old mansion in the area where a serial killer is reported to be.
Note: The cast of this episode were not given the final few pages of the script and no one but a limited crew and the two actors involved in the final scenes were allowed on the set to safeguard its shocking ending.
18. The Trap
Airdate: February 22, 1965
Teleplay by: Lee Kalcheim
From the Story by: Stanley Abbott
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: John Brahm
Starring
Anne Francis [as Peg Beale]
Donnelly Rhodes [as John Cochran]
Robert Strauss [as Ted Beale]
With
Patricia Manning as Jenifer Arnold
Mary Scott as The Party Guest
Walter Mathews as Glen Arnold
Emma Tyson as Rosemary Arnold
Pat Renella as The Boyfriend
Gil Stuart as The Butler
Harold Ayer as The Servant
Murray Alper as The Cabbie
Sandra Daro as The Watusi Dancer
Michael Blodgett as The Watusi Dancer
Synopsis: A toy manufacturer's new assistant has an affair with the businessman's beautiful younger wife. The bright college grad proves valuable to the middle-aged manufacturer through his hard work but the young man is impatient for advancement.
19. Wally the Beard
Airdate: March 1, 1965
Teleplay by: Arthur A. Ross
From a Story by: Stanley Abbott
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: James H. Brown
Starring
Larry Blyden [as Walter Mills]
Co-Starring
Kathie Browne as Noreen [Kimberly]
Berkeley Harris as Curly
Katherine Squire as Mrs. Adams
George Mitchell as Keefer
With
Lee Bergere as The Detective
Dave Willock as The [Wig] Salesman
Elizabeth Harrower as Mrs. Jones
Leslie Perkins as Lucy Jones
John Indrisano as The Bartender
Synopsis: When a man changes his appearance he winds up getting a whole new personality. This leads to a new girlfriend along with a lot of serious problems that have the very real potential to destroy his life unless he does something soon.
20. Death Scene
Airdate: March 8, 1965
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From the Story by: Helen Nielsen
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Starring
Vera Miles [as Nicky Revere]
John Carradine [as Gavin Revere]
James Farentino [as Leo Manfred]
Buck Taylor [as Dancer Smith]
With
Leonard Yorr as Bill Wagner
Virginia Aldridge as Susan Revere
Capt. Horace Brown as Harry
Nick Borgani as Sam Gread
Vince Williams as Our Hero
Synopsis: An auto mechanic with aspirations of becoming an actor sees his chance to make it big when the daughter of a famous director brings him their limousine to fix.
Note: The two words on the entry gate are MON VERE, which is French, could mean my father (mon vère) or my dear (mon vére).
21. The Photographer and the Undertaker
Airdate: March 15, 1965
Teleplay by: Alfred Hayes
From the Story by: James Holding
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Alex March
Starring
Jack Cassidy [as Arthur Mannix]
Harry Townes [as Hiram Price]
Alfred Ryder [as Attorney Johnathan Rudolph]
Jocelyn Lane as Sylvia [Sylvester]
Co-Starring
Philip Bourneuf as Mr. [Ernest] Sylvester
With
Jack Bernardi as [Mr. Leibowitz -] The Delicatessen Man
Joan Swift as Miss Whiting
Richard Jury as Willis
Clegg Hoyt as The Man
[Chick Hearn as Baseball Announcer (voice)]
Synopsis: Two men both moonlighting as hit men for the same employer find out that each has the other as his next target.
22. Thou Still Unravished Bride
Airdate: March 22, 1965
Teleplay by: Morton Fine and David Friedkin
From the Story by: Avram Davidson
As Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: David Friedkin
Starring
Ron Randell [as Tommy Bonn]
David Carradine [as Edward Clarke]
Sally Kellerman as Sally Benner
Co-Starring
Michael Pate as Stephen Leslie
Kent Smith as Mr. Benner
Edith Atwater as Mrs. Benner
Virginia Gregg as Mrs. [Essie] Setlin
Howard Caine as Mr. Setlin
With
Ben Wright as Mr. Sutherland
Richard Lupino as Guerny, Jr.
Betty Harford as The Woman
Victor Rogers as Bobbie
George Pelling as The Sergeant
Ted Bessell as Elliott Setlin
Brendan Dillon as The Bartender
Doris Lloyd as The Mother
Jana Lesley as Myrna
Alan Napier as Guerny, Sr.
Synopsis: A man is greatly concerned for his fiancée's safety after she has taken a walk alone in the London fog. An elusive strangler who targets lone women on the street is on the loose, potentially putting her life at risk if she should encounter the relentless killer.
Note: The title Thou still unravished bride is the beginning of the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn by the Romantic poet John Keats.
23. Completely Foolproof
Airdate: March 29, 1965
Teleplay by: Anthony Terpiloff
From the Story by: Andrew Benedict
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Alf Kjellin
Starring
J. D. Cannon [as Joe Brisson]
Special Guest Star
Patricia Barry [as Lisa Brisson]
Co-Starring
Geoffrey Horne as Bobby Davenport
Myron Healey as [George] Foyle
With
Joyce Meadows as Anna
Lester Matthews as Walter Dunham
Robert Lieb as Baines
Jo de Winter as Betty Lawrence
Janet MacLachlan as The Secretary
Synopsis: A woman comes up with a plan to insure she will get a large amount of money when she divorces her wealthy husband.
24. Power of Attorney
Airdate: April 5, 1965
Teleplay by: James Bridges
From a Story by: Selwyn Jepson
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Starring
Richard Johnson [as Jarvis Smith]
Geraldine Fitzgerald [as Agatha Tomlin]
Special Guest Star
Fay Bainter [as Mary Caulfield]
With
Josie Lloyd as Eileen Caroll
Mary Scott Hardwicke as Sarah Norton
Jonathan Hole as The Hotel Clerk
Mark Sturges as Roger Reeves
George Sims as The Policeman
Al Ruban as The Clerk
Anthony Jochim as Thomas Barton
Synopsis: A clever con man makes a living by preying on wealthy old women by posing as an investment counselor.
25. The World's Oldest Motive
Airdate: April 12, 1965
Teleplay by: Lewis Davidson
From the Story by: Larry M. Harris
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Harry Morgan
Starring
Henry Jones [as Alex Morrow]
Linda Lawson [as Fiona McNiece]
Guest Star
Robert Loggia [as Richard Schausak]
Co-Starring
Kathleen Freeman as Angela Morrow
With
Dee J. Thompson as Miss Rice
Joseph Mell as Jamieson
Susan French as The Cleaning Woman
Kai Hernandez as The Hatcheck Girl
Shawn Michaels as The Drinker
Syl Lamont as The Waiter
Tom Stears as The Taxi Driver
Synopsis: A philandering husband decides to improve his situation by having his overweight and frumpy wife killed. He then has second thoughts and desperately tries to stop the murder.
26. The Monkey's Paw-A Retelling
Airdate: April 19, 1965
Teleplay by: Morton Fine, David Friedkin and Anthony Terpiloff
From the Story by: W. W. Jacobs
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Starring
Leif Erickson [as Paul White]
Guest Star
Jane Wyatt [as Anne White]
Special Guest Star
Collin Wilcox [as Selina]
Co-Starring
Lee Majors as Howard White
Janet MacLachlan as Gayle
With
Stuart Margolin as Robin Boyd
Zolya Talma as The Gypsy Woman
Richard Caruso as The Gypsy Boy
Gil Stuart as The British Man
Marusia Toumanoff as Natasha Gurlieff
Peter Howard as Curtis Welks
Carmen Phillips as Mary Smith
Michelle Marley as Joan Fanu
Vincent Chase as Hume Ray
Pat Renella as Frank Corseli
Synopsis: A gypsy woman gives a couple a monkey-paw which is said to grant its holder three wishes. Both the husband and wife test the power of monkey-paw charm's but their son suffers the consequences.
27. The Second Wife
Airdate: April 26, 1965
Teleplay by: Robert Bloch
From a Story by: Richard Deming
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Joseph M. Newman
Starring
June Lockhart [as Martha Peters]
John Anderson [as Luke Hunter]
With
Alice Backes as Helen Fiske
Eve McVeagh as Sylvia Boggs
Jim Boles as Reverend Gilfoyle
Gertrude Flynn as Peggy Gilfoyle
David Fresco as Sam Ogle
Vincent Chase as The Pawnbroker
Synopsis: A mail-order bride begins to believe her husband killed his first wife and wants to kill her as well.
Note: Hitchcock's introductory sequence presents the audience with an "innovation" in acting: the use of robots instead of human actors. The irony is that the episode stars June Lockhart who not long afterwards starred in one of the seminal space travel series Lost in Space which notably featured a robot as a regular character.
28. Night Fever
Airdate: May 3, 1965
Teleplay by: Gilbert Ralston
From a Story by: Clark Howard
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: Herbert Coleman
Starring
Colleen Dewhurst [as Nurse Ellen Hatch]
Tom Simcox [as Jerry Walsh]
Co-Starring
Joe De Santis as Jake Martinez
Don Stewart as Gabe Greely
Don Marshall as Joe Chandler
With
Richard Bull as Dr. Michaels
Rayford Barnes as George Clark
Laurie Mitchell as Pinky
Carol Brewster as Mabel Cramm
Peggy Lipton as Mary Winters
Synopsis: A wounded man who shot a police officer is hospitalized under tight guard. When an older, plain nurse takes charge of his care he seeks her aid to help him escape.
29. Off Season
Airdate: May 10, 1965
Teleplay by: Robert Bloch
From a Story by: Edward D. Hoch
As Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring
John Gavin [as Johnny Kendall]
Co-Starring
Richard Jaeckel as Milt Woodman
Tom Drake as Sheriff Dade
Indus Arthur as Sandy Evans
Dodie Heath as Irma Dade
With
Frederick P. Draper as Dr. Hornbeck
Duncan McLeod as The Bartender
Jimmy Joyce as Sgt. Racin
Harry Hines as The Thief
Jim Drum as Al
William O'Connell as Art Summers
Synopsis: A trigger-happy cop with some very violent tendencies is discharged from the police force. He tries to start a new life and gets a job as an unarmed deputy watching over vacant summer vacation homes.
Note: Although this is the last episode of the series, Hitchcock's closing monologue concludes with the usual lines: Next week we shall return with another story. Until then, goodnight. This was done for the summer reruns and syndication.
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