Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3
Season 3
Network
Episodes39
DatesOct 6, 1957 - Jun 29, 1958
Episodes
Season 3Episode 130 min
The Glass Eye
A man tells the story of his deceased sister and her romantic obsession with a travelling ventriloquist, Max Collodi.
Oct 6, 1957
Season 3Episode 230 min
The Mail Order Prophet
One day, Ronald Grimes recieves a letter from a Mr. Christianai who says he can predict the future. The letter correctly predicts the outcome of an upcomng election. More letters follow and through gambling, Grimes acquires a large amount of money. A final letter from Christianai asks for a contribution. Grimes gives it quite willingly. Later Grimes finds out that Christiani was a fraud. He was really a con man who sent out thousands of letters half of them predicting one kind of outcome, and the other half predicting another. Grimes was luck: he got the right predictions time after time.
Oct 13, 1957
Season 3Episode 330 min
The Perfect Crime
An arrogant detective Charles Courtney prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career. He keeps a shelf of labeled mementos from each of his cases. On the shelf there is an open space and a blank tag for what Courtney calls "The Perfect Crime". One day a defense lawyer stuns Courtney when he confronts him with evidence that the detective helped convict an innocent man who has since been executed. Courtney kills the lawyer, bakes him in a pottery kiln, and places the vase in the open space on his shelf as a memento to his perfect crime.
Oct 20, 1957
Season 3Episode 430 min
Heart of Gold
Jackie Blake is released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. A friend from prison arranges for Jackie to stay with his mother. Jackie does this and is accepted into the convict's family. Gradually, his attitude toward life changes. He gets a job and is quite content. Later, he learns that the family's hospitality was merely a front and that they took him in only to find out where he hid the stolen money from his bank job.
Oct 27, 1957
Season 3Episode 530 min
The Silent Witness
Donald Mason is a married professor who wants to end a romance with one of his stidents. He stops by while she is babysitting. He tries to end the relationship, but she threatens to expose him. He kills her and leaves a witness: the screaming baby she was watching. Later, Mason runs into the infant in a carriage on the street. At the sight of him the baby screams and cries. Haunted by the child's screams, Mason gives himself up. Later, however, he discovers that the baby has only been around women his entire life. It screams whenever any man comes near.
Nov 3, 1957
Season 3Episode 630 min
Reward to Finder
John Gaminsky loves the coffee his wife makes. He finds a wallet containing a lot of money. He sees an ad in the paper asking for its return. His wife tells him to give the wallet back, but John lies to her and tells her that he did so. When she sees the ad again, she realizes he kept the cash for himself. She gives him a choice: either let her spend some of the money at an expensive store or she'll call the police. John opts for the former. When her buying spree goes out of control, however, he realizes there is not enough to share. His wife comes to the same conclusion. She gives him a poisoned cup of coffee, and is killed shortly after by him. He picks up the cup and drinks it after committing his crime.
Nov 10, 1957
Season 3Episode 730 min
Enough Rope for Two
John Kedzie is released from prison after committing a robbery. Only Joe knows where the money is hidden: at the bottom of a mine shaft out in the desert. Maxie and Madge find Joe when he goes to retrieve the money. He agrees to cut them in. Maxie gets greedy and Joe shoots him. Unfortunately, he also puts a hole in their only canteen. Joe lowers himself down the mineshaft with a rope to retrieve the money. He ties the money to the rope and sends it up. When he tries to climb out, Madge cuts the rope and he falls and breaks his leg. Madge tries to get away, but discovers that Joe has the keys to the truck. She is now miles away from civilization with a hot burning sun beating down on her.
Nov 17, 1957
Season 3Episode 830 min
Last Request
A man about to be executed for a murder he did not commit, uses a last request to give his version of events.
Nov 24, 1957
Season 3Episode 930 min
The Young One
A rebellious, pretty teenage girl uses any means, even murder, to get free of her overly protective aunt who is raising her.
Dec 1, 1957
Season 3Episode 1030 min
The Diplomatic Corpse
A married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.
Dec 8, 1957
Season 3Episode 1130 min
The Deadly
A plumber is blackmailing several suburban housewives. When he confronts his latest victim, Margot Brenner, he runs into a dead end. She catches onto his scam and uses his own method to bring him to down.
Dec 15, 1957
Season 3Episode 1230 min
Miss Paisley's Cat
Miss Paisley adopts a stray cat. She names him Stanley. Stanley sneaks into the room of the violent tempered Mr. Rinditch. He tells Miss Paisley to keep the cat out of his room, but she fails. The cat sneaks into his apartment and Rinditch kills it. When Miss Paisley finds out, she grabs a knife to kill Rinditch, but she has second thoughts. She sits down and falls asleep. In the morning she wakes up wearing different clothes. The knife is also missing. She discovers that Rinditch has been stabbed to death and that a janitor has been charged with the crime. She is convinced she is the murderer but the police don't believe her. The janitor is later convicted and executed. Miss Paisley then discovers Stanley's collar. She remembers the murder. She did kill Rinditch and threw her bloodstained clothes and knife into a river. She now does the same thing with Stanley's collar so that no one can trace the crime to her.
Dec 22, 1957
Season 3Episode 1330 min
Night of the Execution
D.A. Warren Selvey learns that he's on bad political ground beause of his low conviction rate. He decides to vigorously prosecute a man named Rodman. He wins the murder case and Rodman is sentenced to die. After the sentence, howeber, Selvey meets a man named Barnes who claims to have committed the crimes. Selvey is now being considered a candidate for Congress. Fearing the reprecussions of having convicted an innocent man, Selvey frightens Barnes into silence. The night Rodman is to be executed, Barnes shows up and urges Selvey to call the governor. Selvey refuses and in an ensuing struggle Barnes is killed. Selvey's political ambitions are ruined. Days later Selvey learns that Barnes was a fake. He was a crazy retired judge who would study the evidence of a case and then confess to the crime.
Dec 29, 1957
Season 3Episode 1430 min
The Percentage
Eddie Slovak meets an old Army buddy named Pete who once saved his life. He intends to repay his friend. He offers him money for a business, but Peter refuses. Eddie tries to talk to Pete's wife Louise. Louise falls for Eddie and the two become romantically involved. Eddie eventually kills her. Later he explains to Pete that he did him a favor since she was cheating on him. Pete calls the police and Eddie is arrested. Pete goes to see Eddie's girlfriend and explains that their plan worked. Louise is dead and Eddie is out of the way. Now, the two of them can be together.
Jan 5, 1958
Season 3Episode 1530 min
Together
At an officer Christmas part Shelley calls Tony and tells him he must get a divorce and marry her. She threatens to tell his wife about her if he doesn't. After the party, Tony comes to Shelley's office. When she threatens him again, he stabs her. He tries to leave the office but discovers that the door is locked. He finds the keys but uses the wrong one and jams the door. He tries other ways, but they all fail. Eventually he hears some carolers outside on the streets below. He writes a note and using the keys to weigh it down, he drops it out a window. The keys prove too heavy and the note sinks into the snow.
Jan 12, 1958
Season 3Episode 1630 min
Sylvia
Sylvia is a young woman who is contemplating suicide. Her ex-husband Peter married her for money. When her father discovered this, he forced him to divorce her. Sylvia is in touch with Peter and wants him back. Peter calls her father and tells him that he will to stay out of her life for a price. Sylvia's father tells her about his blackmail scheme. She tells him that she bought a gun to use on Peter if they did not get back together. She goes to her room alone and his followed by her father who fears she might kill herself. When he comes in, she shoots him saying that he never let her live her own life.
Jan 19, 1958
Season 3Episode 1730 min
The Motive
The possibility of true motiveless killing is explored. Also, buttons.
Jan 26, 1958
Season 3Episode 1830 min
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
Millicent Bracegirdle is a sheltered old woman who decides to go to Paris. Her visit does not turn out well when she accidently enters the wrong hotel room and gets locked inside with a notorious murderer.
Feb 2, 1958
Season 3Episode 1930 min
The Equalizer
Our beloved Hitchcock takes up golf.
Feb 9, 1958
Season 3Episode 2030 min
On the Nose
Fran is a housewife addicted to gambling. Her bookie threatens to tell her husband if she doesn't pay up a loan by five that afternoon. She needs to raise 25 dollars fast. She manages to scrape up five dollars and then tries to shoplift the rest. She is caught by a store detective. As they drive off in his car the detective listens to her story and offers her twenty dollars in exchange for a little romance. She refuses and the car crashes. She flees the scene of the accidnet but accidently leaves her purse and the money. She returns home and is surprised to have her purse returned by the police. It now contains twenty dollars which they found in the car and assumed was hers. She now has enough money to pay off the loan. After her husband calls to say that he must go to Chicago on business, Fran calls her bookie. Instead of paying him the money she tells him to put twenty-five dollars on a horse named Chicago Flyer.
Feb 16, 1958
Season 3Episode 2130 min
Guest for Breakfast
Jordon and Eve Ross are a married couple who are constantly fighting. Their latest argument is interrupted when a wanted murderer named Lacey shows up. He holds them captive all night. Lacey ends up being an effective marriage counselor. Throughout the night, he convinces the couple to mend their differences, despite being wanted for murdering his wife and her lover.
Feb 23, 1958
Season 3Episode 2230 min
The Return of the Hero
Sgt. Andre is a returning veteran from the French-Algerian war. He heads home to his estate with his crippled friend Marcel. Marcel lost his leg saving Andre's life. Along the way Andre falls for a beautiful girl Teresa even though he is already engaged to be married. Marcel and a good web of lies help Andre out of his problem.
Mar 2, 1958
Season 3Episode 2330 min
The Right Kind of House
Mr. Waterbury believes he can get a good deal on some real estate because a murder occurred in the home. But he hasn't dealt with Sadie Grimes the owner who refuses to lower the price because of an emotional attachment.
Mar 9, 1958
Season 3Episode 2430 min
The Foghorn
Lucia is in bed in a place that is apparently a hospital. She tries to remember how she ended up there, and then a flashback begins. Lucia had met and fallen in love with Allen at a party to celebrate her engagement to another man. She decides to break off her engagement. Lucia later discovers that Allen is married but continues to meet him after he tells her he will get a divorce. Things go wrong when Allen admits his wife will not consent to the divorce. He and Lucia go for a ride in a sailboat to discuss their plans. They are subsequently lost in the fog and then their boat is hit by a freighter.
Mar 16, 1958
Season 3Episode 2530 min
Flight to the East
Ted Franklin is a reporter who is assigned to cover the trial of an Arab leader accused of murder. His stories about the Arab leader's guilt win him international acclaim. When his stories begin to stress the Arab's innocence he loses his prestige. When the Arab is found guilty and executed, Frank is fired and humiliated. Later, Franklin's past is revealed: he killed German general and stole a number of war souvenirs. Franklin finds himself in the news again, but this time he is on the receiving end.
Mar 23, 1958
Season 3Episode 2630 min
Bull in a China Shop
A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.
Mar 30, 1958
Season 3Episode 2730 min
Disappearing Trick
Walter Richmond is a gullible tennis player with a nose for snooping. He meets a woman named Laura Gild and tries to learn everything about her. His curiosity does not pay off when she and her supposedly dead husband scam him for money.
Apr 6, 1958
Season 3Episode 2830 min
Lamb to the Slaughter
Mary Maloney is a devoted wife and an exceptional housekeeper. One day, he husband, the police chief, announces that he wants a divorce because he has met another woman. Mary is quite angy and kills him with a blow from a frozen leg of lamb. She calls the police and provides and alibi for herself with the story that she'd been out to the store when the murder took place. The investigating officer, Lieutenant Noonan is further frustrated when he cannot to find the murder weapon. Knowing of the long and hard hours spent looking into the case, Mary invites Noonan to the other investigators for a bite to eat. They dig into Mary's leg of lamb and Noonan still thinking about the missing murder weapon says ""For all we know, it might be right under our very noses.""
Apr 13, 1958
Season 3Episode 2930 min
Fatal Figures
Harold Goames comes across a book of crime statistics and learns that the most select class of criminals in the country is made up of murderers. He immediately decideds to join that class and murders his sister Margaret. His dream of joining the class of murders is does not come true because police mistakenly rule that her sister died of natural causes.
Apr 20, 1958
Season 3Episode 3030 min
Death Sentence
Paula Frayne's husband Norman is a chonic worrier who shows her little attention. When an old friend of Norman's shows up and shows too much interest in Paula, Norman becomes difficult. Paula becomes convinced that Norman no longer loves her and moves out of the house. She was wrong, however. Norman really loves her and threatens murder to prove it.
Apr 27, 1958
Season 3Episode 3130 min
Festive Season
Charlie Boerum has been carrying on a long standing feud with his sister Celia because he believes that she killed his wife. When the family lawyer shows up on Christmas Eve to make an attempt to reconcile the two, he discovers that they are still squabbling. He also discovers that they are also planning each other's murder.
May 4, 1958
Season 3Episode 3230 min
Listen, Listen. . . !
Three women have been strangled. Police arrest a stocking salesman as the killer. Mr. Morgan knows who the real culprit is: he has seen the next murder in a dream. He tries to tell people, but no one listens. His wife ignores him as well which is unfortuante because she's the strangler's next victim.
May 11, 1958
Season 3Episode 3330 min
Post Mortem
Steve and Judy Archer are having money problems. When Judy's first husband Harry died of a heart attack, Judy collected on a large insurance police Steve sold him. Judy and Steve were then married and Steve quit his job, but later squandered most of Judy's money. The couple discovers that Harry bought a winning Sweepstakes ticket. Unfortunately, the winning ticket is in his pocket and he is buried six feet under. Judy wants to dig up the corpse, but Steve doesn't. Judy gets help from a reporter who digs up the body and finds the ticket. Later the reporter reveals himself as an insurance detective. He believes Harry was murdered, possibly by Steve. Later while Judy is in the bath, Steve returns and takes the winning ticket. He throws an electric heater in the bathtub. Judy screams and Steve runs, right into the arms of the waiting police. Judy emerges from the bathroom unharmed. The detective removed the fuse so she was not electrocuted. As Steve is led away by the police, Judy takes th
May 18, 1958
Season 3Episode 3430 min
The Crocodile Case
Jack Lyons is interrogated by the police. He accidently reveals himself as a murderer when he identifies a crocodile dressing case and the initial's engraved on it. Since the initials were engraved on it shortly before the murder and fell off during the murder, only the killer and victim could have known about them. Jack is promptly arrested.
May 25, 1958
Season 3Episode 3530 min
A Dip in the Pool
William Botibol is a compulsive gambler. While on a cruise he enters a betting pool to guess the number of miles the ship will travel in the course of twenty four miles. William gains some inside information when he learns that the ships is going to slow down to avoid an upcoming storm. Unfortunately the storm passes and the ship continues to speed on its course. He decides to force the ship to slow down by throwing himself overboard. He figures that when word gets out of someone going overboard the ship will slow down to get him. He picks out a witness and jumps overboard. The witness doesn't say a word. She's mentally ill and does not alert anyone to Williams plight.
Jun 1, 1958
Season 3Episode 3630 min
The Safe Place
George Piper is a bank teller and gambler. One day, a gambler named Victor arrives at the bank and makes a large withdrawl. Later, George visits Victor and kills him. He takes Victor's money and hides it in a secret place in his teller's cash drawer at the bank. The police question George, but clear him of any wrongdoing. George's boss, however, fires him. He demands the key to the crash drawer where George hid the money in order to give it to George's replacement.
Jun 8, 1958
Season 3Episode 3730 min
The Canary Sedan
Laura Bowlby is a psychic who wants to visit her husband in Hong King. She is picked up by a chauffer in a black sedan. Laura Bowlby says she does not like the color and would prefer a canary yellow one instead. This remark shocks the driver since the car was once canary yellow before a recent paint job. Inside the car, Laura begins to hear a woman's voice. The voice tells Laura about a passionate affair. Laura longs for such passion in her life because her husband James is quite unromantic and cold. After some research, Laura find the grave of the woman who has been talking to her. She looks at the gravestone and is unpleasantly surprised to see the initials of the dead woman and the initials of her own husband, James.
Jun 15, 1958
Season 3Episode 3830 min
The Impromptu Murder
A woman who once accused Henry Dow of a crime enters the town and he invites her to stay with him and his sister. She tells Henry that she is carrying a large amount of money since she is planning an investment. Henry kills her for the money and dumps her body into the river. Henry then attends a dedication ceremony held on a bridge overlooking the river. When a body floats by, Henry is asked to identify it as the missing Miss Wilkinson. Without really looking at the body, he says it isn't her. A police detective asks Henry's sister to identify the body. Before she can have a look Henry confesses to the murder. Unfortunately for him, the body wasn't Miss Wilkinson's at all. It was someone else.
Jun 22, 1958
Season 3Episode 3930 min
Little White Frock
An old, unemployed actor (Herbert Marshall) uses an even older ploy to get a part in a play.
Jun 29, 1958
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