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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
The Glass Eye
Sun, Oct 6, 195733 mins
While cleaning out the apartment of his dead cousin Julia, Jim Whitely comes across a strange glass eye and tells to his wife the story of how his cousin acquired it. Julia had fallen in love with a famous ventriloquist named Max Collodi. She had been to all his performances and had sent letters requesting to meet him. One day, Max agrees to meet her. She arrives to his hotel room to find him sitting in darkness with his dummy George. As they talk, Julia gives in to an impulse to touch Max.
Episode 2
Mail Order Prophet
Sun, Oct 13, 195732 mins
One day, Ronald Grimes receives a letter from a Mr. Christiani who says he can predict the future. The letter correctly predicts the outcome of an upcoming election. More letters follow and through gambling, Grimes acquires a large amount of money. A final letter from Christiani asks for a contribution. Grimes gives it quite willingly.
Episode 3
The Perfect Crime
Sun, Oct 20, 195725 mins
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.
Episode 4
Heart of Gold
Sun, Oct 27, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 5
Silent Witness
Sun, Nov 3, 195730 mins
Donald Mason is a married professor who wants to end a romance with one of his students. 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.
Episode 6
Reward to Finder
Sun, Nov 10, 195730 mins
John Gaminsky 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 he already did so. When she sees the ad again, she realizes he kept the cash for himself. She gives him a choice: either let her shop at an expensive store or she'll call the police. John opts for the former. When she goes on a buying spree, however, he realizes there is not enough to share. His wife comes to the same conclusion.
Episode 7
Enough Rope for Two
Sun, Nov 17, 195730 mins
Joe 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.
Episode 8
Last Request
Sun, Nov 24, 195730 mins
Gerald Daniels is granted a last request on the eve of his execution. He asks for a typewriter. He writes a letter to a newspaper that recounts his criminal career. In the letter he explains how he once murdered a waitress who was trying to blackmail him, how the D.A. convicted her ex-husband of the crime, and how the man had been executed. He writes that he, now, is in the same position: he is going to be executed for a crime he did not commit. Before his death, he wants to testify that the D.A. is not only a sloppy prosecutor, but also a murderer.
Episode 9
The Young One
Sun, Dec 1, 195730 mins
Janice is a beautiful 17-year-old who longs to be free from the influence of her guardian Aunt Mae. She also wants to get out of the small town she's in. She asks her boyfriend Stan to marry her so that they can run away. Since he doesn't have a job, he keeps putting off the marriage. Janice does something herself. She meets a man named Tex and lures him home for a drink. When she hears a car outside she starts fighting with Tex. She rips her clothes and knocks over furniture. A policeman who sees Janice with Tex enters the house. Upon entering the house, he discovers Aunt Mae's body. Janice tells the policeman that Tex killed her. The policeman accepts the girl's story. Then, however, Stan arrives.
Episode 10
The Diplomatic Corpse
Sun, Dec 8, 195730 mins
Evan Wallace and his wife Janet take Janet's wealthy aunt on an sightseeing trip to Mexico. Janet's aunt suddenly dies in the back seat of their car. They cover the body and stop at a café for a soothing drink. When they return, they discover that the car has been stolen.
Episode 11
The Deadly
Sun, Dec 15, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 12
Miss Paisley's Cat
Sun, Dec 22, 195730 mins
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 when she wakes her lights have been turned off, and her coat and gloves are gone. 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.
Episode 13
Night of the Execution
Sun, Dec 29, 195730 mins
D.A. Warren Selvey learns that he's on bad political ground because 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, however, Selvey meets a man named Barnes who claims to have committed the crimes. Selvey is now being considered a candidate for Congress. Fearing the repercussions 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.
Episode 14
The Percentage
Sun, Jan 5, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 15
Together
Sun, Jan 12, 195830 mins
At an office Christmas party, 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. How will he get out?
Episode 16
Sylvia
Sun, Jan 19, 195830 mins
Sylvia is a young woman who we think is contemplating suicide. Her ex-husband, Peter, married her for money. When he forged a check, her father agreed not to prosecute if he divorced her. Now Sylvia is again in touch with Peter, and wants him back. Peter calls her father and tells him that he will stay out of her life for a price. Sylvia's father tells her about his blackmail scheme, and 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 is followed by her father, who is worried about her and tries to retrieve the gun.
Episode 17
The Motive
Sun, Jan 26, 195830 mins
Tommy Greer is a crime buff who decides to commit a motiveless murder in order to confuse the police. He selects his victim from a phone book at random. He tracks him down and kills him but his "perfect crime" is unraveled by modern crime-fighting techniques.
Episode 18
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
Sun, Feb 2, 195830 mins
Millicent Bracegirdle is a sheltered older woman who decides to go to Paris. Her trip does not turn out well when she accidentally enters the wrong hotel room after a bath and gets locked inside with the dead body of a notorious murderer.
Episode 19
The Equalizer
Sun, Feb 9, 195830 mins
Eldon Marsh is a physically weak man whose wife is stolen by a much larger man, named Wayne Phillips. He sets about a revenge that results in a rooftop confrontation with Wayne. The match seems uneven, but Eldon has an equalizer: a gun.
Episode 20
On the Nose
Sun, Feb 16, 195830 mins
Fran is a housewife addicted to gambling. Her bookie threatens to tell her husband if she doesn't pay up a loan by five o'clock 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 accident but accidentally 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 Washington on business, Fran calls her bookie. Instead of paying him the money she tells him to put two dollars on a horse named Washington Flyer.
Episode 21
Guest for Breakfast
Sun, Feb 23, 195830 mins
Jordon and Eve Ross are a married couple who are constantly fighting. Their latest argument is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a wanted murderer named Lacey. He holds them captive all morning. Lacey ends up being an effective marriage counselor. All of this is despite the fact that Lacey is wanted for murdering his wife and her lover.
Episode 22
The Return of the Hero
Sun, Mar 2, 195830 mins
Sgt. Andre is a returning veteran from the French-Algerian war. He heads home to his estate with his friend Marcel. Marcel saved Andre's life. Along the way Andre falls for a beautiful girl Therese even though he is already engaged to be married. Marcel and a good web of lies help Andre out of his problem.
Episode 23
The Right Kind of House
Sun, Mar 9, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 24
The Foghorn
Sun, Mar 16, 195830 mins
Lucia meets and falls in love with a man named Allen Bliss at a party that is a celebration of her engagement to another man: John St. Rogers. She decides to break the engagement. She later discovers that Allen is already married. The lovers decide to go for a ride in a sailboat to discuss their plans.
Episode 25
Flight to the East
Sun, Mar 23, 195830 mins
A complex mystery, this Hitchcock mystery begins with an American reporter, his companion, and a young woman sitting together on a flight out of Nairobi. The reporter, Ted Franklin, tells his story of betrayal and the unjust execution of an Arab-French arms dealer who allegedly sparked a tribal uprising in Kenya. Franklin is convinced of the man's innocence, but as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the woman has a very personal stake in the drama and that Franklin may not be what he claims to be.
Episode 26
Bull in a China Shop
Sun, Mar 30, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 27
Disappearing Trick
Sun, Apr 6, 195830 mins
A bookie asks womanizing tennis player Walter Richmond, who's short on cash, to locate an inactive, high-rolling client. Walter discovers that the old gambler apparently died when his sailboat sank, leaving his beautiful young widow with little money. Sparks fly between Walter and the widow when he finds out the gambler placed bets three months after the accident.
Episode 28
Lamb to the Slaughter
Sun, Apr 13, 195830 mins
Mary Maloney is a devoted wife and an exceptional housekeeper. One day, her husband, the police chief, announces that he wants a divorce because he has met another woman. Mary is quite angry and kills him with a blow from a frozen leg of lamb. She calls the police and provides an 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 find the murder weapon.
Episode 29
Fatal Figures
Sun, Apr 20, 195830 mins
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 decides to join that class and murders his sister Margaret. His dream of joining the class of murders does not come true because police mistakenly rule that the sister died of natural causes.
Episode 30
Death Sentence
Sun, Apr 27, 195830 mins
Paula Frayne's husband Norman is a chronic 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.
Episode 31
The Festive Season
Sun, May 4, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 32
Listen, Listen.....!
Sun, May 11, 195830 mins
No one wants to listen to a polite, but persistent elderly man, Mr. Johnson, who has a strange theory about the recent "stocking murders" of three young women. His theory? That the third murder was committed by a copycat killer. First the old man, arming himself with a phony name, goes to the police, getting an audience with the very lieutenant who led the investigation, and the lieutenant dismisses his theory, but not before briefly conceding the point that the prime suspect, already in custody, confessed to only two of the three murders (having nothing to lose, it would seem, by confessing to the third). Next, Mr. Johnson, using another alias, seeks and finds a newspaper reporter, who is boozing it up with a floozy - by chance, the very reporter who covered the story, and Mr. Johnson and his ideas are not only dismissed once again, but the condescending bartender practically throws the old man out the door. Finally, at wit's end, Mr. Johnson, no longer hiding behind a false name, consults with a priest and seems to be on the verge of confessing something horrible himself. After all, he seems to know way too much about the life of the last murder victim. Still, the well-meaning priest finds the old man is guilty of nothing more than an unseemly obsession with a tabloid story. The police must know what they're doing, don't they? Feeling utterly ignored, Mr. Johnson goes home to his wife, and even she chides him for "thinking about things too much."
Episode 33
Post Mortem
Sun, May 18, 195830 mins
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 policy 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 the winning ticket from him.
Episode 34
The Crocodile Case
Sun, May 25, 195830 mins
Jack Lyons and Phyllis Chaundry are married after Jack kills Phyllis' first husband, but Phyllis is unhappy because Jack lost the crocodile dressing case her late husband was returning to her the night of his murder. When the police finally find the case, Jack identifies it based on the initials, but that just might give away his guilt.
Episode 35
Dip in the Pool
Sun, Jun 1, 195826 mins
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 hours. William gains some inside information he tries to use to his advantage to win the pot.
Episode 36
The Safe Place
Sun, Jun 8, 195830 mins
George Piper is a bank teller worried about his meager finances, so he and his brother, Fred, concoct a "foolproof" plan to secure funds for the future.
Episode 37
The Canary Sedan
Sun, Jun 15, 195830 mins
Laura Bowlby is a psychic who is traveling to Hong Kong to reunite with her businessman husband. Upon her arrival, arrangements are made to purchase for her a black sedan. Mrs. Bowlby says she would prefer a different color, perhaps yellow. The car dealer is taken aback, as he reveals that the car was once canary yellow before a recent paint job. While being driven by her chauffeur, Laura begins to hear a woman's voice. The voice tells Laura about a passionate affair.
Episode 38
The Impromptu Murder
Sun, Jun 22, 195830 mins
A woman who once accused Henry Daw 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.
Episode 39
Little White Frock
Sun, Jun 29, 195830 mins
Colin Bragner is an elderly actor who invites both playwright Adam Longsworth and his wife over to dinner. During dinner, Colin talks about a long-lost love. The tale deeply affects both Adam and his wife, practically reducing them to tears.
